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Kobe 2024: Paralympic champions return to Japan in style on day two
Six Tokyo 2020 gold medallists top the podium on Saturday at the Para Athletics World Championships, including a first world title for Ethiopia's Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu in the women's 5000m T13 followed by another Ethiopian victory with Yayesh Gate Tesfaw setting a new world record in the women's 1500m T11
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Paris 2024: Ones to Watch in Para rowing
The 10 names you should be looking out for when the next Paralympics kick off in France
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Kobe 2024: Four times Brazil, four times Ferreira on day one
Brazilian sprinter takes his fourth consecutive title in the men's 100m T47 while Wanna Brito wins her first gold medal in the women's club throw F32 in a day that began with a world record for Yeltsin Jacques in the men's 5000m T11; Italy’s Carlo Calcagni sets a new world record in the men's 100m T72 on Friday at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
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IPC members approve the new Classification Code at Extraordinary General Assembly
The 2025 IPC Classification Code, which was approved on 17 May 2024, aims to ensure standardisation and harmonisation within the Paralympic Movement
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World Para Athletics express condolences on the passing of Rashid Masjedi
Iranian athlete was the Paris 2023 world champion and Asian Para Games gold medallist in the men's shot put F53
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Citi World Series: All eyes on home favourite Yip as Singapore hosts fifth meet
The Paralympic champion aim to book her spot at Paris 2024 even as 126 athletes from 21 nations take the pool at OCBC Aquatic Centre this weekend
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Paris 2024: Birgit Skarstein going for more than gold
Paralympic rowing champion wants to ‘make a difference’ as she prepares for title defence
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Kobe 2024: World Championships kick off on Friday to mark a year like no other
First edition of the Para Athletics Worlds in East Asia will see over 1,047 athletes from 100 nations competing from 17 to 25 May marking the first time the world's largest single Para sport event is held in the same year of the Paralympic Games
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Paris 2024 launches official ticket app for the Paralympic and Olympic Games
By downloading the "Paris 2024 tickets" app, fans can download, transfer and even resell tickets for the Paralympic and Olympic Games
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Paris 2024: Roman Polianskyi prepares for third Games in a new reality
Double Paralympic rowing champion reflects on challenges of training as he bids for third gold
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Wheelchair tennis: China stun Netherlands for second World Team Cup title
China's Xiaohui Li ended the 145-match winning streak of world No.1 and reigning Paralympic champion Diede de Groot at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup
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Paris 2024: Ireland's Katie O'Brien looks forward to Paralympic debut
Katie O'Brien is preparing for her Paralympic debut at Paris 2024, 12 years after watching the London 2012 Games
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Calgary 2024: Top five moments
The fiercely-contested matches, historic victories, sensational performances and much more from an incredible A-Pool World Championships in Calgary
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Kobe 2024: Every defending world champion in the women's events
Forty-six events will see athletes defending their crown at the Para Athletics World Championships from 17 to 25 May at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
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Kobe 2024: Every defending world champion in the men's events
A total of 64 male athletes will be aiming to top the podium for the second consecutive year, including plenty of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champions returning to Japan
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World Cup 2024: Regional and rookie world records fall in Pattaya
Teenagers from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan set new world marks even as home team take four medals. Indonesia finished on top with three gold at the third World Cup of the season
World Championships A-Pool: Know all winners
Thirteen editions of the A-Pool Worlds have taken place since the inaugural one in Nynashamn, Sweden, 28 years ago
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Paris 2024: Introduction to Para rowing
There will be up to 104 Para rowers competing in five medal events at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
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Calgary 2024: Canada upset USA for historic gold medal
The hosts record a 2-1 win over top seeds for their first A-Pool Worlds title in seven years while Czechia slip past China for second consecutive bronze medal, at WinSport Arena in Calgary
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Calgary 2024: Korea complete comeback to claim fifth place against Slovakia
Italy defeat Japan to finish in seventh place at this year's World Championships A-Pool in Canada