PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Green Bay 2022 kicks off with Great Britain facing Team World
The tournament is taking place at Green Bay’s Cornerstone Community Center, which was built in 2000 as an ice hockey and skating venue
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Para taekwondo, badminton stars look back on sports’ historic debuts at Tokyo 2020
Para taekwondo’s Lisa Gjessing and Para badminton’s Cheah Liek Hou share what winning gold in Tokyo meant for them and their sports
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Brisbane 2032: ‘ This next 10 years is going to be extraordinary’
The Paralympic Games in Brisbane will be held from 24 August to 5 September 2032
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Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: IPC President praises Japan's Paralympic legacy
Andrew Parsons spoke with the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and met with Tokyo's Governor Koike as part of the events held to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the 2020 Paralympic Games
Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: A Paralympian's show-stealing violin performance
Paralympic swimmer and mother-of-three Manami Ito re-learned to play the violin with a prosthetic arm to fulfil a childhood promise made to her mother
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Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: Top 10 moments of the Games
Looking back at the athletic feats and some of the most emotional moments from last year’s Paralympic Games.
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Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: Andrew Parsons reflects on the legacy of the Games
"Japan as a nation, they were really proud of not only delivering the Games but offering to 1.2 billion persons with disability worldwide that amazing platform to send their message of inclusion to the world"
All-women’s officiating crew to make Para ice hockey history in Green Bay
The 2022 Women's World Challenge will be the first official event in the sport only with female International Technical Officials on ice
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Stellar weekend for South Korea at the Mainhatten Cup 2022
Jongchul Choi leaves Germany as the most successful Para dancer with five out of the 12 gold medals won by his country in Frankfurt
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Christy Gardner living her dream at the first Women's World Challenge
Team USA player recalls her first experience in the sport 12 years ago, 'I played for like 20 minutes and was terrible at it, but I was hooked'