The Paralympic flag is waved by Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes, right, following the hand over by Sir Philip Craven, centre, watched by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson during the closing ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 17: Gold medalist Jessica Long of the United States celebrates on the podium at the medal ceremony for Women’s 200m Individual Medley - SM8 on day 10 of the Rio 2016 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (CNN) – A poignant and defiant Rio 2016 Paralympics closing ceremony celebrated Brazil, the strength of the human spirit and diversity while stylishly handing the baton over for Tokyo ...

Latin America’s first Paralympics will be remembered as the peoples’ Games where the people of Rio turned out in their droves to support athletes of all countries. Rio 2016 arguably did more for the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – To rousing cheers and a standing ovation, two para-athletes who faced the additional challenge of being displaced from their homeland made history on Wednesday leading the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Para-triathlon is a growing sport among people with physical disabilities. In fact, for the first time, the sport will be part of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. Chicago's Dare2tri was ...

Australia claimed 32 gold medals and finished just one silver away from fourth place in the medal table at this summer's Paralympics in London, a performance that exceeded expectations. Jason Hellwig, ...