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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Man rowing
Rowing

Blake Haxton and Jacqui Kapinowski will represent the USA in Rio after their success in the Team Trials.

Archery - Fact of the week
Archery

Find out more about the sport that paved the way for the Paralympic Games.

Emanuel Goncalves
Swimming

The S10 swimmer is hoping to qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in front of his home crowds.

Melissa Tapper
Rio 2016

Daniela Di Toro and Melissa Tapper headline Australis’s five-strong table tennis team for September’s Paralympics.

Two blindfolded football players fight for the ball
Blind Football

IBSA has confirmed that Germany’s capital city will held the Euros, from 17-27 August 2017.

A shot of the upper half of two women holding two Paralympic gold medals
Judo

Ramona and Carmen are hoping to excel hand in hand once again, at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Argentina’s Daniela Gimenez and Spain’s Sarai Gascon
Swimming

Argentina’s Daniela Gimenez and Spain’s Sarai Gascon Moreno have a special friendship outside the pool as well as an ongoing rivalry in it.

Aerial view of a big stadium in a city
Rio 2016

The competition will take place in one of Rio’s iconic, cultural venues.

Two women in wheelchairs look at each other smiling on a grass tennis court.
Wheelchair Tennis

With the addition of the first singles events at the Grand Slam, wheelchair tennis prize money totals GBP 200,000.

Natasha Baker
Equestrian

Baker won all three events on the same horse she won double gold on from London 2012.

Two women smiling at each other in a swimmig pool after a race
Swimming

Ellie Simmonds and Bethany Firth showed their intent for Rio 2016 by setting new world marks.

Wheelchar racer celebrates as he crosses a finish line.
Athletics

He won his second successive London Marathon last weekend, but now shares his career highs and lows.

Michelle Salt on starting gates of
Snowboard

The Canadian snowboarder is aiming for more podium finishes as she heads towards the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

A picture of a powerlifter on a bench competing
Powerlifting

Japan will host its first major Para powerlifting Championships just two years before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Brazil's player Jefinho in action
Rio 2016

Reigning Paralympic champion Brazil will face European champions Turkey, whilst top-seeded Argentina was drawn with Beijing 2008 silver medallist China.

Argentina's Ferderico Paolorossi in action in para-archery.
Archery

Archers can compete either standing or in a wheelchair.

Ellie Robinson
Swimming

Ellie Robinson twice broke the British national record at the British Para-Swimming International Meet ahead of 2016 Euros.

Hudson’s Bay Company has designed the outfits athletes will wear during the Rio 2016 Games.
Rio 2016

Hudson’s Bay Company has designed the outfits athletes will wear during the Rio 2016 Games.

Woman in sailing boat.
Sailing

The French commune will see world-class sailors meet again in the lead-up to Rio 2016.

Group shot of athletes standing and in wheelchairs at an airport.
Swimming

Portugal and Brazil have landed in Funchal for the competition which gets underway on 30 April.