PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Members of the Australian para-equestrian team.

Team Australia give an insight in to the challenges faced taking part in global para-equestrian competition.

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Against all odds, Brazil won silver at the 2014 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Championships in Elblag, Poland.

Takeshi Suzuki won his first Paralympic gold medal at Sochi 2014.

Japanese sit-skier Takeshi Suzuki won his first Paralympic gold at Sochi 2014, on the anniversary of losing his legs, and will return to the snow at the Europa Cup.

Wheelchair curler on the ice with team in the background

A regular stone is made out of special granite from the Scottish Island Ailsa Craig and weighs 19.96kg.

Denis Toomey with Catherine Walsh

President of Cycling Ireland will spearhead the Irish team at Rio 2016

Sandra Paovic wins para table tennis world championships

Fighting back from a life-threatening accident, Croatia’s Sandra Paovic won the women’s class 6 title at the 2014 ITTF Para-Table Tennis World Championships.

David Smith

British world champion sets his sights on individual gold and team success at Rio 2016

Marie Bochet

French para-alpine skiing star is more motivated than ever to continue dominating the women’s standing class in the 2014/2015 season

Group picture of the attendees of the Agitos Foundation workshop in Mexico

Final “Road TO15: Agitos Foundation Sessions” event is held in Mexico City and attracts nearly 75 participants from 17 National Paralympic Committees.

Simone Briese-Baetke of Germany wins Silver during her Womens Epee Category B on day 7 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games

German aiming for further success at IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Hong Kong