PARA ATHLETICS NEWS
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Qualification criteria published for Kobe 2024 World Championships
Competition programme will hold 171 medal events at the 11th edition of the Worlds from 17 to 25 May next year in Japan
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Paris 2024 Paralympic Games tickets to go on sale on 9 October
Half of the 2.8 million tickets available will be priced EUR 25 or less
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World Para Athletics confirms 2024 competition calendar
Season to kick off in Dubai, UAE with first of the seven Grand Prix of the year; Jesolo to host Italian GP from 22 to 24 March
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Paris 23: Stars align on magical final day
Newcomers shine, defending champions save best for last and Para athletics legends collect more gold as Para Athletics Worlds wraps up in the French capital
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Para Athletics Worlds open door to more Para sports fans a year before Paris 2024
With just over a year until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Para athletes said they loved competing in front of a vocal crowd at the Para Athletics World Championships. For many spectators, the event introduced them to the attractions of the sport
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Paris 23: Sandilands pulls surprise, Sliwinska continues to impress on final day
British runner makes winning Worlds debut, Polish thrower adds world title to Paralympic win in morning of thrilling throwing and jump finals on Monday
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Paris 23: Cockroft and Lemos double up with Sunday win
Colombian triumphs in rollercoaster shot put final while British wheelchair racer shows she is still the one to beat; Japan takes universal relay gold
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How sprinters with vision impairment and their guides compete in sync
We asked Paralympic medallists competing at the Paris 23 Para Athletics World Championships to share their secrets
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Paris 23: Sunday best for Carabin, Legnante and Rodriguez
Belgian wheelchair racer bags second gold in his Worlds debut, Italian throwing legend extends her legacy and Ecuadorian jumper smashes world record
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Paris 23: Ghavelas and Debrunner shine on super Saturday
Greek adds world title to Paralympic gold, Swiss star takes fourth win as Lakatos gives Canada first triumph and Brazil closes gap to China on medals table
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Paris 23: Yogesh Kathuniya supports new talent after life-changing Paralympic debut
Indian discus thrower Kathuniya claimed the silver medal in the men’s discus throw F56 event at Tokyo 2020.
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Paris 23: Safia Djelal takes elusive gold in style
Algerian Paralympic champion wins first world title with new world record in a morning of first triumph for Argentina and second for Australia's Turner
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Paris 23: Magnificent Markus Rehm makes it six
German jumper breaks championships record to add one more world title to his impressive collection one year before the Paralympics in the French capital
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Paris 23: Italy’s ‘Charlie’s Angels’ open new chapter in friendship
Ambra Sabatini led Italy’s 1-2-3 finish at the Para Athletics World Championships, followed by Martina Caironi and Monica Contrafatto
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Paris 23: Dening Zhu saves the best for last on Bastille Day
Chinese long jumper defends his title in a morning session which saw Iran's Saeid Afrooz set a new world record and more gold from legends Hug and Tlili
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Paris 23: A Thursday of podium sweeps and a new high jump star
Jumper Ezra Frech breaks world record twice to take his first world title; Ambra Sabatini and Hannah Cockroft lead Italian and British triple podiums
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Paris 23: Salum Ageze Kashafali's victory dance spreads the love
Paralympic and world champion delights fans at the Paris 23 Para Athletics World Championships with his unique moves
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Paris 23: Super Sumit adds javelin world title to Paralympic gold
Indian thrower breaks own world record in first attempt, Brazil's Jacques wins dramatic 1500m T11 final and Swiss Debrunner picks third gold
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Paris 23: Wednesday's action sees Manu crowned new king of the blade runners
Italian takes world by storm one year before the Games in the French capital, Brazil's Gomes breaks second world record with second gold of the day
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Paris 23: Family first for Roderick Townsend-Roberts as he celebrates Worlds gold
Roderick Townsend-Roberts claims men’s high jump T47 world title - and a new world record - as Olympian wife Tynita Butts watches on