PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A swimmer competes in the breaststroke

Halfway through the seven day long European Open Championships, swimmers will race in the biggest programme with 25 gold medals on offer.

Marc Evers and Scott Quin competing in the Men's 100m Breaststroke SB14 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow

Swimmers will be firmly into their groove and looking for their next medals at the swimming European Championships on 3 May.

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Cho joined the Organising Committee in August 2014.

Representatives from 26 nations attended a meeting in Bonn in May 2016 to discuss a number of subjects regarding the future of IPC Alpine Skiing and IPC Snowboard.

Over three days IPC Alpine Skiing and IPC Snowboard held a Sport Technical Meeting and nations meeting.

the upper body of a female playing table tennis and wearing a pink polo shirt

The top para-table tennis stars get to test themselves ahead of September’s Paralympic Games.

Goalball at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games

The Rio 2016 Goalball Test Event will take place in the Future Arena from 4-5 May 2016.

Goalball at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

Athletes are assigned to three sport classes and have to wear eyeshades to ensure fair competition.

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With immediate effect any athlete found with systolic blood pressure reading of over 160mmHg at a competition will not be allowed to compete on health grounds.

Luke Cain from Australia, Michael Johnson from New Zealand and Ryan Cockbill from Great Britain.

Cain defeated three-time Paralympian Michael Johnson in the R4 competition by 0.1 points.

Close up of a swimmer's face in the water

There were also two more Asian records at the Open Championships on Tuesday (3 May) in Funchal, Portugal.