PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
#SuperheroSunday: Yohansson Nascimento
He will be competing in the IPC Athletics Grand Prix this week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but today he tells us which people are his heroes.
Ten Asian records set on second day of Beijing Grand Prix
The records included Cuiqing Liu taking 0.15 seconds off the 10-year-old 200m T11 Asian record.
Smith takes win as two world records fall in Poland
Australia’s Natalie Smith saw off Slovakian world and European champion Veronika Vadovicova, and two finals world records were broken at the IPC Shooting World Cup in Szczecin, Poland.
Buffalo 2015: Germany preview
Alongside Japan, Germany made it into the A-Pool following a gold medal winning performance from the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.
New Zealand swimming stars heading to Glasgow 2015
Team of eight includes Sophie Pascoe who has been in incredible form this week, taking down two world records at the Swimming NZ Open Championships.
Dame Tessa Jowell to chair London 2017 inspiration programme
The former Olympics Minister will deliver the World Athletics Inspiration Programme covering both the IAAF and IPC Athletics World Championships.
Dutch name mix of youth and experience for Glasgow 2015
Seventeen swimmers, including five new athletes, will compete for the Netherlands at July’s 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Hu sets new long jump world record at Beijing Grand Prix
The 27-year-old added 31cm to the previous best set in 2012 by South African Dyan Buis
Buffalo 2015: Norway preview
What you need to know about Norway prior to the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool.
Agitos Foundation paves Road to Rio 2016
The first of four workshops for coaches, classifiers, athletes and sport managers, run in partnership with Rio 2016 and the Brazilian Paralympic Committee, will start on Saturday (18 April).