It feels like the 2024 Olympics only just finished, but the Paralympics are just around the corner with the first events starting on Wednesday. 

We recently cheered on Ayrshire hopefuls including runner Jemma Reekie and swimmer Duncan Scott as they battled for medals. 

Now, two more hopefuls from the region are going for gold as the Paralympics get underway in the French capital this week.

Kayleigh Haggo

Maybole native Kayleigh Haggo says she wants to relish her Paralympics experience when it gets underway this week.

A world and European champion frame-runner, Kayleigh was devastated to find out her sport would not be included in the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

A dream she’d had since she first started frame-running at 12, to compete at a Paralympics, seemed to be over.

But Kayleigh wasn’t willing to give it up, and she started playing boccia with the aim of making the ParalympicsGB team.

The sport sees athletes throw, kick or use a ramp to propel a ball onto the court with the aim of getting closest to a 'jack' ball

From having played boccia only a handful of times, in two years Kayleigh reached 13th in the world rankings and was named in the team for Paris 2024.

Robyn Love

Ayr Para athlete Robyn Love is set to compete at her third Paralympic Games in Paris this summer. 

The 33-year-old has been selected for a spot on the GB wheelchair basketball team, who are looking to secure a medal haul in the French capital.

A stalwart of international wheelchair basketball, Love helped the GB team to a fourth-place finish at Rio 2016 and won medals at the World and European Championships.

She then led Team Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham before captaining Loughborough Lightning to the BWB Women’s Premier League title.

Since then she has turned her attention to tennis and last year won both the singles and doubles titles at the ITF Futures Series in Bulles, Switzerland.

Wheelchair basketball games will take place at the Bercy Arena near Paris on all 11 days of the competition.