PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Group of skiers

Skiers who are benefitting from Agitos Foundation support have been competing and training on snow for the first time.

View on the starting zone in a swimming pool, one athlete jumping in the water

The gathering of athletes, researchers, classifiers and representatives of IPC Swimming is the first since a review into the physical impairment classification system was announced.

Mohammed Hammadi - Dubai 2016

The UAE's Mohamed Hammadi continues to dominate the track with his second victory in Dubai.

a photo showing the top half of a lady in a canoe wearing a white top, life jacket and sunglasses

At Rio 2016, men and women will compete in three classes.

Anne Wafula-Strike MBE and Tinatin Revazashivili

Paralympian and campaigner has been working with Tinatin Revazashivili as part of a project aimed at getting more women into leadership positions in the Paralympic Movement.

Majida Sabir Albalushi from the Oman Paralympic Committee and Petra Huber from the Austrian Paralympic Committee

Majida Sabir Albalushi from the Oman Paralympic Committee and Petra Huber from the Austrian Paralympic Committee talk about their experiences of WoMentoring.

Malaysia’s Asian record holder Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli

Action in the field events dominates competition on the second day of the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships.

Carla Qualtrough was appointed Canada's Minister for Sport and Persons with Disabilities in November 2015.

The Canadian Minister for Sport and Persons with Disabilities was nominated alongside Anne Wafula-Strike, Irene Chang, Dr. Hayat Khattab and Moekie Grobbelaar.

a female in black clothing and a black helmet riding a bicycle

These figures mark some significant moments in the para-triathlete’s road to Rio 2016.

Outside view of a venue

Carioca Arena 3, which will become a sport-focused high school, inaugurated to celebrate six months until the Paralympic Games.