PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Man with prosthetic leg jumping in a stadium

World champions line up on the third day of the IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships in the UAE.

Lagoa Stadium, at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, is located in the heart of the city with a spectacular backdrop of mountains, Tijuca National Forest and Christ the Redeemer.

The Lagoa Stadium will host the para-canoe events at this year’s Paralympic Games.

Group of ice sledge hockey players

With two years to go until the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, the Paralympic silver medallists aim to get back to their best.

Snowboarder Nicole Roundy rides down course with Sochi 2014 banner in background

“Snowboarding as a bilateral or above-knee amputee is the most technically complicated sport in the Paralympics,” says the US snowboarder.

Group of skiers

Skiers who are benefitting from Agitos Foundation support have been competing and training on snow for the first time.

View on the starting zone in a swimming pool, one athlete jumping in the water

The gathering of athletes, researchers, classifiers and representatives of IPC Swimming is the first since a review into the physical impairment classification system was announced.

Mohammed Hammadi - Dubai 2016

The UAE's Mohamed Hammadi continues to dominate the track with his second victory in Dubai.

a photo showing the top half of a lady in a canoe wearing a white top, life jacket and sunglasses

At Rio 2016, men and women will compete in three classes.

Anne Wafula-Strike MBE and Tinatin Revazashivili

Paralympian and campaigner has been working with Tinatin Revazashivili as part of a project aimed at getting more women into leadership positions in the Paralympic Movement.

Majida Sabir Albalushi from the Oman Paralympic Committee and Petra Huber from the Austrian Paralympic Committee

Majida Sabir Albalushi from the Oman Paralympic Committee and Petra Huber from the Austrian Paralympic Committee talk about their experiences of WoMentoring.