PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Coordination Commission visit highlights optimisations as key to Paris 2024 progress
International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission describes the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games as "right on track" after a site visit to Paris
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Women's World Challenge 2022: Top six moments
From historic goals to newborn supporters and the best from three unforgettable game days at Green Bay’s Cornerstone Community Center in the USA
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IPC development camps support female hockey players before Women’s World Challenge
Athletes supported through the NPC Development Programme participated in the tournament in Green Bay, Wisconsin
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Paraorchestra thriving 10 years on from London 2012 launch
A decade after playing their first ever gig in front of millions and with one of the world’s biggest bands, the Paraorchestra has evolved into a distinctive, modern and hugely popular phenomenon
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London 2012 participants look back on decade of transformation
Athletes, spectators, officials, journalists and volunteers reflect on the legacy of the London 2012 Paralympic Games
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Undefeated USA takes Women's World Challenge gold
The host nation wins the Inaugural Women's World Challenge presented by Citi after an entertaining three-day competition in Green Bay
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Two years until Paris 2024: 24 things to look forward to
Dynamic sports? Iconic venues? Unforgettable arts performances and initiatives to make society more inclusive? There is so much to look forward to as we count down two years until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
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Two years until Paris 2024: Andrew Parsons on the transformative power of the Games
"These are the Games that will become known at a global level as the Games that really helped to transform the world"
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Paris 2024 Ambassador: "It's ambitious, but we need to be ambitious"
Twenty years after making his Paralympic debut at Athens 2004, long jumper Arnaud Assoumani is hoping to compete – and win – at his home Paralympic Games in Paris