PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Belgian Handcyclist Decleir Wins SportsPress Paralympian of 2011
Declair takes award after finishing year ranked world number 1 for Road Race.
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Alpine Skiers Wrap Up Competition in Kuehtai with IPC Giant Slalom Race
Slovakia’s three-time Paralympic champion Henrieta Farkasova and Austria’s Claudia Loesch were the only two to win both of their races.
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USTA Awards $50,000 in Wheelchair Tennis Grants
Multiple programmes to benefit from investment.
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Hall and Starker Speed to Titles at NORAM Cup on Copper Mountain
New Zealand and Canada prove why they're the ones to beat on the slopes.
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Slovakia’s Wheelchair Curling Team Entering New Territory
The Slovakians recently qualified for their first-ever World Championships in February of 2012.
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Russia’s Bugaev Outshines Austria’s Lanzinger at IPC Alpine European Cup
Former able-bodied Europa Cup champion Matthias Lanzinger has not found the transition to para-Alpine Skiing quite so easy after losing his lower left leg in an accident three years ago.