PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

David Weir of Great Britain

Learn more about British wheelchair racer ahead of the Doha 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Jordanne Whiley

Five World Championships wrapped up this month. Here is a quick rundown of what happened.

Matt Stutzman, Lex Gillette, Melissa Stockwell, Nathan Adrian, Brad Snyder, Sanya Richards-Ross and Tatyana McFadden.

BP becomes first USOC partner to sponsor more Paralympians than Olympians.

Woman in wheelchair with a basketball and a paddle in her hands

Five Paralympic athletes have been named as part of Team Visa Rio ahead of next year’s Paralympic Games.

New Zealand Paralympic athletes Emma Foy, Mary Fisher, Laura Thompson, Sophie Pascoe and Michael Johnson pose for a photo during the Paralympics New Zealand Spirit of Gold campaign launch to mark '1 Year To Go' until Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Cadbury joins the ACC and Sanford who have signed to support Kiwi para-athletes ahead of Rio 2016.

Benoit Huot of Canada

Legacy of Parapan Am Games continues at University of Toronto Scarborough.

Two men shaking hands

The USA native will succeed outgoing president Francesco Ricci Bitti.

Taiki Morii

Due to enter his 13th season in 2015-16, Morii has unfinished business and is looking ahead to 2018.

US sprinter Jarryd Wallace wins the men's 200m T44 World Championships race.

The team will consist of 84 athletes, including four guides, for the event which takes place between 21-31 October.

Hannah Cockroft of Great Britain wins the Women's 100m T34 during the Diamond League at Alexander Stadium on August 24, 2014 in Birmingham, England.

The British multi world and Paralympic champion suffered her first defeat in the T34 class for seven years last weekend.