PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Isis Holt of Australia competes in the women's 200m T35 final during the Evening Session at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Nearly 100 athletes from nine countries will compete in the first Grand Prix of 2016 this weekend in Australia.

Women on snowboard on the slope

The Dutch world and Paralympic champion secured a poignant victory in the USA on World Cancer Day.

Louise Sauvage

The Australian wheelchair racing great looks back at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics and talks about her career now as a coach

Kurt Fearnley, Chef de Mission Kate McLoughlin and Daniela Di Toro

The pair are the first team captains since 2004 and will lead more than 170 athletes to Rio 2016.

Dame Sarah Storey of Great Britain races in the women's individual time trial at the 2015 Amgen Tour of California on May 15, 2015 in Valencia, California.

Dame Sarah Storey and Jody Cundy headline the squad to compete in Italy between 17-20 March.

Man in wheelchair holds woman in air while spinning wheelchair.

The sport is continuing to build the competition calendar for the coming years off the back of a successful few seasons.

Yu Chui Yee (Alison Yu) portrait

The Paralympic champion uses World Cancer Day to remember those who comforted her during one of her most challenging times.

three females running, one wearing green, one blue and one red

The 14-year-old double world champion is aiming to make a big impression at the first IPC Athletics Grand Prix of Paralympic year.

Markus Salcher goes down the slope very fast, he seems to lose control

South Korea also enjoyed the top step of the podium courtesy of Sang Min Han in Stara Planina, Serbia.

Steve Cash at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, USA.

Cash said cancer not only affects the patient, but families just as much.