PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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RPC win gold medal in archery wrap-up
Debutants Margarita Sidorenko and Kirill Smirnov ended as champions of the mixed team recurve, the last Tokyo 2020 archery event
Day 12: Paralympic Games preview
With 14 medal events, Tokyo 2020 final day's programme highlight will be the marathons
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Harmonisation key for Thai boccia team boccia win
Four-time gold medallist Watcharaphon Vongsa spearheads Thai success over China
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Dutch women gain revenge on China
United States too strong for Germany in the bronze medal match
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Shingo Kunieda collects fourth wheelchair tennis gold medal
'After Rio I had an injury and I thought many times of retiring. So I can’t believe it'
Paralympics preview: shooting day seven
The R6 - mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 will see the biggest names in shooting Para sport in action for one final time at the Paralympic Games
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Sabatini leads Italy to stunning sprint clean sweep on final night
Durand won her third title in Tokyo shattering the world record with China winning three more golds on the eve of the penultimate day
Alaryani defies pressure to take first Tokyo 2020 gold for UAE
'The onus was on us to perform and shine at the Paralympic Games. This medal is for our leadership and UAE community'
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Brazil clinch fifth football 5-a-side Paralympic title
Morocco also make history with bronze thanks to four goals by Zouhair Snisla
Japanese officials receive Appreciation Award
'There are 126 million people we must also say thank you to – every single Japanese person has been instrumental in the success of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games'
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Reigning champions Iran continue their dominance in sitting volleyball
While Brazil take the women's sitting volleyball bronze medal
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How Atlanta 1996 stars paved way for Para badminton debut
Olympic silver medallist Dong Jiong has been a driving force behind the sport's development in China
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Tokyo Paralympics: Para athletics day 10 preview
Five marathon races wrap up the action in the last day of the Paralympic Games at the National Olympic Stadium on Sunday
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India and Serbia celebrate one-two podiums in Tokyo
Dragan Ristic becomes first Paralympic champion in the R9 - mixed 50m rifle prone SH2 as Indian shooters continue to make history at the Paralympic Games
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Gold medal a story of resilience for canoeists Fernando Rufino, Edina Mueller
Canoe competition concludes at Tokyo 2020 with five Paralympic champions celebrating
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Azerbaijan's gold medal rush continues on day 11 morning
Valiyeva and Aslanov triumph on penultimate day as Cockroft and Ktila add new Paralympic titles to their collection at the National Stadium
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USA and McFaddden take historic universal relay gold
Germany's Johannes Floors wins his first individual Paralympic gold with Peter Genyn getting the revenge over Toni Piispanen
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Six new members of IPC Athletes' Council elected at Tokyo 2020
Turnout a record 55.5 per cent, up 1.5 per cent on Rio 2016
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Pace drives Tunisia’s Walid Ktila to dizzying heights
‘Awareness is a key for change and every time I win a medal, or my teammates, we get heard’
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Narwal and Adana win gold and silver for India
This was India’s third gold at the ongoing Games, taking the medal tally to 15