PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Evan Strong, Mike Shea and Keith Gabel

The USA’s Amy Purdy and Mike Schultz and Dutch Paralympic and world champion Bibian Mentel-Spee will all make their return from Thursday (4 February).

In meIn’s C1 racing, China’s Zhang Yu Li earned his second gold medal in as many days at the 2015 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships.

Seminars were held in Tokyo to discuss how to diversify the sport in the region.

Two snowboarders race on a slope

Many sports in the Rio 2016 Paralympic programme are back in action for the first time this year.

View on a slope with sit skier passing

The USA’s Oksana Masters and Canada’s Mark Arendz also secure victories in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Collage of five images showing five athletes

The public has until 9 February to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.

A picture of a woman showing her both gold medals

The National Paralympic Committee expects to distribute approximately BRL 3 million in rewards.

London 2012 unveil Anti-Doping Laboratory.

The American T43 sprinter tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, at the 2015 US Championships.

Veronica Hipolito of Brazil set World Record over 100m T38 at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

The Brazilian T38 sprinter talks us through her typical day of training as she prepares for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Richard Brown

From training to unwinding at home, here are the world champion’s top tracks.

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Catch up on what happened in the first month of the Paralympic year.