PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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2021 Paralympic Sport Awards: Best Team nominees
Awards recognising achievements at Tokyo 2020 will be presented on 16 December
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2021 Paralympic Sport Awards: Best Male nominees
Awards recognising achievements at Tokyo 2020 will be presented on 16 December
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2021 Paralympic Sport Awards: Best Female nominees
Awards recognising achievements at Tokyo 2020 will be presented on 16 December
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Big stars return to global stage as World Cup season kicks off in Steinach am Brenner
Mix of speed and technical races to test skiers with athletes making come back after lengthy absence as the 2021-22 World Cup opens in Austria
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Sherif Osman re-elected as World Para Powerlifting Athlete Liaison
Egypt's five-time world champion received 53 per cent of the votes in election which took place during the Tbilisi 2021 Worlds in Georgia
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Tbilisi 2021: Chile takes final gold medal with Mixed Team triumph
Camila Campos, Jorge Carinao and Juan Carlos Garrido lead South Americans to the top of the podium as World Championships concludes in Georgia
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Canmore winners strike gold twice on first days
Romele, Masters, Wilkie, Lekomtsev, Panferova and McKeever start season off with a bang in short-distance and middle-distance cross-country events
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Candidate presentations published online ahead of IPC Board elections
There are 25 nominees standing for election in Sunday’s elections – one for President, one for Vice President and 24 for Member at Large positions (one nominee is standing for two positions).
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Tbilisi 2021: Legacy of Siamand Rahman lives on as Iran dominates heavyweight podiums
Aliakbar Gharibshi beats Paralympic champion and sets new world record before Ahmad Aminzadeh triumphs in his World Championships debut
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Tbilisi 2021: Day nine preview
World Championships will feature a Mixed Team Event for the second time follow the inaugural competition at Nur-Sultan 2019