PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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World’s fastest T47 sprinters clash again in Rio
Petrucio Ferreira meets athletics world champion before ‘Mano a Mano’ challenge
![Paralympic wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki poses for a portrait at the 2016 Team USA Media Summit at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 8, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/images/170104105022955_Chuck%2BAoki%2Bof%2BUSA_Wheelchair%2Brugby_Getty%2BImages.jpg)
Rio 2016 1 year on: Chuck Aoki ‘moving on’
US wheelchair rugby captain remembers thrilling Paralympic final loss to Australia
![Emma Booth - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/170105143224265_Emma%2BBooth_Equestrian_GettyImages-605869374.jpg)
Paralympian Emma Booth nominated for global equestrian prize
Public vote to help decide winner of ‘Against All Odds’ category at 2017 FEI Awards
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London 2017: 'I feel like it was a medal for all of us'
US coach Sonja Robinson reveals pride at receiving her own medal following World Para Athletics Championships success
![Peter Rosenmeier from Denmark plays at the London 2012 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/images/130604090919995_151139711.jpg)
Denmark unifies Paralympic and Olympic Games teams’ organisation
Paralympic and Olympic participation in Tokyo 2020 will both be led by National Olympic Committee
![a female and a male smile for the camera](/sites/default/files/images/170928145443794_Paralympic%2BOrders.jpg)
Ann Cody and Miguel Sagarra receive Paralympic Orders
Movement’s highest honour awarded to Governing Board members
Top European table tennis players seek titles
Sandra Paovic, Natalia Partyka and Will Bayley among big names to watch for
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First Italian Paralympic Centre inaugurated in Rome
Seven hectare site will host training for nine Para sports
![a group of para ice hockey players fight for the puck](/sites/default/files/images/170710092956057_SVK-JPN%2BIII.jpg)
Ostersund 2017 schedule released
Opening day will feature two matches as five teams battle for final PyeongChang places
![a group of three wheelchair athletes on the podium](/sites/default/files/images/170927104316118_Shooting%2Bcred%2BDavor%2BKruselj.jpg)
Veronika Vadovicova snatches dramatic win in Croatia
Slovakia’s Paralympic champion wins R6 in final round at Osijek World Cup