PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

‘Hurricane Hannah’ has special reason to shine at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Multiple world and Paralympic champion will compete in racing wheelchair named after friend who passed away last year

BISFed Individual Champs: Upset on day one
Great Britain’s No. 2 David Smith dropped his first round in the BC1.

Sport Week: Classification in para-equestrian
Sport Week: Classification in para-equestrian

Croatia’s Budetic receives CPRA award
The Paralympic medallist was recognised for his project ‘Get started with Branimir Budetic.’

Portugal top INAS Indoor Athletics medal table
Four INAS records were also broken in Ancona, Italy.

Skelhon eyes double shooting gold at Rio 2016
Great Britain’s world champion "expecting" to become a double Paralympic champion at Rio 2016.

Para-Cycling Track Worlds: Fachie untouchable in sprint
British tandem close 2016 World Championships in style, make case for Rio 2016 Paralympics.

Sport Week: Introduction to para-equestrian
Get to know how a rider and his/her horse connect to compete for Paralympic medals.

World champion Kenny van Weeghel wins in Dubai
The Netherlands’ World and European champion Kenny Van Weeghel leads the way in Dubai as records fall in the field.

Quick success for Sarti in para-archery
The Italian won the world title in the women’s compound, and hopes to build upon that at Rio 2016.