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Omara Durand of Cuba

Omara Durand smashed the 200m record, Akeem Stewart set a new discus mark to win Trinidad & Tobago’s first ever Parapan gold and Dion Townsend-Roberts added 5cm to his high jump best.

blindfolded runner with guide and another female runner crossing a finish line

Cuba’s Omara Durand looks to wrap up her historic week in the Parapan American Games on Friday.

Man in a staduim, waving a flag followed by two other people

The Virgin Islands made their Parapan debut at Toronto 2015 with Ivan Espinosa competing in the 1,500m.

Runner and guide run in a full stadium

Day four will be highlighted by USA’s Brown and Brazil’s Prado battle for the 200m T11 title.

The USA's Jarryd Wallace after breaking the 100m T44 world record at Toronto 2015.

The US sprinter retained his Parapan title with a time of 10.71 seconds.

Mitchell Chase walks wrapped in the Canadian flag

The 2015 Parapan Am and the 2016 Paralympics hosts showed their dominance on the third day of athletics.

Omara Durand of Cuba

Cuba's Omara Durand ran 11.65 seconds in the 100m T12 heats to become the world's fastest female para-athlete.

Siamand Rahman Dubai 2014

The Iranian’s record-breaking lift helped him win this month’s award by a landslide.

Richard Browne

Many of the world’s fastest para-athletes will be action on the track on Tuesday at the Parapan American Games.

US Paralympics logo square

USA’s cycling, swimming and athletics teams for Rio 2016 will all be determined during that three-day event.

Matt Stutzman, Josh Cassidy, Jennifer Schuble, Amalia Perez, Leibovitz Tahl and Aurelie Rivard.

“Medal Monday” will see gold medals awarded in 64 different events, more than any other day of the Parapan American Games.

Tevaughn Thomas and Usain Bolt

Jamaica’s Tevaughn Thomas hopes to emulate his hero by winning Parapan 100m gold on Monday.

Husband and wife Joe Gonzalez Betancur and Yesenia Restrepo Muñoz will compete for Colombia in athletics at Toronto 2015.

Joe Gonzalez Betancur and Yesenia Restrepo Muñoz married nine years ago, and at Toronto 2015 will represent Colombia together in track and field.

Man and his guide sprinting in a stadium

The sprinter who holds the 100m and 200m T11 world records will be in action this week at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

Brent Lakatos at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Lyon

Canada in a strong position to win at least three gold medals on the first day of track and field action at the Parapan American Games

Crossing the finishing line in Beijing

Some of the world’s best athletes, including Paralympic and world champions, will be going for gold in Toronto.

Yushae Simmons

Three athletes will represent the small Caribbean nation at the Parapan American Games which open on Friday (7 August)

US sprinter Jarryd Wallace wins the men's 200m T44 World Championships race.

The US sprinter will line-up against two world record holders in Toronto – the USA’s Richard Browne who holds the T44 best time and Brazil’s T43 speedster Alan Oliveira.

Crossing the finishing line in Beijing

Here are 10 names to keep an eye out for when Parapan athletics gets underway on 10 August.

Brent Lakatos at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Lyon

The Canadian world champion wheelchair sprinter believes the upcoming Parapan American Games can deliver a “London 2012 legacy” for his home country.