PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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World Para Athletics 2020 season: Status update
Paris Grand Prix cancelled and European Championships postponed to 2021
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Bydgoszcz Europeans postponed to 2021
Around 600 athletes set to compete in the Polish city in the seventh edition of the World Para Athletics European Championships
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Amalia Perez makes winning debut at Online World Cup Series
Paralympic champion takes women's title in second edition with Jordan’s Abdelkareem Khattab finishing first in the men's competition
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Barriers 'smashed down' as table tennis grows in the Pacific
Development programme launched in 2014 transforms attitudes towards disability
How the world has changed since, is just crazy — Oksana Masters
The Laureus awards winner aims to get her Paralympic dream back on schedule
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Sport Week: Top moments in Para table tennis
Incredible rallies and shots from all angles that stunned fans at the Paralympic Games
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ITF and Grand Slams team up to support wheelchair tennis
Funds to support wheelchair tennis athletes following cancellation of events due to COVID-19 pandemic
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Darkness shines light on Erik Horrie’s inner strength
'It’s very easy to hide how broken you are inside as an athlete, because society focuses on our physical strength, but I want people to see through my story that it is not a weakness to ask for help'
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Sport week: Welcome to Para table tennis
The sport is practiced world-wide and one of the largest at the Paralympic Games
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Gustavo Fernandez talks importance of mental strength
Argentinian wheelchair tennis star spends quarantine training and reading