PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Mexico City 2017: US swim team confirmed
Original squad of 22 will all participate in rescheduled World Championships
![a female wheelchair racer celebrates crossing the line](/sites/default/files/images/171006074827277_Tatyana%2BMcFadden%2BChicago.jpg)
Tatyana McFadden makes marathon return in Chicago
Swiss pair of Schar and Hug currently lead World Series standings
![a male wheelchair tennis player takes a shot](/sites/default/files/images/171006081030976_Rick%2BDraney.jpg)
Rick Draney recalls successful career
US wheelchair tennis player is double World Team Cup champion and a driving force behind quad category
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NPC Germany receives top award
President honoured with German Order of Merit at ceremony in Berlin
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Paralympic.org to livestream Ostersund 2017
Live results also available for Para ice hockey PyeongChang 2018 Qualification Tournament
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Invictus Games showcase Para ice hockey
First taste of the sport at tournament for wounded servicemen and women
![a group of Para ice hockey athletes on the ice](/sites/default/files/images/170410083417466_Germany_001.jpg)
Ostersund 2017 factfile: Germany
Team preview ahead of Paralympic Winter Games Qualification Tournament
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Ukraine and Slovakia sweep rivals aside at Para table tennis Euros
But Belgium’s teenage prodigy Devos again makes his mark
![Sitting volleyball at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/161017102004896_1809_M%2BSitting%2BVolleyball%2BGold_CiceroRodrigues_011.jpg)
IWAS and World ParaVolley sign co-operation agreement
Among the objectives is to include sitting volleyball in the IWAS Games
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Safety first for Australia’s Paralympians ahead of PyeongChang 2018
Australian Paralympic Committee to receive security advice from Federal Police