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Channel 4 to broadcast Anniversary Games
British fans will get to watch their favourite track and field stars in action before they jet to the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
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“New athlete” Greaves prepares for Anniversary Games
The British discus thrower will go head-to-head this weekend in London with the USA’s world record holder David Blair.
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Van Rhijn relishing London return
The Dutch blade runner’s final 100m race before Rio 2016 will be at Saturday’s Müller Anniversary Games.
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Canadian Connor stripped of all results dating back to May 2012
The athlete was suspended for four years in April 2016 for an anti-doping violation but has since admitted to previously using prohibited substances.
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My best and worst moments with Finland’s Leo Pekka-Tahti
The T54 wheelchair race is preparing to defend his 100m Paralympic title at Rio 2016.
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Dutch Para athletes team named for Rio 2016
The team features 12 athletes made up of eight women and four men
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Training Tuesday with Brazil’s Terezinha Guilhermina
The Brazilian sprinting legend talks about how she is preparing for her fourth Paralympic Games.
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World’s best Para athletes set for Müller Anniversary Games
Headliners at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix final include home favourites David Weir, Hannah Cockroft and Jonnie Peacock
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Music Monday with Rachel Morrison
A former cello player, Morrison enjoys unwinding to classical music.
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Manila hosts IPC Athletics National Classifier Course
It was the first time an IPC Athletics education course has taken place in the country.
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Review: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Berlin
A look back at two days of action from the penultimate Grand Prix of the season in the German capital.
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‘How I got into…’ with Richard Browne
The 100m and 200m T44 world champion and world record holder explains how he got into Para athletics.
Berlin to stage 2018 European Para Athletics Championships
The German capital is expected to attract more than 600 athletes from 40 countries in August 2018.
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Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Berlin
The penultimate Grand Prix of 2016 will bring together many stars names, including a number of newly crowned European champions.
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London 2017 makes two board appointments
To coincide with one year to go, British athletes Stef Reid and Vanessa Daobry have taken up key positions with the Organising Committee.
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Para athletics explained: how to organise a Grand Prix
Roger Getzmann, Competition Director of the Nottwil Grand Prix explains how to organise a major Para athletics event.
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Hayes prepares for 400m challenge at Berlin Grand Prix
The T13 South African will be aiming for consistency over one lap this weekend as she targets double Paralympic gold this September.
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My best and worst moments with the USA’s David Brown
The US T11 sprinter reflects on career highs and lows.
Long jump world record under threat in Berlin claims Popow
Days after setting a new mark of 6.72m, the German T42 athlete believes the world record could fall again at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.
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Music Monday with Great Britain’s Jonnie Peacock
The Paralympic and European champion over 100m shares his musical tastes.