PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Best of British: Aled Davies
Training alongside Olympic champions in the USA helped the reigning Paralympic shot put F42 champion recover his hunger for victory.
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Para athletics explained - Seated throws
Great Britain’s Paralympic, world and European champion Jo Butterfield explains what seated throwing involves.
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Rio 2016 champions continue form in Gavirate
Para rowers especially tested the new 2,000m distance format.
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Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Croatia announced
Shooters will gather in Osijek in September for a chance to qualify for the 2018 World Championships.
![Dimitri Coutya of Great Britain Fencing team poses during a Beazley British Fencing Profiling Day on June 26, 2013 in London, England.](/sites/default/files/images/170105143358554_Dimitri%2BCoutya_Wheelchair%2Bfencing_GettyImages-171719622.jpg)
Double gold lifts Dimitri Coutya to No. 1
Hungary’s Richard Osvath also claimed two wins at the World Cup in Stadskanaal.
![Jianquan Tian CHN (left) vs Gang Sun CHN in the Men's Individual Épée - Category A Semi-final Wheelchair Fencing in the Carioca Arena 3 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160915102656345_TL2-4517.jpg)
Rome to host wheelchair fencing Worlds 2017
The World Championships will be held from 6-12 November.
Countries invited to sign up for Asian Championships
The football-5 event will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 9-18 December.
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Robinson Mendez retires from wheelchair tennis
Chile’s four-time Paralympian will now devote himself entirely to Para canoe, hoping to qualify for Tokyo 2020.
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First ever PTT World Team Champs set
Many of the top teams will meet each other again since battling at Rio 2016.
Italian, Dutch cyclists dominate first World Cup
The Netherlands and hosts Italy achieved seven wins each at the inaugural 2017 UCI Para cycling Road World Cup in Maniago, between 12-14 May.