PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Omara Durand looks to extend decade long reign
Champion looks forward to performing for her eight-year-old daughter
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Road to Ulsan 2021 updated!
Czech Republic to host an international Para dance sport event for the first time in August in the lead up to the World Championships
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Jung Jun Kim eyes badminton gold on the biggest stage
'I’d like to show my daughters I can do something that other fathers can’t. I want to be a father to be proud of.'
![Iraq refugee Wissam Sami greets Canada's Ryan Roussel during the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Warsaw, Poland](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/images/190717085320969_Wissam%2B3.jpg?itok=8pFGljCp)
IPC launches campaign to promote access for refugees to Para sport
The STEADY Action Week builds on the calls to action: Inform yourself – Learn from others – Get involved
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1964 to 1988 — It was all about Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum's dominance
She won 30 medals, in athletics, swimming, table tennis and wheelchair basketball
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Tendulkar-fan Rakesh Kumar yearns to win medal and meet legend
'Whatever success I have achieved so far is for the country and my parents, so whatever rewards I get are for them. Meeting Tendulkar is the only reward I want for myself.'
India look to take giant strides at Tokyo 2020
Mariyappan Thangavelu will lead the country’s biggest contingent till date
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Reid has momentum on his side ahead of Tokyo 2020
Wheelchair tennis player has beaten Shingo Kunieda, Alfie Hewett, Gustavo Fernandez and Joachim Gerard, the world’s top four players, this year
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Season look back: Top six moments
Breakout performances, one family’s dominance and a freeski triumph among highlights of a memorable season
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Home Games entice tennis legend Kunieda for another tilt at glory
Japan’s wheelchair ace has achieved everything in his stellar career but Tokyo 2020 offers chance to elevate his sport