PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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World Para Powerlifting adopts Panasonic’s Power Assist Suit
First robotic-type suit to be used during Para powerlifting events and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
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Long wait to come to an end
World Championships in October to feature vision impaired shooting, something Austrian rifle specialist Patrick Moor has been working on for years
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Cheongju 2019: Russia, China sign off with golds
China tops the medal tally as women's sabre team overcomes Georgia
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Vote for the best female performance at the Worlds
Vote for the best performance of the World Para Swimming Allianz Championships
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Helsingborg 2019: Top seeds rule
Laurens Devos and Natalia Partyka among the big names who continued their dominance at European Championships
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Cheongju 2019: Hungary clinch gold
Zsuzsanna Krajnyak, Gyongi Dani and Eva Andrea Hajmasi put the ghosts of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games final to rest
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Cheongju 2019: China take epee and foil team titles
Individual Paralympic title-holder Xufeng Zou pulled her team away to take the World Championship gold for China
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IPC's 30 glorious years: 1989-2019
International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons looks forward to the future of the Paralympic Movement
Wool is the new gold for Australian legend Cole
'I had able-bodied kids messaging me on Instagram, saying they wanted to be a Paralympian when they grow up,' says the Para swimming star
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Russia’s Kurzin long wait comes to an end
Russian wheelchair fencer storms to gold in South Korea competing at his sixth World Championships