PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Sanne Voets (NED) reacts to confirmation that she has won her first paralympic gold medal.](/sites/default/files/images/160916225527371_Sanne.jpg)
Dancing horses lead their riders to gold
Five freestyle gold medals were handed out at Deodoro as the Rio 2016 Para dressage competition comes to a close.
Wheelchair tennis: Day eight preview
Wimbledon-winning doubles partners face off in mouth-watering men’s singles wheelchair tennis final on Centre Court.
Markus Rehm ready to make his biggest leap
Ahead of the F44 long jump, the German star says: “Let me go out there and show what I can do.”
![Australian Sonar team - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160916230749877_AUS_Sonar1.jpeg)
Double-gold sailing glory for Australia in Rio
Competition is wrapped-up in two classes with a day to spare – with Britain and France going head-to-head in third on final day.
![The USA's Chad Cohn competes during the wheelchair rugby match against France at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160916100105976_GettyImages-605727826.jpg)
Wheelchair rugby: Day three preview
Final pool placings to be determined on action-packed day of wheelchair rugby at the Carioca Arena 1.
![Ihar Boki of Belarus competing at Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160916163714622_boki.jpg)
Swimmers poised to grow their Rio 2016 medal count
Ihar Boki and Daniel Dias lead a series of swimmers looking to impress in the finals on the penultimate day of competition.
![Hannah Cockroft of Great Britain competes in the Women's 800m - T34](/sites/default/files/images/160916235349860_GettyImages-606519300.jpg)
Cockroft’s golden hat-trick for Great Britain
Paralympians again prover age is no barrier as 15-year-old and 40-year-old clinch medals in track and field competition.
![Daoliang Hu (L) of China celebrates winning gold against Anton Datsko (R) of Ukraine during the Men's Individual Foil Category B final of the Wheelchair Fencing on day 6 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/150505131101702_151233846.jpg)
Wheelchair fencing: Day five preview
China seek to extend their lead at the top of the medals table on the final day of wheelchair fencing competition at Rio 2016.
![Asics logo](/sites/default/files/2023-05/160915200812053_BrandMark_Flat.jpg)
IPC Athletics, ASICS strike deal
The global governing body of Para athletics and the true sport performance brand a new partnership that runs until 2020.
![A swimmer celebrates winning gold](/sites/default/files/images/160917004124490_Daniel%2BDias%2Bday%2Bnine.jpg)
Dias does the triple, Perales wins backstroke gold
On another record-breaking night in the pool there were also first golds of Rio 2016 for Czech Republic and Hungary.