PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

The 2015 World Rowing Championships is held in Aiguebelette, France.

The French rower helped his team qualify for Rio 2016 just about a year until the Paralympic Games begin.

Two men on the podium receiving a medal

With less than 40 days to go before the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships begin in Doha, Qatar, it’s time to find out that little bit more about this year’s key contenders.

A Dutch swimmers celebrates winning gold at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

The Dutch European, and now world, champion is aiming for the title triple by adding Paralympic gold at Rio 2016.

Finland wheelchair rugby player competing

The wheelchair rugby player has played three seasons in the US and hopes that experience can help Finland in the European Championships.

Sir Philip Craven was among the first passengers on the Rio 2016 Celebrate Literature train.

New look revealed for Rio's suburban trains, with images of Paralympic stars and phrases by Brazilian literary figures.

Nigeria's Yakubu Adesokan winning gold at London 2012

World champion hopes to put in ‘outrageous’ performance at the first Paralympic ranking event to take place in the African region.

Andrew Parsons, President of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CBP) and International Paralympic Committee Vice President.

The IPC Vice President says seeing high-performance athletes up close will have ‘extraordinary educational effect.’

Sandra Paovic of Croatia

The table tennis class 6 world champion is preparing to add Paralympic champion to her resume.

Portrait picture of a women in Team USA uniform in front of a landscape

With under a year until the Rio 2016 Paralympics, athletes will be busy travelling, and maintaining a healthy nutrition becomes more challenging.

A picture of a Wheelchair Fencer celebrating her victory

In her fifth Games, the Hungarian wheelchair fencer hopes to finally win that elusive gold medal.