PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Para ice hockey fever in Australia
Thousands of fans get first taste of the sport at demonstration events
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Wimbledon 2018: All-Dutch women's final set
Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot meet for singles title
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Netherlands 2018: Sitting volleyball stage set!
Men's and women's teams go for World Champonship titles beginning 15 July
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Dublin 2018: Ellen Keane wants Euros to change Ireland
Rio 2016 medallist excited for Championships to start in a month's time
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Madrid 2018: Blind football debutants impress
Six countries showed strong potential at World Championships
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Dublin 2018: Five world records at the Euros
Three marks still standing since the first edition in Reykjavik in 2009
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Kendall Gretsch transitions back to triathlon
PyeongChang 2018 champion opens season at Magog World Cup
!['How I Got Into' | with Johannes Floors](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/Rs0rRnZzHj992pUDcjTHPq46MI16GPe2zNg6i2ciBMw.jpg?itok=rHTP7dMw)
How I Got into Para athletics: Johannes Floors
Get to know the German sprinter before he goes for gold at August's Berlin European Championships
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Netherlands 2018: Hosts seek return to glory days
Sitting volleyball player Elvira Stinissen motivated after bronze at 2017 Europeans
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Wimbledon 2018: Gustavo Fernandez upsets Shingo Kunieda
Japan’s world No. 1 knocked out in opening match