PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Para Ice Hockey Sport Forum in 2017

Nineteen representatives from 13 countries attended the event, which covered topics such as classification, equipment and competition structure.

Aled Davies - Rio 2016

Training alongside Olympic champions in the USA helped the reigning Paralympic shot put F42 champion recover his hunger for victory.

Podium with three women in wheelchairs

Great Britain’s Paralympic, world and European champion Jo Butterfield explains what seated throwing involves.

Man in rowing boat

Para rowers especially tested the new 2,000m distance format.

Osijek 2017 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup - logo

Shooters will gather in Osijek in September for a chance to qualify for the 2018 World Championships.

Dimitri Coutya  of Great Britain Fencing team poses during a Beazley British Fencing Profiling Day on June 26, 2013 in London, England.

Hungary’s Richard Osvath also claimed two wins at the World Cup in Stadskanaal.

Jianquan Tian CHN (left) vs Gang Sun CHN in the Men's Individual Épée - Category A Semi-final Wheelchair Fencing in the Carioca Arena 3 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The World Championships will be held from 6-12 November.

A blindfolded football 5-a-side player.

The football-5 event will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 9-18 December.

Robinson Mendez - Chile - wheelchair tennis

Chile’s four-time Paralympian will now devote himself entirely to Para canoe, hoping to qualify for Tokyo 2020.

Two table tennis players celebrate.

Many of the top teams will meet each other again since battling at Rio 2016.