PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Barlaams bring out their best for the Fighting Fish
Voted top male swimmer from the London 2019 World Championships, Simone Barlaam shares with his father Italy's success in the pool
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Tokyo 2020: Record-breaking demand for Paralympic tickets
Initial offering of Paralympic Games tickets concludes successfully with record number of applications
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IPC publishes 2018 Annual Report
New IOC Agreement and PyeongChang 2018 highlight stellar year
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Sydney 2019: Matt Skelhon ‘laughs’ his way to double gold
Debutant Tomas Pesek of the Czech Republic stuns the best for gold
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Dubai 2019: Jonnie Peacock withdraws from Worlds
Two-time Paralympic and world champion out of season's most important competition due to knee injury
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Sydney 2019: Nail-biting finals on day six
Serbia's Dragan Ristic and Ukraine's Iryna Liakhu hold their nerves to win their events in Australia
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Zsuzsanna Krajnyak keen to end gold draught
'At Tokyo2020 I want to show the best of myself, I want to win,' says Hungarian wheelchair fencer
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Technical officials certified ahead of African Para Games
Educational course in Moroccan capital takes place with support from the German Federal Foreign Office
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Germany fires half a dozen goal past Ukraine
Hosts bagged gold in the men’s event and settled for bronze on the women’s category at Goalball European Championships
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Sydney 2019: Experience triumphs over youth as Vadovicova breaks silence
After missing podium in first two events, Slovakian counts with years of shooting, plus a little luck, to help her on day five