PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid pose with the doubles trophies together with Tournament Director Esther Vergeer](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-03/Alfie-Hewett-Esther-Vergeer-Gordon-Reid.jpg?itok=Jc0Vyt7H)
British sweep in Rotterdam
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid dominate singles and doubles events
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China aims to continue history on home sheet
Coming off winning the nation's first Paralympic and World titles, China knows doing it all again at Beijing 2022 will be a challenge
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Bid applications open for 2022 Women's World Challenge
Tournament to become a reoccurring event during the 2022-2026 cycle as steppingstone on the road to the first-ever Women’s World Championships
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International Women’s Day Recognition award winners
Two outstanding individuals and one sports federation in the Paralympic Movement are forging a gender equal future
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Fernandez causes upset as hosts dominate Bogota World Cup
One of Colombia's six gold medallists in season's opening event, Lima 2019 champion highlights female participation growth in the sport
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Ukraine’s female skiers undefeated in standing races in Slovenia
Liashenko, Kononova and Batenkova-Bauman sweep medals in three World Cup Para cross-country events at Planica & Kranjska Gora
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Record number of female competitors at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
Tokyo 2020 first ever gender-balanced Olympic Games in history
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Three out of three for Lekomtsev, Liashenko and Masters in Slovenia
Russian, Ukrainian and USA athletes take third gold medal at the first day of Para biathlon races in season's World Cup opener
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Past disappointments fuel Garrido from Bogota to Tokyo
Chilean powerlifter in search of his best form to achieve the dream of the first Paralympic medal in Japan
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Norway’s female Para ice hockey pioneers cross paths
Lena Schroeder made history as the first female Para ice hockey player at a Paralympic Winter Games since Brit Mjaasund Oeyen in 1994. The two legends met face-to-face for the first time.