PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Teenage talent Bruinsma targets first world titles
Dutch swimmer Liesette Bruinsma left Rio 2016 with two Paralympic titles and now wants more gold medals in Mexico City.

SP2017: Judokas take centre stage on fourth day
With judokas in every men's and wome's events, Brazil are hoping to perform a clean sweep at the Youth Parapan American Games on Thursday (23 March).

Historic partnership marks 500 days to 2018 Worlds
GIO will be the official naming sponsor of next year’s wheelchair rugby World Championships.
Kamiji reflects on beating No. 1 Griffioen
Winning the Australian Open was special, not only because the Japanese player broke the Dutch dominance.

Growing Para rowing in the Americas
An international Para rowing training camp was held in Sarasota-Bradenton, USA, which was the first of its kind.

IWAS World Games 2017 host named
The Vila Real de Santo António in Portugal will host the competition later this year.

Danielle Rauen celebrates gold in front of home crowd
Brazil´s Rio 2016 table tennis bronze medallist topped the podium in the women's class 9 after beating Chile's Ailyn Espinoza 3-0 in the gold-medal match at Sao Paulo 2017.

Lopez swims in Sao Paulo, sets sights on Tokyo 2020
Mexico´s 17-year-old swimmer hopes the Youth Parapan American Games can spring board for her to the next Paralympics.

SHL, NPC Sweden form new partnership
The two will collaborate to develop Para ice hockey in the country.
Titles for Fleig, Utkin in biathlon World Cup
France’s Benjamin Daviet and Ukraine’s Oksana Shyshkova were also confirmed as overall men’s and women’s World Cup winners.