PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Tashkent to host 2025 Asian Youth Para Games
'Staging the 2025 Asian Youth Para Games shows our commitment to developing the next generation of Para athletes and we are delighted that our country will be welcoming the best of Asia’s youth to the Central Asian region in four years’ time'
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Four-time Paralympic medallist Jordanne Whiley hangs up her racket
The 29-year-old Briton announces retirement from wheelchair tennis
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Paralympic medallist Roman Rabl stages comeback ahead of Lillehammer 2021
Carina Edlinger interviews fellow Austrian Paralympic medallist whose passion for alpine skiing proved too strong to keep him retired
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Countdown is on for Canmore 2021 World Cup
Over 125 athletes from 15 nations set to compete in the six-day competition that opens the 2021-2022 World Cup season
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From Tokyo to Tbilisi: Sherif Osman
Egypt’s Para powerlifting legend will seek redemption in Tbilisi after falling short of a Paralympic gold last August in Japan
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From Tokyo to Tbilisi: Amalia Perez
Legendary Mexican Para powerlifter is a synonym for the Paralympic success, winning six medals in six appearances at the Paralympic Games
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Iranian athlete Nikoeimajd Mehran suspended four years for anti-doping rule violation
Relevant sample collected out-of-competition from Para athlete prior to the Dubai 2019 World Para Athletics Championships
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I’mPOSSIBLE programme spreads throughout Asia-Oceania region
I’mPOSSIBLE online course takes place in November with nine participants from Australia, Bhutan, Georgia, Japan, Maldives and Singapore
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WADA releases new e-learning course for athletes and coaches heading to Beijing 2022
'Our common goal is the same in that we wish to see all Paralympic athletes, and those who support them, educated on anti-doping matters prior to their arrival in Beijing'
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From Tokyo to Tbilisi: David Degtyarev
Kazakh athlete in search of his first world title three months after giving his country the first Para powerlifting Paralympic gold in history