PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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De La Forest and Lekhara make history, Granada sees new champions: 2024 Year recap
It is time to look back at a memorable 2024 World Shooting Para Sport season. And here are the year’s highlights.
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Portuguese athlete Simone Fragoso banned three years for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifter returned an adverse analytical finding for metabolites of a Prohibited Substance at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
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Para Swimming World Series: Know all winners
First awarded in 2017, here are the winners of all editions of the World Series in the Female and Male Overall, High-Support Needs and Juniors Athletes categories, as well as the best National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of each year
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Araujo and Tai claim 2024 Citi Para Swimming World Series titles
Brazil and Great Britain take all but one title – the Best Female High-Support Needs Athlete, won by Spain's Teresa Perales – as Araujo defended his 2023 crown while Tai returned to the top of the rankings after five years
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Iranian athlete Mostafa Marian receives three-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para athletics athlete returned an adverse analytical finding for metabolites of a prohibited substance at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
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New Delhi to host 2025 Para Athletics World Championships
The world’s largest single Para sport event will take place from 26 September to 5 October 2025 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which will also host a World Para Athletics Grand Prix for the first time next March
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2024: Viral Paralympic moments
As we bid farewell to 2024, watch some of the most popular videos on the @Paralympics social media channels
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WPPO publishes Qualification Pathway to LA 2028
Document published by WPPO outlines the requirements athletes must complete in order to qualify for the Paralympic Games including a series of mandatory events in the cycle 2025-2028
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IPC refers anti-doping rule violation involving Portuguese athlete Costa to UCI
Portuguese Para cyclist Luis Miguel Pinto Costa returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for a Prohibited Substance in a urine sample provided out-of-competition on 2 September 2024 as part of the pre-Games testing programme at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
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Canada’s A-Pool gold, U.S. Women’s new crown, and more: a 2024 lookback!
As the year comes to a close, let’s wrap up the top moments for World Para Ice Hockey in 2024