PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Two men shaking hands

The landmark agreement aims to maximise the success and legacy of the two international events.

Group of Japanese kids holding up a sign

School children learned about and tried Paralympic sports.

Man in sit ski doing cross country skiing

The US sit-skier reflects on the pre-Paralympic season where he added two World Championships medals to his collection.

Man working with a robot arm

The Seoul 1988 bronze medallist will pass on his knowledge at the scientific conference in September.

A para-swimmer celebrates winning a medal

The team is headlined by Rio 2016 bronze medallist Ellen Keane.

Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos won the gold medal in the T45/46/47 - Men's 100m - Athletics

After the season’s third Grand Prix, here are the main talking points.

Jose Luis Campo

Chile’s Neven Ilic was elected President of the Pan American Sports Organisation (PASO) by one vote from Dominican Republic’s Jose Joaquin Puello.

Four people stand between two signed jerseys, posing for a photo

Paralympic.org caught up with Canada’s Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities.

World champions Brazil won the Rio 2016 goalball test event.

The Brazilian city will host the regional event, which will act as qualifier for the 2018 World Championships and the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.

A swimmer with limb impairments starts his race

Brazil’s most decorated Paralympic athlete has renewed his sponsorship deal with Panasonic until Tokyo 2020.