PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Tough training gives Niang his football focus
France’s blind football captain in peak condition for medal hopes at home Paralympic Games
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Republic of Korea win gold at World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The hosts won the SD Biosensor World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship at the Gangneung Curling Centre
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World Series 2024: Fantin, Newman-Baronius’ dazzling performances steal show
Athletes propel their respective nations Italy and Great Britain to six gold medals each, while two world records were broken in Lignano Sabbiadoro
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Ones to Watch for Para badminton
The ten names you should be looking out for when the next Paralympics kick off in France this summer
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Raimundo ‘Nonato’ Mendes turns passion into Paralympic titles
Brazil’s guitar-playing, worldie-scoring blind football star Nonato is aiming for a fourth gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games. He reflects on turning his passion into Paralympic titles
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Paris 2024: Snisla’s meteoric rise in blind football
The breakout star of the Moroccan blind football team talks training, Tokyo 2020 and his plans for Paris as we count down to the next Paralympic Games.
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New Delhi 2024: Steady shooting and stamina propel Reinaldo to top
Spaniard signs off on high even as China finish on top and Turkey's Civek secures quota on final day of season's first World Cup
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IPC mourns the death of Argentinean Paralympic trailblazer Héctor "Pocho" Ramírez
Professor Héctor "Pocho" Ramírez helped found the Argentina Paralympic Committee (COPAR) in October 2003
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Paris 2024: Introduction to blind football
All you need to know about the sport, which has featured at the Paralympics since 2004
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New Delhi 2024: Ukraine’s Shchetnik overcomes Delhi belly to clinch gold
Ukraine clinch first gold medal; quota spots for Australia, Cuba, Greece and Neutral Para Athlete Oksana on penultimate day of World Cup
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Peru’s Pilar Jauregui Cancino targets first Paralympic medal
Pilar Jauregui aims for her first Paralympic medal at Paris 2024
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Citi World Series 2024: Lignano sees inspiring Barlaam meet future stars
'I love swimming more than ever. I’m more than happy to do what I’m doing now and I can’t wait to see what the future has for me,' says Paralympic and world champion who will lead a strong Italian team at home including names as teenage talent Emma Lancin. Competition takes place from Thursday to Sunday at the Bella Italia Village in Lignano Sabbiadoro, marking the third stop of this year's Citi Para Swimming World Series
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New Delhi 2024: Cockbill rides on steady shooting, planning to take gold
The 33-year-old claims Paris 2024 quota for Great Britain in R9 finals; impressive wins for Zhang and Franceschetti while Peru get first ever quota
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Pramod Bhagat shares secrets behind ‘winning all the time’
Training Tuesday with India’s Pramod Bhagat, who leaves no stone unturned in his pursuit of perfection
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Calgary to host the 2024 World Championships A-Pool
Worlds to take place from 4-12 May at WinSport Arenas and feature the top eight teams in the world: USA, Canada, Czechia, China, South Korea, Italy, Japan and Slovakia
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Introduction to Para badminton
All you need to know about the exciting sport that will be staged at the Paralympics for the second time
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New Delhi 2024: China reign supreme in mixed team finals
Paralympic champions Wang Chao and Dong Chao clinch gold medals, while Brazil emerge winners too in mixed team events
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New Delhi 2024: Agarwal delivers gold, Paris 2024 quota for hosts
The mother of two finishes ahead of Paralympic stars Zhang and Lekhara; Jangho, Chao and De La Forest win too on the opening day
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Grand Prix 2024: The greats deliver in Tunis
A new-look field produced three days of top-level action in the Tunisian capital, as the second Grand Prix of 2024 took centre stage in the Para athletics world with local star Raoua Tlili renewing her rivalry with Morocco's Youssra Karim and plenty of African Paralympic medallists adding more gold to their CVs
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World Cup 2024: Star-studded field for New Delhi season opener
Top athletes including India’s Paralympic stars Avani Lekhara and Manish Narwal to be in action in a world-class field of 268 shooters in Paris 2024 qualification event taking place for the first time in South Asia