PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A picture of a man in a wheelchair on a track

The Swiss ‘Silver Bullet’ is the man to beat according to his great rival David Weir of Great Britain.

Men in wheelchairs with a big championships trophy

Australia beat Canada to win gold in a dramatic final at the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, with USA claiming the bronze medal.

Wheelchair athlete from the USA behind the flag barer during the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships Suhl, Germany

The USA’s McKenna Dahl, who has recently moved to the Olympic Training Centre, has Paralympic glory on her agenda.

Maddison Elliott at Caixa Loterias 2014

Australia produced a remarkable performance at the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, winning 55 gold medals.

Three female swimmers, Sarai Gascon of Spain, Amy Marren of Great Britain and Ellen Keane of Ireland pose with their 100m butterfly S9 medals at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Sarai Gascon and Deborah Font storm to gold as two world records fall in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

A picture of a man with a gold medal around his neck during a medal ceremony

Lisette Teunissen en Marc Evers pakken Europese titels

Swimmers start a backstroke race at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Italy's Federico Morlacchi is aiming for his fifth gold medal, Ukrainian Dmytro Vynohradets his eighth and Sarah Louise Rung of Norway will meet Spain's Teresa Perales for the final time at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Two female athletes dive into the pool at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

A total of 24 world and 42 European records are broken across seven days of thrilling action, with five added in the final session.

A player wearing blue seated in a wheelchair with a white ball on his lap about to collide with an opponent wearing white.

After Canada beat USA and Australia defeated Japan, the two will go head-to-head in a repeat of the London 2012 final.

Ryley Batt goes in to score

Watch out for Chuck Aoki and Zak Madell as well as Ryley Batt and Daisuke Ikezaki in the semi-finals at the 2014 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships