PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Lorenzo Perez Escalona

Cuba’s 100m freestyle S6 world record holder is hoping to become his country’s first swimming Paralympic gold medallist in history.

Dmitrios Bakochristos

The Greek powerlifter is hoping to top the podium at his first Paralympic Games, this September.

President of the IPC Sir Philip Craven

To mark 100 days to go until September’s Paralympic Games, Sir Philip Craven has said he expects athletes to raise the bar and put a smile back on the faces of Brazilian people.

Luis Perez Diaz of Puerto Rico, fighting against Robert Kim of USA in the men's -66kg judo at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

The sport will make its eighth Paralympic appearance in 2016.

Vincenzo Boni of Italy on the podium after the Men's 50m Backstroke S3 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow.

With 100 days to go, Italy’s world and European record holder dreams of winning a Paralympic medal at Rio 2016.

Rawat Tana

The T54 racer impressed at last year’s World Championships but is his musical taste equally as impressive?

Paralympic swimmer Joana Neves

A number of leading Brazilian Paralympians feature in the new album which will go on sale on Friday 3 June.

Mary Fisher

The New Zealand standout swimmer talks about three people who she looks up to.

Swimmer Sabine Weber-Treiber, track athlete Gunther Matzinger and canoeist Markus Swoboda

Swimmer Sabine Weber-Treiber, track athlete Gunther Matzinger and canoeist Markus Swoboda attended the presentation of the kit on 24 May.

Man on the ground. other man jumping over him. Both focusing on a ball

Here are five potential storylines to follow ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.