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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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.

Leinier Savon Pineda of Cuba celebrating after the Men's 200M T12 in Toronto at the 2015 Parapan American Games.
Athletics

The Cuban sprint world champion discloses his training plan ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

coaches using tappers during competition
Swimming

A project which began in 2014 aims to establish how visual impairments impact swimming performance.

Martina Caironi, winces,
Athletics

The T42 Paralympic and world champion will carry her country’s flag during the Opening Ceremony.

Marlou van Rhijn shares with us her three favourite tunes.
Athletics

The 24-year-old is the fastest female blade runner on earth but what sort of music does the Dutch athlete listen to?

Tokyo 2020 emblems
Tokyo 2020

The final design was selected following an open competition.

The 2015 World Rowing Championships is held in Aiguebelette, France.
Rowing

Australia qualified a boat in the LTA mixed coxed four for the first time, while China dominated the Regatta.

Daniel Dias
Swimming

The hosts of September’s Paralympic Games leave the Olympic Aquatics Stadium with 66 podium finishes.

Bill Chaffey
Triathlon

Bill Chaffey, Kate Doughty and Brant Garvey all found success at the World Para-Triathlon Event in Penrith.

Paralympic Sport A-Z: Archery
Rio 2016

Here is a brief overview of the sport that has appeared in every Paralympics.

Group shot of 34 people outside a building. It's snowing
Winter Sports

Representatives of National Paralympic Committees, National and International Federations and IPC sports agree a number of measures.

China's Jin Zheng celebrates winning the women's 1500m T11 final during the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.
Athletics

The T11 distance runner took more than 13 minutes off the previous best during the IPC Athletics Marathon World Cup.

Russia's Alexey Bychenok competes in the 800m T54 race during the 2015 ParAthletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.
Athletics

The biathlon world champion from 2015 is making a name for himself on the track in 2016 after a hat-trick of wins at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Woman in sit-ski speaks to children.
America

Nine-time Paralympian Candace Cable joins The Foundation for Global Sports Development as they connect youth with positive sport experiences.

Team photo of a celebrating group of men sitting in wheelchairs, showing Canadian flags
America

The CPC based its performance target on recent results, rankings and its current pool of athletes.

Great Britain's Aaron Moores celebrates breaking the world record in the men's 100m breaststroke final at the 2016 British Para-Swimming International Meet.
Swimming

In addition to world and national records, many swimmers put themselves into contention for a place at Rio 2016.

Woman in the pool swimming breaststroke
Swimming

Canada’s double world champion is hoping to win her first Paralympic gold medal this September.

Prince Harry poses with the USA's Tatanya Mcfadden and Switzerland's Marcel Hug after both won the 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon.
Athletics

Just six days after both racers won in Boston, the pair claimed victory on the streets of the British capital.