PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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IPC reminds athletes to prepare for heat and humidity at Tokyo 2020
Awareness and methods to counteract adverse weather effects can help Para athletes perform at their best
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China’s Guo Lingling yearns to clinch first Paralympic gold
World record holder and favourite for gold, Chinese lifter will have Indonesia's Ni Nengah Widiasih and Syria’s Noura Badour as main rivals in the -41kg event
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From the saddle to the cells: Danish rider plans to improve local penal system
After the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Tobias Jorgensen wants to help rehabilitate prison inmates in his country
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Four golds for Australia on fantastic day one
Fourteen-year old gives Japan its first medal at the home Games while Paralympic legend Daniel Dias extends his legacy with 25th medal in the pool
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Four gold medals only part of the plan for powerlifter Sherif Osman
'My dream is to win six gold medals in six Paralympic Games. I feel I am standing at the middle of my road. I have a lot of road left, and it will be difficult'
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How surviving a hippo attack helps archer Philip Coates-Palgrave keep calm
'When you go down it is like being in a huge washing machine. You've got to give yourself and trust that you will go to the surface at some point'
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Day 1 review: Australia’s Greco snags first gold of Games, China sabre sweep
Australia finish first day on top of the medals table with 10 while China come in second with a total of eight, including five golds
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No rival for China in first day of wheelchair fencing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Chinese athletes swept all four gold medals available in the sabre individual category A and B events
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Tokyo 2020 Day 2: Ones to Watch
Champions at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Bruinsma and Rong seek more gold medals in Japan
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Australian cyclist Paige Greco wins first gold of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
The 24-year-old sets a world record on her way to the women's 3,000m individual pursuit C1-3