PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Italian team for Grosseto 2016 named
The home team for Junes’s IPC Athletics European Championships will feature 26 athletes.

Judoka Lencina heading to his third Paralympic Games
The first Argentinian athlete to compete at both Olympics and Paralympics dreams of winning his first gold at Rio 2016.

Hsin-Yu Lin hopes to dance for Chinese Taipei at first Asian Champs
Following her performance at the season opener, Lin looks to improve ahead of Asia’s inaugural Championships in November.
Wheelchair basketball schedule confirmed for Rio 2016
Competition tips off on 8 September, with games held in the Rio Olympic Arena and Carioca Arena 1.

US fencing trio target Rio 2016 qualification
The Americas Championships will be the last chance for automatic Rio 2016 qualification.

Guissone not complacent despite ticket to Rio
Brazil’s top wheelchair fencer aims to delight home crowd at Americas Championships.

Carol Cooke talks World Multiple Sclerosis Day
Australia’s cycling Paralympic champion Carol Cooke says she would not change her multiple sclerosis diagnosis because it has made her the person she is today.

One month to go until Global ID Sports Week
The Global ID Sports Week is a week-long celebration of sport for athletes with intellectual disability.

Sport Week: Rio 2016 venue for football 7-a-side
Spectators can catch all the action in the Deodoro Stadium during September’s Paralympic Games.

My best and worst moments with Great Britain’s Sophie Hahn
The 100m T38 world record holders shares her high and lows which both come from last year’s World Championships.