PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Paralympic champion Bourdonnaye appointed as Paris 2024 Table Tennis Sport Manager
Bourdonnaye is one of the most successful table tennis players ever with three Paralympic golds and three World titles
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Al Ain gets ready for the World Championships
UAE to host around 300 athletes from more than 50 nations in the first edition to take place in the Middle East from 3 to 17 November
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Lillehammer strike inspires Lekomtsev for Beijing
RPC Nordic skier only athlete across all sports to leave Para Snow Sports Worlds with a perfect record of winning every event in his class
![🤓 We Know You Didn't Know - Para ice hockey 🏒 | Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/whj2LKaQ7x1gWCzE9vjj92v23JxkbahH0qFHONGYhj8.jpg?itok=vQHwlkq1)
Sport Week: 10 things to know about Para Ice Hockey
Para ice hockey will make its eighth Paralympic appearance at Beijing 2022
![Zebastian Modin, guided by Emil Joensson, swept all cross-country races at the 2018/19 World Cup in Ostersund](/sites/default/files/images/190121130213505_Nordic-Skiing-Ostersund.jpg)
Zebastian Modin embraces big challenges as he plans for fourth Winter Paralympics
Swedish Nordic skier describes health and guide issues as a ‘few bumps in the road’
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IDB and IPC launch initiative to further develop Para sports in the Americas
NPC Colombia to mentor Guatemala, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago
![⭐ Ones to Watch - Para cross-country skiing ⛷ | Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/AMQrVPdtXtV5LxmbanzyboAHm2tGmQ7YAwGPn9XWXJ0.jpg?itok=F24vXQcM)
Sport Week: Ones to watch for Para Cross-Country skiing
Champions and hopefuls - here are the Para Cross-Country skiers to keep an eye on
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P&G awards grants to Paralympian-supported charities through Athletes for Good fund
Athletes’ charities to receive share of USD 400,000 thanks to joint initiative by IPC, P&G and IOC
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Channel 4 announces 100 per cent disabled presenting team for Winter Paralympics
'The IPC has been working on the Paralympic Games with Channel 4 since 2012 and at every Games they have improved the broadcast landscape on Para sports'
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Sport Week: 10 things to know about Para Cross-Country Skiing
Get to know more about one of the two winter Para sports that have been part of the Paralympic programme since the first edition in 1976