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LATEST RIO PARALYMPIC GAMES 2016 NEWS, EVENTS AND RESULTS

Shadow cast over Team GB Paralympic glory as dad of Olivia Breen tells MPs classification system is open to abuse

31/10/17 22:30

MATT LAWTON - CHIEF SPORTS REPORTER: The success of some of Britain's leading Paralympians was called into question in an explosive parliamentary hearing on Tuesday. Michael Breen, a lawyer and the father of Paralympic athlete Olivia Breen, gave evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee that attempted to cast a shadow over the achievements of sprinter Sophie Hahn and wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft — though he stopped short of naming the latter under parliamentary privilege....read

31/10/17 11:03

Some of the most prominent figures in British Paralympic sport could be accused of cheating on Tuesday in what one witness says will be an ‘explosive’ parliamentary hearing.

12/10/17 08:58

MATT LAWTON: Great Britain's Paralympic swimmers were forced to endure a ‘climate of fear’ and dealt with ‘an abusive manner’, British Swimming have admitted in a bombshell statement.

05/10/17 15:13

Long jumper Joshua Howard, 18, has cerebral palsy and was sitting on the edge of the dancefloor at The Factory nightclub in Manchester when he was told to leave because he was a 'hazard'.

28/09/17 13:23

Haven Shepherd was born in Vietnam but was adopted by the Shepherd family from Missouri when she was 20-months-old. She learned to use prosthetics and is now an aspiring Paralympian.

26/09/17 08:16

Allegations of cheating within British Paralympic sport is the next big issue to be investigated by members on the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee on October 31.

24/09/17 15:04

Jonnie Peacock made Strictly history last night when he became the first disabled celebrity to take part in the contest and said it was more challenging than taking part in the Paralympics.

18/09/17 14:50

Paralympian Bill Chaffey fought back tears as he spoke abut his inspirational wife Vanessa as he pledged to win Paralympic gold on ThisTime Next Year

23/07/17 22:42

ADAM CRAFTON: British officials will declare their intention to launch an official bid to bring the World Para Athletics Championships back to London in 2019 on Monday.

13/06/17 16:45

Six-time Paralympic champion David Weir has performed a U-turn on his track retirement by confirming he will compete at the Anniversary Games in London next month.

21/04/17 22:38

Weir intended to quit the sport after the marathon, having turned his back on the track after a bitter fall-out with elements of British Athletics following his disappointing Rio Paralympics.

22/02/17 23:05

MATT LAWTON: UK Sport’s refusal to fund wheelchair rugby and a number of other Olympic and Paralympic sports leaving athletes like Jim Roberts in fear of what the future now holds.

17/01/17 17:03

Six-time Paralympic champion David Weir has expressed frustration at British Athletics and declared he will never wear a Great Britain vest again.

14/10/16 13:46

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: It looks increasingly likely the World Cup Finals will be contested by 40 or 48 countries in 2026, after Gianni Infantino said there was a 'positive' feeling.

28/09/16 16:28

Queen Letizia, 44, showed off her slender frame today in a figure hugging white dress as she greeted Paralympic medalists at her home in El Pardo Palace in Madrid.

22/09/16 09:58

The Australian Paralympics squad arrived home to a heroes' welcome when they landed back in Sydney on Thursday after winning 81 medals at the event including 22 gold.

21/09/16 14:55

The International Paralympic Committee and Channel 4 look set to continue their partnership for the next two editions of the Paralympic Games.

20/09/16 13:15

Triple gold medal winner Rebecca Meyers is flying home from Brazil to Baltimore, MD, celebrating after being nominated on Monday as the best female U.S. athlete of the Paralympic games.

20/09/16 00:59

Hannah Cockroft praised Rio yesterday for hosting an ‘incredible’ Paralympic, despite a funding crisis overshadowing the build-up to the Games. Cockroft came home from Brazil with three gold medals.

19/09/16 04:55

The Australian wheelchair rugby team has taken out the gold medal in double overtime, beating the United States by just one point. One of the players described the win as the best day of his life

18/09/16 15:18

Weir, who has failed to defend any of his three Paralympics titles, has one last chance to win a medal in the wheelchair marathon on Sunday. to ensure he doesn't return empty handed.

18/09/16 14:04

Dame Sarah Storey cruised to her 14th career Paralympic gold today in the C4/C5 road race in Rio. She celebrated with daughter Louisa as Team GB rides high in the medal table, in second place.

18/09/16 13:53

Siobhan-Marie O'Connor says she was really upset, and devastated that people might think I was a drugs cheat. The truth is that I have a serious medical condition called ulcerative colitis.

18/09/16 10:01

Iranian Bahman Golbarnezhad, 48, (left) reportedly broke his neck after losing control on a downhill section of the course during the C4/C5 event in Rio.

18/09/16 03:26

Tatyana McFadden's mother was working for the US Department of Health and Human Sciences in St Petersburg when she met a six-year-old who would go on to win 14 Paralympic medals.

18/09/16 01:58

The cyclist stormed to victory in the C4-5 road race to secure her 14th gold medal. It was Team GB’s 60th gold in Rio, nearly doubling the 34 won at London 2012.

17/09/16 23:59

MARTHA KELNER: Gordon Reid said Andy Murray and Great Britain’s record-breaking Olympians inspired the Paralympic team to their best medal tally for 28 years.

17/09/16 23:44

Dame Sarah Storey decimated the field to win the C4-5 road race by an incredible three minutes and 29 seconds and claimed her third title in 10 days at the Paralympic Games.

17/09/16 13:05

America's gold medal tally stood at 36 on Friday night - five more than were secured in the last Paralympics - with top podium finishes for sprinter Deja Young and swimmer McKenzie Coan.

16/09/16 07:31

Former Naval special operations officer Bradley Snyder was overjoyed at breaking a world record in the Paralympic swimming pool, smashing the world record in the 100m freestyle S11.

16/09/16 01:53

GB had a very successful day eight of the Paralympic Games, with Sophie Christiansen, Natasha Baker, Jeanette Chippington, Emma Wiggs and Anne Dickins winning gold.

16/09/16 01:45

The former Royal Engineers captain, 34, from Stockport, stepped on an IED in Helmand province during a patrol in 2009, but now stands proudly on the podium at the Paralympics in Rio.

15/09/16 23:39

Former Australian soldier Curtis McGrath has been pictured beaming as he was awarded his gold medal after a personal best para-canoe run secured him the top spot at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

15/09/16 23:14

Weir was hoping to claim a third straight T54 800 metres title after his wins at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, where he won four gold medals from four events but the six-time champion finished sixth.

15/09/16 15:21

Paralympic organizers are celebrating reaching the 2 million mark in ticket sales for the twelve-day event. Brazil has finally taken the Games to heart and it has become the second biggest in history.

15/09/16 13:13

Team GB has surged beyond the gold medal haul from the London Games in Rio, with Kadeena Cox becoming the first British athlete to win golds in separate sports since 1984.

15/09/16 09:07

Former F1 star Alex Zanardi, 49, took gold after winning the men's road hand-cycling time trial at the Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

15/09/16 08:50

Among the inspirational athletes to medal today was Cassie Mitchell who was diagnozed with cancer only earlier year, having already been partially-sighted and wheelchair-bound.

15/09/16 08:09

Iran's Morteza Mehrzadselakjani is the tallest Paralympian ever standing at 8ft 1in (2.46m) tall and competes in the sitting volleyball

15/09/16 08:05

He is a Navy officer who was blinded serving his country – and who has now won two Paralympic gold swimming medals in Rio. Bradley Snyder's life will now be turned into a movie.

15/09/16 00:57

The picturesque Rio beach resort of Pontal with its rolling waves and wooden huts selling coconuts was a fitting backdrop as Storey won the road time trial by more than a minute.

15/09/16 00:42

Paralympians are able to listen to the sound of victory as the medals can be identified by sound. The medals for the Rio Games are filled with steel balls - each with a different noise when shaken.

14/09/16 23:28

Australian teenager Isis Holt, 15, claimed silver in the 100m Paralympic final in Rio finishing just 0.09 seconds behind winner Xia Zhou from China.

14/09/16 14:47

The 27-year-old sprinter, from Hampshire, who has cerebral palsy, insists her two Paralympic titles in Rio are a result of hard work and that her T37 classification cannot be questioned.

14/09/16 09:50

Britain's Paralympics success in Rio continued on day six with six golds among 11 medals added to the haul.

14/09/16 09:39

Daniel Michel, 21, who can't even grip a ball has used a ramp, a mouth pointer, a robotic arm and pure determination to achieve his dream of representing for Australia in Boccia on Wednesday.

14/09/16 04:39

U.S. Paralympics athletes struck gold five more times in Rio today with wins in the pool and on the track. Team USA has won 60 medals so far, with six days of competition to go.

14/09/16 00:11

Georgina Hermitage won her second gold of the Rio Paralympics on Tuesday. The 27-year-old from Alton, Hampshire added the T37 400 metres Paralympic title to her world crowns.

13/09/16 21:41

Abdellatif Baka set a world record of 3:48.29 to claim top spot, more than 1.7 seconds faster than USA runner Matthew Centrowitz, who won the men's Olympic 1,500m final last month.

13/09/16 16:39

Clare Balding was chatting to a boy called Bruno while holding the stuffed toy, but mid-way through the interview he took the toy mascot - Tom - and decided to keep it for himself.

13/09/16 14:59

Rebecca Meyers bagged her third gold medal of the Paralympics in Rio after winning the 400m freestyle S13. Bradley Snyder also secured a gold for Team USA in the 50m freestyle S11 event.

13/09/16 14:05

The Algerian women's goalball team went missing for six days and turned up in Rio on Sunday, missing matches against Israel and the United States last week.

13/09/16 02:58

The 38-year-old athlete, from Hereford, was reinstated to Monday night's SM6 200 metres individual medley final after his disqualification was overturned on appeal.

13/09/16 02:17

At 21 years old, she won her fifth Paralympic gold in the S6 200m individual medley, coming back dramatically after falling behind to main rival Lingling Song of China.

13/09/16 01:21

MARTHA KELNER IN RIO: Bayley jumped into the arms of a disgruntled umpire and comedian Johnny Vegas as he celebrated achieving the ‘impossible’ feat of Paralympic gold.

12/09/16 15:43

The 37-year-old David Weir, from Wallington, Surrey, won four gold medals from four events at London 2012, but finished fifth in a highly-competitive T54 400 metres final at the Games in Rio.

12/09/16 13:10

Jon-Allan Butterworth says it is not easy to become a Paralympian - after becoming the first British serviceman injured in the Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts to win gold on the 15th anniversary of 9/11.

12/09/16 10:46

The sprinter powered to victory with his trademark speed in the final stage of the race, finishing in 23.39 to help Britain to its biggest medal haul of a single day in three Paralympic games.

12/09/16 10:07

Marieke Vervoort, 37, from Belgium, suffers from an incurable, spinal disease that has left her confined to a wheelchair in almost constant pain, which only allows her to sleep for 10 minutes a night.

12/09/16 06:24

The US Paralympic team was today celebrating its athletes domination of the games’ toughest event which is being held for the first tim

12/09/16 02:42

Double Paralympic gold medalist Rebecca Meyers has revealed the personal inspiration she has received from American Olympic hero Michael Phelps.

12/09/16 02:18

Jon-Allan Butterworth (pictured), 30, who lost his arm in Iraq in 2007, won gold in the C1-5 mixed team sprint with team mates Jody Cundy and Louis Rolfe in Rio today.

12/09/16 01:55

MARTHA KELNER IN RIO: The 30-year-old set a world record in the C1-5 mixed team sprint alongside Jody Cundy and Louis Rolfe, upgrading on the three silvers he won at London 2012.

12/09/16 01:42

MARTHA KELNER IN RIO: Richard Whitehead handled the pressure of being one of the strongest favourites in any sport at these Paralympics by defending his T42 200m title in trademark style.

11/09/16 23:32

MARTHA KELNER IN RIO: Lauren Rowles was approaching the end of a 10-month stay in hospital at Stoke Mandeville when she watched London 2012 Paralympic Games on television.

11/09/16 13:34

Cox, 25, won a cycling gold in the C4-5 time trial on Saturday after winning bronze in the T38 100m on Friday.The athlete, from Leeds, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis two years ago.

11/09/16 08:10

British sprint golden boy Jonnie Peacock yesterday delivered a furious criticism of ‘ridiculous’ transport arrangements for Paralympic athletes in the Rio traffic gridlock.

11/09/16 01:49

Double amputee Joe Townsend, 28, could be seen receiving treatment at the finish line of the Men's PT1 triathlon at the Rio Paralympics today, after coming sixth in the gruelling event.

10/09/16 16:05

Schoolgirl swimmer Ellie Robinson set herself up for success with an incredible entrance to the S6 50m butterfly event at the Rio Paralympics on Friday night. She won gold and set a games record.

10/09/16 16:01

The blunder by the official Spanish language Twitter account of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Committee prompted many online users to voice their condemnation, calling it 'offensive' and 'a scandal'.

10/09/16 15:04

Swimming sensation Tiffany Thomas-Kane, 14, has been pictured celebrating after winning bronze in the 50m butterfly at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

10/09/16 10:01

ParalympicsGB won seven gold and 16 medals in all on day two, taking the overall tally to 12 gold and 27 medals, second to China in the medal table. Four of those gold medals came in athletics.

09/09/16 22:38

Ellie Robinson, 15, qualified for the S6 50m butterfly in Rio 2016 on Friday afternoon and was cheered on by her classmates at Northampton High School who watched from the hall.

09/09/16 18:50

Millions beamed with pride as Dame Sarah Storey secured her place as Britain's greatest female Paralympian in Rio de Janeiro - and among those cheering her on was her daughter Louisa.

09/09/16 01:44

Sarah Storey climbed the steep bank inside the Rio velodrome to embrace husband Barney and daughter Louisa after becoming Great Britain’s most decorated female Paralympian.

09/09/16 01:07

British swimmers joined the gold rush as Ollie Hynd and Bethany Firth both set world records to win on a phenomenal first evening in the Aquatics Centre.

09/09/16 00:46

If Georgie Hermitage wins the first of a possible three Paralympic titles in the T37 100metres on Friday, she has pledged to paint a postbox gold when she returns home to the village of Binsted.

08/09/16 23:55

Megan Giglia won the C1-3 3,000m, beating American Jamie Whitmore. The 31-year-old, who had a brain haemorrhage and stroke at the age of 27 had earlier broken her own world record.

08/09/16 23:54

More than 4,000 para-athletes are descending on Rio over the next two weeks to compete across 528 different events - from swimming, to boccia, and from wheelchair rugby, to the long jump.

08/09/16 22:51

The tens of thousands inside the Maracana Stadium cheered uncontrollably as former Brazilian athlete Marcia Malsar dusted herself off and continued her leg of the journey.

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