PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Genoa 2023 World Championships: Laura del Sere wins first gold for hosts Italy
The wheelchair dancer and her standing partner Barberis pull of surprise win while David Pontes clinches first Worlds title for Brazil on penultimate day
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Five world records and 300 Parapan American records set in Santiago 2023
Growth of Para sports in the Americas since Lima 2019 is tangible by the amount of new records imposed; the vast majority came from Para athletics and Para swimming
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Genoa 2023 World Championships: Philippines open with twin gold
De Asis, Jun Obero claim two gold for the South-east Asian nation, while top names Kasicka and Chynka emerge winner on opening day of Worlds
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Four medallists from Santiago trust the social impact that just one medal can have
Athletes from Guatemala, Panama, Bermuda and Puerto Rico gave their countries their only medal in Santiago 2023, yet they still believe they can help improve participation, visibility and acceptance of Para sport and people with disabilities
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New tickets available for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
On 30 November Paris 2024 will release more than 400,000 new tickets across all sports for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
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Santiago 2023 made old rivalries in team sports reborn, but also sprouted new ones
Team sports like goalball, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball, blind football and CP football always have the added ingredient of having that one team that athletes want to face the most
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Santiago 2023 Review: YanXiao Gong leads USA, Maria Restrepo puts Colombia on top
United States finish first on the medals table for second consecutive Parapan American Games followed by Brazil and Cuba; historical results for Colombia with maiden gold, while Argentina, Costa Rica and Uruguay reach the podium for the first time
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Genoa 2023 World Championships: All you need to know about three days of action
As many as 160 athletes from 24 nations will be competing in Italy marking the first edition of the Worlds in four years and the second time it takes place in the country; five world champions to be crowned on Friday, day one of the event at the RDS Stadium Genova
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Santiago 2023 Review: Brazil on top, Chilean team and USA's Bobby Body make history
Juan Carlos Garrido, Camila Campos and Jorge Carinao take individual and team gold in front of the home crowd while Brazilian athletes grab seven titles in Para powerlifting events at this year's Parapan American Games
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At 13 years old, the 3 youngest athletes in Santiago show that age is just a number
The three youngest competitors of the almost 2,000 that are part of the Parapan American Games got an amazing life and sporting experience in Santiago 2023