PARA EQUESTRIAN NEWS
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Paris 2024: Age is just a number for Katja Karjalainen
Finland’s happy-go-lucky horse-loving sexagenarian reflects on her stunning career
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Paris 2024: Behind the scenes with Para equestrian gold medallist Jorgensen
Demark's Tobias Thorning Jorgensen shares his training regime as he prepares to defend his titles at Paris 2024
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Paris 2024: Introduction to Para equestrian
The sport that epitomises harmony between riders and horses will be contested for the ninth time at the Paris 2024 Paralympics
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Paris 2024: Roxanne Trunnell on journey of a lifetime
Reigning Paralympic equestrian champion reflects on career to date as she prepares for double title defence
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Flying horses: how dressage teams travel to the Paralympic Games
From passports to perfect plane conditions, the four-legged stars of Para equestrian get VIP treatment to prime them for competition
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Road to Paris 2024: Get the latest on the qualification for the Paralympics
Get to know the major qualification events coming up and follow athletes on their journeys to the Games
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Para equestrian, when horse and rider venture into complete harmony
Horses in Para Equestrian are hard to find because they need to have the right feel for the athlete and the right biomechanics to suit the disability
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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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Paris 2024 will be most spectacular Paralympics in history, says IPC President
Andrew Parsons pays tribute to work of Organising Committee on the one-year-to-go milestone
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Sweden’s equestrian rider Jakobsson overcomes hurdles en route to Tokyo 2020 medal
Louise Etzner Jakobsson won the silver medal in the Para dressage Freestyle Grade IV event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and now she has her sights set on competing at the Paris 2024 Games
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Para equestrian sexagenarian Karjalainen hoping to crown career with Paris 2024 medal
Finland's Para equestrian veteran Katja Karjalainen is preparing for her fifth Paralympic Games
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Laurentia Tan: ‘I may not be able to dance but on a horse we can do ballet together’
Singapore's Paralympic medallist Laurentia Tan cannot hear or control her legs, but that has not stopped her from becoming a dressage star
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Top 5 tips to get started in Para equestrian from rising star Jorgensen
Tobias Thorning Jorgensen, who won two gold medals at Tokyo 2020, encourages people to embrace the partnership with their horse and become a "nerd for the sport"
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Ten years since London 2012: Games participants look back on decade of transformation
Athletes, spectators, officials, journalists and volunteers reflect on the legacy of the London 2012 Paralympic Games
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Denmark tops medals table at Para Dressage World Championships
The hosts claimed four golds and a silver medal, building the excitement for Paris 2024
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Pride Month: Sir Lee Pearson on speaking out to create a better world
'We should be promoting the fact that the world should be a more equal place'
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Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from Para equestrian
Strongest ever competition with expert display from rising stars in Para equestrian at Tokyo 2020
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Iron will and the ‘healing power of horses’: a hard road to Tokyo 2020 for two riders
Philippa Johnson-Dwyer and Louise Etzner Jakobsson tell remarkable stories of strength to overcome illnesses to compete
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Animal connection leads to Para equestrian double gold for Belgium's Michele George
Final gold medals of dressage go to Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Great Britain and USA