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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Day 2 highlights | World Para Swimming Championships

Chinese swimmers claim seven golds and two world records are set on day two of Championships

#IPCTop50: Norway dethrones Russia

One of biggest upsets in wheelchair curling history

Women's 100 m Freestyle S5 | Final | Mexico City 2017 World Para Swimming Championships

Spanish legend renews rivalry with Norway’s Rung in one of 24 finals on day three

two male Para powerlifters celebrate

Vietnam’s Rio 2016 champion Le faces Nigeria's reigning world champion Yakubu

a group of schoolchildren holding up signs

Grant Support Programme to fund Paralympic education in three countries

a sitting biathlete skies down a slope

Ukrainian Nordic skier combining sport and studies on path to PyeongChang

a male wheelchair tennis player holds up the Union Jack

Young stars shine at year-end wheelchair tennis singles championship

Amalia Perez - Rio 2016 - Gold medallist

Triple Paralympic champion headlines stars on day two of World Championships

Jessica Long of the United States compete in the on day 10 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium

Andre Brasil and Phelipe Rodrigues face-off again in another all-Brazilian showdown on day two

Day 1 highlights | Mexico City 2017 World Para Swimming Championships

Brazil enjoys successful first day of competition by winning four golds

Alice Oluwafemaiyo (Nigeria) wins Gold and WR | Women's Up to 86kg | Mexico City 2017

Home crowd also celebrate dramatic gold for Castillo Castillo on day one of Worlds

three male powerlifters on the podium

Turkey finishes as most decorated country with three golds while hosts end with two titles

a man smiling at the camera

IPC Vice President Duane Kale's speech to open the World Championships

a male Para ice hockey player

Canada, USA, Italy and South Korea take on World Sledge Hockey Challenge

Agitos Foundation - I'mPOSSIBLE

Paralympic Movement’s education programme launched in December

a group of men and women stand holding a Barcelona shirt

Ceremony at Camp Nou marks the beginning of collaboration to develop Para sport projects

a female powerlifter raises her arms in celebration

London 2012 champion set to return to competition after two year break

Male swimmer in water competing in butterfly stroke

Twenty-three finals to be contested as Championships get underway

a group of men smile for the camera

Second Para Central American Games will take place in Nicaraguan capital

snowboarders competing on the slopes

Bunschoten, Hernandez-Cervellon and Schultz end unbeaten in Finland