PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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.

Ice sledge hockey coach Tara Chisholm and Barbara Daniels, a coach educator

Ice sledge hockey coach Tara Chisholm and Barbara Daniels, a coach educator talk about their experiences of WoMentoring.

Taiki Morii

Star-studded giant slalom and slalom field includes Japan’s Taiki Morii and Momoka Muraoka, and Russia’s Aleksei Bugaev and Valerii Redkozubov.

Man running on a blue track

Two Asian records were broken in Dubai, UAE, on the first day of competition at the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships