PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Carlos Serrano Zarate COL takes the Gold Medal in a new World Record time in the Men's 100m Breaststroke.](/sites/default/files/images/160911000709053_serrano.jpg)
Carlos Serrano gets ready for future challenges
Fresh from winning Colombia’s first Paralympic gold in 36 years, the 18-year-old swimmer already targets Tokyo 2020 success.
![Kgothatso Montjane - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160912014826618_GettyImages-601888046.jpg)
Cabrillana upsets Kruger to reach St. Louis semis
The top wheelchair tennis players are battling for NEC Masters places in the last Super Series event of the year.
![Damien Seguin celebrates winning sailing gold in Rio de Janeiro](/sites/default/files/images/160917213659272_fran.jpg)
Damien Seguin nominated for World Sailor of the Year
The Frenchman won gold in the most wide-open field of sailing at the Rio 2016 Paralympics and is up against four other candidates.
![Highlights from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/liEqrt4NqCw_gZ-k6YfuyWPCypF2In1gL90XqQ9nLLM.jpg?itok=iTGj8zxj)
Rio 2016 in numbers
Check out what made Latin America’s first Paralympic Games a true success.
![Kasicka and Vidasic - wheelchair dance sport](/sites/default/files/images/160930123140185_Kasicka%2Band%2BVidasic.jpg)
South Koreans steal show at Belgium Open
Led by Hyejeong Jang and Youngho Lee, South Korean flexed their strengths ahead of November’s IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport Asian Championships.
![Day 10 evening | Football 5-a-side highlights | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/1lSuAPBafV9zQmx5AmesgwDOAhXRzGkwhjWy_8p3i2g.jpg?itok=Y3myLj2W)
10 athletes from the Americas who shone in Rio
Check out 10 remarkable athletes from the region who achieved sporting glory at Latin America’s first Paralympic Games.
![GBR's rowing gold medallists at Lagoa](/sites/default/files/images/160911151628931_rowing2.jpg)
Rowing: Five things we learned from Rio 2016
Find out which nation has shown consistent dominance and which countries are seeing development.
![Algerian wheelchair basketball player Djamila Khemgani](/sites/default/files/images/160910130151150_Djamila%2BKhemgani.jpg)
Algeria expect to build off Paralympic debut
The nation was the first African women’s wheelchair basketball team to compete in a Paralympic Games.
![Canada players at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games](/sites/default/files/images/161004094810186_SOC_20140315_LP_0497_WEB.jpg)
Canada to field ‘more youthful’ ice sledge hockey side
Youngsters are named to national team alongside more established names following a selection camp.
![Para triathlon was contested at the Paralympic Games for the first time at Rio 2016.](/sites/default/files/images/161004110536131_FotorCreated.jpg)
Triathlon: Five things we learned from Rio 2016
The sport was on the programme for the first time in history. Find out what emerged.