Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Souhad Ghazouani from France wins gold at the 2013 IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships

Defending champion Ghazouani is the woman to beat in the women’s up to 73kg class as the competition continues at Riocentro.

Judokas, Carmen Brussig and Li Liqing competing for the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro.

“I am a mother normally, but a warrior on the mat.” Here’s what the judokas had to say after they came off the Rio 2016 tatami.

Louis Rolfe, Jon-Allan Butterworth and Jody Cundy celebrate gold medal for team GB

Last day of action for the cyclists on the track also sees Tristan Bangma secure a gold medal for the Netherlands.

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Welcome to our live updates from the pick of the action across the venues. Keep checking back for the latest developments.

a man smiles on a horse

Relief and sadness for competitors as four out of five horses pass re-inspection ahead of start of Paralympic competition at Deodoro.

A picture of a man powerlifter on a bench celebrating with his hands up

China will fancy its chances of adding to its medal tally as the competition continues at the Rio Paralympics.

George Wyndham

As the country’s only athlete in Rio, Wyndham hopes he can change the perception of people with impairments.

Powerlifting | EJIKE Lucy wins Gold | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Ejike claims Nigeria’s third gold of the competition in front of an ecstatic crowd.

A man shooting a pistol

One event, 31 competitors and 19 countries as Paralympic shooters go for gold again, with China’s Jiafei Li among the favourites.

Agitos

Gabriel Magu Wanjiku tested positive for terbutaline in a urine sample provided on 29 July

Swimming | Men's 100m Breaststroke SB13 final | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

New Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe won the eighth Paralympic title of her career, in a new world record time.

Prawat Wahoram of Thailand and Marcel Hug of Switzerland lead the pack in heat one of the men's 5000m meter T54 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

There are plenty of exciting match-ups on the cards at the Olympic Stadium, including a showdown sure to excite the locals in the crowd.

GBR's rowing gold medallists at Lagoa

Great Britain dominated in the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, while Samuel Moran claimed Israel’s first medal at Rio 2016.

Athletics | Women's 400m - T53 Final | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Algerian Abdellatif Baka wins a dramatic tussle in the men’s 1,500m T13 to clinch his first Paralympic title on eventful day at Olympic Stadium.

Sophie Pascoe of New Zealand stands on the podium after winning a gold medal in the women's 100m Backstroke S10 final at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

New Zealand's Sophie Pascoe will go for her second gold in successive days whilst Brazilian hero Daniel Dias is also in action.

Dalton Herendeen in the Swimming Heats at Rio 2016

Five British swimmers head through as the fastest qualifiers as Paralympic records are set in on the morning of Sunday (11 September)

Kgothatso Montjane - Rio 2016

Australia and USA will battle it out for gold in the quads doubles final of the Paralympics at Rio 2016.

Pepo Puch

Nervous wait for equestrian medal hopefuls ahead of competition getting underway at Deodoro.

Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos BRA takes the Gold Medal in the Men's 100m.

Brazil’s teenage sensation gets the home crowds roaring on a sensational Sunday morning at Rio’s Olympic Stadium.

Shingo Kunieda of Japan

Men’s singles and doubles, women’s singles and doubles, plus quad doubles all grace the Olympic Tennis Centre on day three.