PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Australia confident in defending Paralympic title
The reigning Paralympic champions are not worried about their drop in the IWRF rankings.

200 days until the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games: four test events to play crucial role in home straight
Biggest challenge for organisers will be transition period between the end of the Olympic Games and start of Paralympic Games say organisers.

How I got into para-athletics: the USA’s Raymond Martin
The T52 Paralympic and world champion explains how he got into para-athletics.

France Télévisions to broadcast Rio 2016 Paralympics
More than 100 hours will be shown from the Paralympic Games.

World Wheelchair Curling Championships to get underway
Teams will compete for Paralympic Winter Games qualification points at the Eizentrum Luzern, in Lucerne Switzerland, from Sunday.

Peru determined to make most of IPC-membership status
Now as a member of the IPC, NPC Peru has taken quick steps to put its athletes at centre stage.

Latest world record for Rahman at powerlifting World Cup
World’s strongest Paralympian, Iran’s Siamand Rahman, breaks the men’s over 107kg world record once again in Dubai, UAE.

Belgium names first athletes on Rio 2016 team
Three table tennis players, Marc Ledoux, Laurens Devos and Florian Van Acker, received the news that all athletes hope to get.
Eskau headlines strong German Nordic team for World Cup
Nearly 120 athletes from 15 countries will compete at the second World Cup of the season in Finsterau, Germany.

Para-triathlon Oceania Champs a tune-up for Rio
World champion Bill Chaffey is among the para-triathletes looking to polish himself ahead of September’s Paralympic Games.