PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Reigning champions Iran continue their dominance in sitting volleyball
While Brazil take the women's sitting volleyball bronze medal
![Yang Qiuxia on the podium with gold medal and flowers](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-09/GettyImages-1338222291.jpg?h=43b0deb5&itok=n7WXOiq9)
How Atlanta 1996 stars paved way for Para badminton debut
Olympic silver medallist Dong Jiong has been a driving force behind the sport's development in China
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Tokyo Paralympics: Para athletics day 10 preview
Five marathon races wrap up the action in the last day of the Paralympic Games at the National Olympic Stadium on Sunday
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India and Serbia celebrate one-two podiums in Tokyo
Dragan Ristic becomes first Paralympic champion in the R9 - mixed 50m rifle prone SH2 as Indian shooters continue to make history at the Paralympic Games
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Gold medal a story of resilience for canoeists Fernando Rufino, Edina Mueller
Canoe competition concludes at Tokyo 2020 with five Paralympic champions celebrating
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Azerbaijan's gold medal rush continues on day 11 morning
Valiyeva and Aslanov triumph on penultimate day as Cockroft and Ktila add new Paralympic titles to their collection at the National Stadium
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USA and McFaddden take historic universal relay gold
Germany's Johannes Floors wins his first individual Paralympic gold with Peter Genyn getting the revenge over Toni Piispanen
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Six new members of IPC Athletes' Council elected at Tokyo 2020
Turnout a record 55.5 per cent, up 1.5 per cent on Rio 2016
![Wheelchair racer Walid Ktila celebrates with the Tunisian flag after winning the 800m](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-09/Walid-Ktila-Tunisia.jpg?itok=kH7eJkXn)
Pace drives Tunisia’s Walid Ktila to dizzying heights
‘Awareness is a key for change and every time I win a medal, or my teammates, we get heard’
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Narwal and Adana win gold and silver for India
This was India’s third gold at the ongoing Games, taking the medal tally to 15