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![Three female shooting Para sport athletes podium winners pose](/sites/default/files/2019-08/anna-normann.jpg)
Resurgent Anna Normann back on her ‘dream’ march
All set to take a shot at Tokyo glory
![Alice Tai - London 2019 - swimming - Great Britain - day 4](/sites/default/files/2019-10/Alice-Tai-London-2019-day-4.jpg)
World Series 2020 calendar announced
Seven cities in four continents to host the fourth season of the Para Swimming competition
![A female wheelchair racer on the streets of Berlin](/sites/default/files/2019-09/Manuela%20Schar_BMW%20Berlin%20Marathon%202019_Credit%20AbbottWMM.jpg)
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
![two male boccia players throwing a ball](/sites/default/files/2019-09/Lima-2019-Marco-Dispaltro-day-9.jpg)
Sao Paulo 2019: Parapan Am boccia winners back for more
Competition to determine which nations get slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
![A marathon medal being shown in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin](/sites/default/files/2019-09/Berlin%20Marathon.jpg)
Berlin Marathon: Manuela 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
![A male powerlifter preparing to lift the bar](/sites/default/files/2019-09/q_d1_170_4NS3668_hiroki_nishioka.jpg)
Paralympians and Japanese powerlifters dominate World Cup
Test event gives athletes first taste of competing at the Para powerlifting venue of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
![Image of a bed with sheets and pillow](/sites/default/files/2019-09/toyko-2020-bedding.jpg)
Tokyo 2020: Innovative bedding for Paralympic and Olympic Villages
Bedding specifically designed to improve sleep will be provided for athletes
![Four women pose on the podium holding their medals](/sites/default/files/2019-09/bebe-vio-saysunee-jana-VASILEVA-Ludmila-xiao-rong.jpg)
Cheongju 2019: Tokyo 2020- bound Saysunee Jana also wants LA 2028
‘It’s difficult to combine motherhood and a sports career sometimes, but I've got a lot of support from my family’
![Photos of ten female athlete nominated as Lima 2019's Best Female Athlete](/sites/default/files/2019-09/Atleta-Mujer-Lima-2019.jpg)
Lima 2019: Vote for Best Female Athlete
Ten countries represented among nominations
![A man in a wheelchair wearing a fencing uniform](/sites/default/files/images/181120143151157_Ali%2BAmmar_0.jpg)
Cheongju 2019: Setback no worry for Iraq’s wheelchair fencer Ammar Ali
Rio 2016 silver medallist has different perspective about missing podium at World Championships
![a female Para athlete giving a victory hand gesture on the podium](/sites/default/files/2019-08/Lima-2019-Breanna-Clark-day-4.jpg)
Dubai 2019: US team named for World Para Athletics Championships
Fourteen athletes back to defend gold medals from London 2017
![A male powerlifter lifting the bar](/sites/default/files/2019-09/d5_q122_4NS6422_Hiroki_N.jpg)
Tokyo closes World Cup season at Paralympic venue
Japanese capital receives test event at Tokyo International Forum where Para powerlifting events will take place during the 2020 Games
![Man in wheelchair dancing with standing partner](/sites/default/files/2019-09/maksim-Sedakov-Svetlana-Kukushkina.jpg)
Beigang 2019: Para dance sport Worlds hots up after surprises in Chinese Taipei
Rivalry emerges between Filipino and Russian dancers after close results
![A male Para powerlifter celebrating with three assistants in the background](/sites/default/files/2019-09/Panasonic%20Suit3%20-%20Kitakyushu%202018.jpg)
World Para Powerlifting adopts Panasonic’s Power Assist Suit
First robotic-type suit to be used during Para powerlifting events and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
![Male vision impaired rifle shooting athlete looks on with noise canceling ear protectors on](/sites/default/files/2019-09/patrick-moor.jpg)
Sydney 2019: Long wait to come to an end for Patrick Moor
World Championships in October to feature vision impaired shooting, something Austrian rifle specialist Patrick Moor has been working on for years
![Two wheelchair fencers reach to strike their opponent](/sites/default/files/2019-09/italy-russia-wheelchair-fencing.jpg)
Cheongju 2019: Russia, China sign off wheelchair fencing Worlds with golds
China tops the medal tally as women's sabre team overcomes Georgia
![An underwater image of female Para athletes swimming backstroke](/sites/default/files/2019-09/GettyImages-London-1173629045.jpg)
London 2019: Top female Para swimming stars
Vote for the best performance of the World Para Swimming Allianz Championships
![Teenage male table tennis player returns ball](/sites/default/files/2019-09/laurens-devos.jpg)
Helsingborg 2019: Top seeds rule Para table tennis regional championships
Laurens Devos and Natalia Partyka among the big names who continued their dominance at European Championships
![Four Hungarian female wheelchair fencers hold hands on the podium](/sites/default/files/2019-09/Hungary-wheelchair-fencing.jpg)
Cheongju 2019: Hungary clinch a humdinger for gold
Zsuzsanna Krajnyak, Gyongi Dani and Eva Andrea Hajmasi put the ghosts of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games final to rest