PARA ATHLETICS NEWS
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Off the Beaten Track with Australia’s Evan O’Hanlon
The T38 sprinter won two golds at London 2012 and will aim to win more at Rio 2016.
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Lewis aims to become Bermuda’s first Paralympic medallist
T53 sprinter Jessica Lewis is hoping to win her country’s first Paralympic medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympics after last year’s breakthrough season.
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Wallace believes 100m world record will go before Rio 2016
The US T44 sprinter thinks Richard Browne’s mark of 10.61 seconds could be lowered before September’s Paralympic Games.
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My best and worst moments with Germany’s Vanessa Low
The world record holder in women’s long jump reflects on success and failure at previous World Championships.
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Music Monday with Great Britain’s Hannah Cockroft
The T34 Paralympic, world and European champion shares her favourites songs.
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Monthly preview: May 2016
Check out all the events that will headline this month in para-sport.
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Grosseto 2016 sprinters Corso and Contrafatto meet school kids in Rome
The two Italian sprinters told 100 youngsters about their excitement for June’s IPC Athletics European Championships.
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‘Me and My Coach’ with Cuba’s Omara Durand and Yunidis Castillo, and their coach Miriam Ferrer
Two of the world’s top sprinters talk about what it means to train under the guidance of their coach Miriam Ferrer – and how their relationship is more like family.
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London 2017 announce co-chair and non-executive board members
The new appointments will have a strategic oversight of London’s delivery of the World Athletics Championships.
![Prince Harry poses with the USA's Tatanya Mcfadden and Switzerland's Marcel Hug after both won the 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon.](/sites/default/files/images/160424141708461_GettyImages-523751454_0.jpg)
Para-sport in review: April 2016
Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during April.
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My best and worst moments with the USA’s Raymond Martin
He won his second successive London Marathon last weekend, but now shares his career highs and lows.
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Training Tuesday with Cuba’s Leinier Savon Pineda
The Cuban sprint world champion discloses his training plan ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
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Martina Caironi announced as Italy’s flagbearer for Rio 2016
The T42 Paralympic and world champion will carry her country’s flag during the Opening Ceremony.
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Music Monday with the Netherlands’ Marlou van Rhijn
The 24-year-old is the fastest female blade runner on earth but what sort of music does the Dutch athlete listen to?
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Hug, McFadden, Martin claim Virgin Money London Marathon wheelchair titles
Just six days after both racers won in Boston, the pair claimed victory on the streets of the British capital.
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Zheng smashes world record at London Marathon
The T11 distance runner took more than 13 minutes off the previous best during the IPC Athletics Marathon World Cup.
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Russia’s Bychenok completes a hat-trick of wins in Beijing
The biathlon world champion from 2015 is making a name for himself on the track in 2016 after a hat-trick of wins at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.
![The USA's Joshua George, Switzerland's Marcel Hug, the USA's Tatyana McFadden, Jpana's Wakako Tsuchida and the British trip of David Weir, Shelly Woods and Jade Jones attend a photocall ahead of the 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon.](/sites/default/files/images/160423074546292_GettyImages-523195570.jpg)
Preview: IPC Athletics Marathon World Cup in London
Seven events will form part of the race programme which is part of the Virgin Money London Marathon.
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Liwan Yang breaks shot put world record in Beijing
Four world records have now been broken and one equalled in two days of action at the fifth IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the year.
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Three world records smashed and one equalled in Beijing
On the first day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix new world records were set in two relay events as well as the javelin, whilst a long jump record was equalled.