PARA CANOE NEWS
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Para sport review: July 2017
Athletics and swimming dominate headlines in the Paralympic Movement.
Paralympic Para canoe champions win Euro titles
Wiggs and Yemelianov follow Rio 2016 success with European gold.
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British Para canoe squads named for Euros and Worlds
International debuts for Henshaw and Phillipson following Para sport switch.
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Muller, Swoboda open season with wins in Szeged
The Rio 2016 Paralympic medallists captured gold in the season opening World Cup.
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Sochi 2014 Nordic skiing champion Helene Ripa retires
The Swedish is hanging up the skis to fully devote herself to Para canoe.
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Swimmer Henshaw switches to canoe
The multi-Paralympic British medallist is looking for a new challenge after 10 years of swimming.
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Voting open for Americas ‘Athlete of the Month’
Popular vote will decide who the best athlete in the Americas was in April 2017, via www.americasparalympic.org.
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Brazil dominate Canoe South American Championships
Brazilian canoers won five of the six Para canoe events contested in Paipa, Colombia.
Now on radar, Tokarz targets first Worlds gold
Polish paddler Jakub Tokarz stunned many at the 2016 Paralympic Games and is now a person to beat in August’s Worlds.
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Paralympic Champion Anne Dickins goes out on a high
After volunteering at London 2012, she won canoe Paralympic gold at Rio 2016.
Curtis McGrath seeks out new challenges
Paralympic champion in canoe, the Australian is also trying out Para rowing.
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Muller ready for post-Rio 2016 season
After her success at Rio 2016, Germany’s Edina Muller looks ahead to the new Para canoe season.
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Slovenia’s Pevec, Febcic receive awards
Veselka Pevec received one of the nation’s most prestigious awards, and Dejan Febcic was recognised regionally.
Curtis McGrath wins World Paddle award
The Australian Para canoeist won the award he said ‘is commonly won by able-bodied athletes.’
Ones to watch for 2017 for canoe and powerlifting announced
Six canoeists and 11 powerlifters have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.
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No. 21 Canoe and triathlon’s successful debut
The two sports were on the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016 for the first time in history.
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Canoe: Five things we learned from Rio 2016
The sport made its Paralympic debut at Rio 2016. Find out what emerged.
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Great Britain dominate the waters in canoe’s Paralympic debut
Jeanette Chippington, Emma Wiggs and Anne Dickins won Team GB’s three golds at the Lagoa Stadium.
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Zhangyu Li claims another Paralympic gold
“I’m so happy,” said the Chinese cyclist after victory in the C1-2-3 time trial. “This is what I have worked for.”
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A statement from the Australian Paralympic Committee
Para cyclist Michael Gallagher has been sent home after an out-of-competition drug test in July.