PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Home gold for Finland’s Matti Suur-Hamari
Luchini, Oguri and Bunschoten sweep gold on snowboard cross weekend at Finnish ski resort
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Italy’s Ambra Sabatini shatters world record on debut
Thailand tops medals tally, followed by Uzbekistan and India
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India’s Sandeep Chaudhary gets the distance in Dubai again
‘At Tokyo 2020, I just want to turn my dream into reality, by winning a medal’
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Australian Open sees return of champs Alcott and Kunieda
Dylan Alcott and Shingo Kunieda look to defend their titles from last year
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Riders excited to get back to racing at World Cup in Pyha
Finland hosts first and only World Para Snowboard World Cup of the 2020-21 season over the weekend
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South Africa's Kgothatso Montjane defies odds
From fetching her own drinking water to becoming the first black female African wheelchair tennis player to compete at Wimbledon, Montjane shows what is possible
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The IPC and UN Alliance of Civilisations to join forces
Organisations partner to combat global stereotypes, misperceptions and discrimination
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Genoa to host season's first World Cup in June
Italy to stage first international Para dance competition since 2019 World Championships in Bonn
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Al Ain to host 2022 World Shooting Para Sport Championships
It will be the first time the competition is staged in the Middle East, in the same venue that has hosted World Cups annually since 2015