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Germany's Vivian Hosch

Hosch will compete in Finsterau as a World Championships bronze medallist and top three finisher from the IPC Biathlon World Cup.

table tennis player in action

It has been a while since the Danish Para table tennis star last won a singles gold on the international stage.

Matheus Sousa of Brazil

Brazil’s 23-year-old swimmer is hoping to climb onto the Paralympic podium in the 100m and the 400m freestyle S11, this September.

Yannick Bourseaux

The sixth and last event of the World Para Triathlon series will take place in Besancon, France, on 19 June.

PyeongChang 2018 mascots as animated emoticons

Koreans exchange 10 million emoticons every day to express their feelings.

Tom Aggar

World champions Erik Horrie, Moran Samuel are among those to watch in Poland.

A Nordic skier looks behind him at two other skiers approaching the crest of the hill, close behind him. Mountains are in the background.

The French biathlete and cross-country skier was amongst the top cross-country skiers in the 2015-16 World Cup.

The Ukrainian Football 7-a-side team at the Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Pre-Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain.

The Netherlands, Ukraine and the USA will face off before they meet again in September’s Games.

A group shot of people standing and sitting in wheelchairs behind a banner with the following text: Programme de renforcement des capacites des organisations - Niveau 1

Four National Paralympic Committees successfully applied for seed funding to promote Para sport ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

the upper body of a female playing table tennis and wearing a pink polo shirt

Here are five potential headliners that could come out from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Darlene Hunter of USA

Here is a brief rundown of the tournaments taking place ahead of September’s Paralympic Games.

Blindfolded football player celebrates

The Beijing 2008 blind football silver medallists feel ‘prepared to beat anyone’ at September’s Paralympic Games, including powerhouse Brazil.

Woman in running shirt crossing the finish

26 medals will be decided on the final day (Thursday 16 June) of the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Italy, as Russia look to confirm their place at the top of medals table.

Man in canoe in triumphant pose

Reigning men’s KL2 world champion Curtis McGrath will lead the six-person roster into September’s Games.

Choy Hing Lam and Rignell Fabian

Para table tennis was one of the original eight Paralympic sports that featured in Rome 1960.

Woman during a shot put

The penultimate session of the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships saw a world record in the field.

Dame Sarah Storey of Great Britain races in the women's individual time trial at the 2015 Amgen Tour of California on May 15, 2015 in Valencia, California.

Sarah Storey and Jody Cundy will spearhead the 15-strong British Para cycling team at September’s Paralympic Games.

Nick Webborn wears the ParalympicsGB uniform whilst he smiles to the camera.

IPC Medical Committee member Nick Webborn has been awarded an OBE in the British Queen’s birthday honours list.

Four girls with British flag post behind a scoreboard

Great Britain’s women’s sprint relay quartet stormed home to a new world record out on the track on the final day of competition at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Italy (Thursday 16 June).

Man in red jersey celebrating with a Danish flag

Some big names will be in action on the penultimate day of the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships.