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Sport Week: 10 things to know about Para triathlon
Get ready for more action – and medal events – as the sport makes its second Paralympic Games appearance
IPC launches Doping Control Guide for Testing Athletes in Para Sport
Guide includes tips on how to engage with athletes with a disability and information about the types of impairments eligible within Para sport
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Channel 4’s Tokyo 2020 campaign transports viewers into brutal world of Super. Human.
• Brand new film captures the blood, sweat, sacrifices and dedication of the behind-the-scenes lives of Paralympians
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Japan’s Para taekwondo star Shoko Ota soaks up pressure with smile
The two-time Winter Paralympic medallist aims to also medal in the Summer Games
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Tomoki Sato wants to inspire with home gold
'I want people to see our performances and feel that anything is possible'
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Skolbekken and the feeling of scoring a first goal
'I got a little bit of a shock,' Norwegian player recalls following his first World Championships since joining Para ice hockey
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Sport Week: Ones to watch for Para taekwondo
Here are 10 athletes eager to make Paralympic history in Tokyo
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Athletes’ Commission launched to shape future of LA28 Games
18 Paralympians and Olympians will share unique insights to create athlete-centred Games and engage local and global fan communities
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Sport Week: 10 things to know about Para taekwondo
History will be made at Tokyo 2020 when the sport appears for the first time on the Paralympic programme
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Bahrain's Tokyo 2020 medal hope rests on two athletes
Throwers Ahmed Meshaima and Rooba Alomari will be aiming for the podium
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IPC and WDSF discuss transfer of governance of Para dance sport
Organisations have agreed on a process involving a series of steps to be taken, with the aim of completing the transfer by early 2022
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Diede de Groot's Golden Slam bid gains momentum
The 24-year-old now has all four Grand Slams in her possession for the second time, having previously achieved the feat after topping the podium at Roland Garros in 2019
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Unhalkar’s journey from borrowed weapon to Tokyo berth
‘I hope that the medal will land me a job that will help me to support my mother and younger brother’
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World Para Snow Sports mourning the loss of South Korea's Vo Ra Mi Seo
Three-time Paralympian and Paralympic Movement advocate passes away in her country at the age 35
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Alcott, Hewett and Reid boost Golden Slam bid
‘I was proud of how I played, proud of my team and proud of the support I got from back home’
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Dutch table tennis star Kelly van Zon ready for the unknown at Tokyo 2020
Two-time Paralympic champion says she is "always very careful in saying what I’m going for because the ball is round and you need to have your day”
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Tokyo 2020 publishes update to sustainability pre-Games report
The Games are expected to go beyond carbon neutrality
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Sport Week: Ones to watch for Para table tennis
Hundreds of athletes will compete for table tennis glory but here are 10 favourites
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Indonesia’s Ni Nengah Widiasih lifts herself ahead of Tokyo
‘My target is not just a medal but bettering my medal colour and performance than Rio 2016’
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Sport Week: 10 things to know about Para table tennis
The sport started with 11 medals events at Rome 1960 and now has 31 at Tokyo 2020