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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Rick Doerr
Sailing

Rick Doerr, Brad Kendell and Hugh Freund make up the US three-person sonar class team that will compete at September’s Paralympic Games.

A taekwondo athlete kicks her female opponent
Taekwondo

Russia’s Nazarenko moved up, while Iran’s Pourrahnamaahmad remained No. 1 in their respective categories following the Asian Open.

Ihar Boki competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Swimming

Dutch and Hungarian swimmers are also in line to double up on golds for their countries after going fastest in the heats at the swimming Euros in Funchal, Portugal.

Swimmer doing freestyle
Swimming

World records for Ukraine’s Oksana Khrul and Russia’s Valeriia Shabalina close competition in Funchal, Portugal.

A picture of a man celebrates the victory after crossing the line
Rio 2016

The T38 sprinter won two golds at London 2012 and will aim to win more at Rio 2016.

Jessica Lewis of Bermuda reacts after her 800m race during the 2015 ParAthletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.
Athletics

T53 sprinter Jessica Lewis is hoping to win her country’s first Paralympic medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympics after last year’s breakthrough season.

Man in wheelchair doing wheelchair curling
Wheelchair Curling

Despite three world titles, the Russian skip says his team should not slow down ahead of PyeongChang 2018.

Anna-Carin Ahlquist
Table Tennis

The No. 1 class 3 para-table tennis player has never defended an international title.

Stefan Daniel of Canada competes in the cycling portion of the men's PT4 class during the Aquece Rio Paratriathlon at Copacabana beach on August 1, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Triathlon

Coming from a strong athletic background, the 19-year-old Canadian is a gold medal favourite at Rio.

Akiko Adachi
Goalball

Check out the players that will headline the goalball event at September’s Paralympic Games.

A para-equestrian rider gallops on a horse.
Equestrian

Nearly 50 riders from nine countries will compete in the event

Swimmer doing backstroke
Swimming

A series of other swimmers will also try to add to their medal count in the finals in Funchal, Portugal, on Friday (6 May).

US sprinter Jarryd Wallace wins the men's 200m T44 World Championships race.
Rio 2016

The US T44 sprinter thinks Richard Browne’s mark of 10.61 seconds could be lowered before September’s Paralympic Games.

Two swimmers hugging after a race
Swimming

Ukraine's Yelyzaveta Mereshko shaved four seconds off the time of her British rival Eleanor Simmonds in the women's 400m freestyle S6.

A para swimmer
Swimming

David Grachat will take to the water in his favourite event in front of his home crowds in Funchal, Portugal.

A swimmer starts their race
Swimming

Spain’s Sarai Gascon will go for a 100 per cent win record in her sixth race, but will have to get past the Netherlands’ European champion Chantalle Zijderveld.

Paralympic Sport A-Z: Sitting volleyball
Rio 2016

The pool stages in the men’s and women’s competitions will see repeat fixtures from the London 2012 gold medal matches.

Finland's Petri Posio and Erkki Miinala block the ball during their gold-medal match at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. After winning Paralympic gold, the Finnish squad will now host the 2014 World Championships.
Rio 2016

Reigning men’s Paralympic champions Finland will face European title winner Turkey, women’s champions Japan drawn with world gold medallists USA.

Alex Zanardi
Cycling

The first leg of the 2016 Road World Cup season will take place in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, from 6-8 May.

Sergey Malyshev of Russia, wearing glasses, a visor and ear protection shoots his Mixed P3-25m Pistol at an indoor range at The Royal Artillery Barracks
Shooting

Ukraine’s Kovalchuk claimed victory in the R5, while Russia’s Malyshev took home gold in the P5.