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Ones to Watch: Top female athletes announced
Ten international stars who can make the headlines during the World Para Athletics Championships in November
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A sport platform for the UN SDGs
World Para Athletics Championships to become first major global sport event to promote the Sustainable Development Goals
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Paralympic Movement mourns death of Marieke Vervoort
'Vervoort brought the disabled into the light with her two medals at the London Paralympic Games'
Dubai 2019: Paralympic medallists lead UAE's challenge
Mohammed Qaid, Noura Al Ketbi and Sara Al Senaani are the top names defending the host nation at the World Para Athletics Championships from 7-15 November
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Barrio breaking down barriers
Spanish runner inspires young people with disabilities – especially girls – through her writing and teaching, as well as athletics podiums
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Peacock withdraws from Worlds
Two-time Paralympic and world champion out of season's most important competition due to knee injury
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Chicago Marathon: Romanchuk kicks off series in style
Manuela Schaer takes her eight consecutive Majors victory and USA wheelchair racer wins again where his road to glory began
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Sauvage inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame
“It’s fantastic to be honoured in this way”
Stirring return for Kadeena Cox
British champion sets targets for World Championships and continues to inspire women across sporting world with her on-going battle with eating disorder
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Australia and Germany name teams for the Worlds
Three-time Paralympic champion Markus Rehm headlines German squad and Vanessa Low makes her debut representing the Aussies
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Berlin crowns Marathon Majors winners
Manuela Schaer takes seventh consecutive victory in the Series XII and Marcel Hug finishes first in the men's wheelchair race in Germany
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Berlin Marathon: Schaer in search of more success
Swiss winner of the Marathon Major Series is the star of a short film about her amazing journey through 42 km
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US team named for Worlds
Fourteen athletes back to defend gold medals from London 2017
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Jong’s remarkable recovery lights up Paris
Dutch sprinter dominates on return from surgery as world records tumble in French capital
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Durand delivers third Parapan gold
Brazil dominate athletics medals table and Peruvian Rosbil Guillen finds redemption
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New mum Libby Clegg raring to run in Paris
Great Britain’s sprint star on comeback trail as elite athletes gather for Grand Prix
Akeem Stewart smashes world record
Paralympic champion gives Trinidad & Tobago first gold at the 2019 Parapan American Games
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Clark serves up family recipe for success
US world and Paralympic champion dances to third major title
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USA deliver ultimate performance
Joshua Cinnamo and Samuel Grewe set new world records on second day of athletics
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Brazil off to record-breaking start
Historic first day at the Parapan American Games as Paulino and Rodrigues set new marks