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Para Dance Sport World Championships in Ulsan cancelled
The decision follows the latest restrictions set in place in South Korea due to the COVID-19 pandemic
![A woman dressed up in a cat performs in a wheelchair during a Para dance sport competition](/sites/default/files/2021-10/rsz_dsc_1718.jpg)
Lomianki 2021: De Asis shines with four golds
Ukraine tops the podium with eight victories during a two-day action at the Polish Para Dance Sport Open
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Lomianki 2021: Stars line-up ready for Poland
World champions and defending Polish Open champions ready to get back to Lomianki from 9 to 10 October
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Call for nominations for the Athlete Representative election
New athlete representative to replace Belgium’s Sofie Cox for a two-year term and to take part in the Sport Technical Committee
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World Para Dance Sport launches second edition of Online Challenge
Para dancers have until 1 October to submit their performances in video format competing in seven different categories
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South Korea show fine form in Prague
World Championships hosts top medals table at first international Para dance sport competition to take place in Czech Republic
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Para dance reaches new milestone in Prague
Czech Republic hosts an international competition for the first time with 48 athletes from 10 countries in action as the Road to Ulsan 2021 continues
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Road to Ulsan 2021 calendar updated
Czech Republic to host an international Para dance sport event for the first time in August in the lead up to the World Championships
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Para dance stars and newcomers shine in Genoa
Brazil make statement with seven medals while Russia and Ukraine dominate most of the classes in the season-opener World Cup in Italy
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Genoa kicks off 2021 Para dance sport season
Nearly 90 athletes from seven nations of three continents set to compete in the World Cup in Italy as the countdown to Ulsan 2021 begins
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Ulsan to host World Championships in November
Three-day competition in South Korea marks first edition to be held in Asia since Tokyo 2013
World Para Dance Sport reveals Online Competition winners
Para dancers from five countries among the winners in the seven categories of the first ever Freestyle & Showdance virtual event
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Genoa to host season's first World Cup in June
Italy to stage first international Para dance competition since 2019 World Championships in Bonn
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World Para Dance Sport launches Freestyle & Showdance Online Competition
Participants have until March to submit a video up to 2 minutes with their performance to be judged by an international panel
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The year Para dance sport took over TV shows
Bonn 2019 world champions join Korean celebrities and Norway fall in love with a Para Nordic skier and rower turned wheelchair dancer
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Birgit Skarstein: 'Sometimes it felt like it was us against the world'
Para rowing and Para Nordic star proves critics wrong with history-making run on Norwegian dance show
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Genoa 2020 European Championships cancelled
Competition was set to take place from 17-21 December in the Italian city
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World Championships legacy lives on in Bonn
'There is nothing more beautiful than impacting people and help them discover the abilities they have hidden inside,' says Erik Machens
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Birgit Skarstein from snow and water to dancing with the stars
Dual sport athlete ready to 'break some ground' as the first wheelchair dancer on Norway’s TV show
![A couple in wheelchairs dancing](/sites/default/files/2020-08/49156891603_0a3acb573b_4k.jpg)
Genoa to host the 2020 European Championships
Competition to take place in Italy for the first time from 17-21 December