PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A picture of a man on a podium with a medal around his neck

Aiming for a new world record at Rio 2016, China’s Liu talks training and preparation.

Paralympic Sports A-Z: Wheelchair fencing

This Para sport is one of the closest you can get to medieval combat.

Ernst van Dyk

Bilbao, Spain, hosted the third and final leg between 15 and 17 July.

The initiative ‘Paralympian Recognition Programme’ aims to recognise every Irish athlete since the first Paralympic Games in Rome, in 1960.

The initiative aims to recognise every Irish athlete since the first Paralympic Games in Rome, in 1960.

Rachel Morrison

A former cello player, Morrison enjoys unwinding to classical music.

Chui Yee Yu - London 2012

The Hong Kong, China wheelchair fencing Paralympic champion captured gold at the World Cup in Warsaw.

Anna-Carin Ahlquist

A total of 54 athletes will represent Sweden, and four athletes and one guide will compete for Ecuador at Rio 2016.

Andy Avellana of Philippines

It was the first time an IPC Athletics education course has taken place in the country.

Japan's Atsushi Yamamoto competes in the long jump at the 2016 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Berlin.

A look back at two days of action from the penultimate Grand Prix of the season in the German capital.

The SKUD18 Australian crew of Liesl Tesch and Daniel Fitzgibbon held on to win the race 10 of the 2015 Para Sailing World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Three potential storylines to follow heading into the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.