PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Paralympics: Para powerlifting day three preview
Mexico's Amalia Perez and Nigeria's Lucy Ejike battling for their fourth Paralympic gold is the highlight at the Tokyo International Forum
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Team Egypt gearing towards the Tokyo 2020 Games
Powerlifting star Sherif Osman hopes to bring home fourth gold medal
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Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Krajnyak targets wheelchair fencing gold
A long history of Paralympic experience has helped prepare the Hungarian for Tokyo 2020
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New training regime boosts Cheah Liek Hou's gold quest
‘As my opponents are younger than me, I have to work more on physical fitness and my skills’
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Tokyo Paralympics: Para athletics day 8 preview
The National Olympic Stadium will see 17 finals with only three days to go until the end of the Paralympic Games in Japan
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Ukraine ready to make a splash and repeat Rio heroics
Third in the medal table last time around, the signs are they could do it again
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Spectacular send off for 4th Paralympic Heritage Flame
'We were thrilled to welcome such esteemed British Paralympians to Stoke Mandeville Stadium for the much-loved Heritage Flame Lighting event'
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Paralympics: Para powerlifting day two preview
Egyptian legend Sherif Osman in search of his fourth gold and a new world record is the highlight at the Tokyo International Forum on 27 August
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Tokyo Paralympics preview: Swimming day 10
Sixteen finals to take place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre to conclude the Paralympic Games action on 3 September in Japan
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From Stoke Mandeville to Tokyo 2020, Issy Bailey's shooting journey
Great Britain's only pistol shooter for the Games shares how influential rehab at the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement was for her