PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Bahrain to host 2021 Youth Para Games
Around 800 athletes under 20 expected to compete across nine sports
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Top moments in Para triathlon
A look back at highlights from the sport’s Paralympic debut at Rio 2016
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WADA launches webinar series for athletes
‘Despite the many challenges athletes are facing as a result of COVD-19, we want to provide assurance that anti-doping is not at a standstill’
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Lauren Parker lives by her ‘never say I can’t’ attitude
‘Parker has set a new precedent for all the Para athletes in terms of training and hard work’
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Welcome to Para triathlon
The sport is coming off its first Paralympic Games appearance at Rio 2016
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‘En sus marcas, listos…Inclusión’ transforms Latin America
Project implemented by Agitos Foundation uses Para sports as tool for social inclusion
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Dates for Beijing 2022 test events set
World Para Snow Sports and Beijing 2022 Organising Committee hold three online meetings
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South African star is keeping faith
'I came to realise that [the postponement] is not about me. It's so much more. It's people's lives'
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Japan holding its horses for Tokyo
The nation was set to medal at a Games for the first time ever thanks to development efforts