PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Paris 2024: Get to know the Paralympic venues
Blind football at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, Para equestrian in the Chateau de Versailles gardens – the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will shine throughout the “City of Light” in just 12 months’ time
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Paris 2024: Lucas Mazur relishing ‘once-in-a-lifetime' home Paralympics
Tokyo 2020 Para badminton champion hoping to defend title in front of French fans
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Paris 2024 Paralympic Games tickets to go on sale on 9 October
Half of the 2.8 million tickets available will be priced EUR 25 or less
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Dubai 2023: Emotional victories for Onyinyechi and Degtyarev
Nigerian improves own world record while Kazakh athlete retains his title, Panpan keeps China's Wold Championships golden streak
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Q&A with IPC President: Paris 2024 will be revolutionary
“The exchange between athletes, Parisians and spectators from around the world is going to be something electrifying”
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Dubai 2023: Records tumble as D'Andrea wins first Worlds title
Brazilian breaks world record twice in sensational women's up to 79 kg event while Nigeria's Almaruf claims first gold and China tops the podium again on day four
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Dubai 2023: Feifei breaks silver streak in style, Iran takes two golds
Chinese sets new world record in the final lift to clinch her first ever World title, while Gharibshahi and Aminzadeh dominate men's heavyweight categories
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Moroccan athlete Laila El Garaa receives two-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifter returned adverse analytical finding for prohibited substances at the St. Louis 2022 Parapan American Open Championships
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European Para Championships: Top five moments
The talking points from the shooting Para sport action at Rotterdam Ahoy in the first edition of the multisport event in the Netherlands
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Paris 2024 will be most spectacular Paralympics in history, says IPC President
Andrew Parsons pays tribute to work of Organising Committee on the one-year-to-go milestone