PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Team Portugal brings Madeira 2022 atmosphere to Funchal City Hall
World Championships to take place from 12 to 18 June will be the biggest Para sport competition ever hosted in the country
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Chateauroux 2022: Rising star Avani Lekhara leads India’s impressive start
Paralympic champion takes gold with a new world record in the R2 - women’s 10m air rifle standing SH2 at the World Cup in France
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Paris GP returns with stellar line-up
Home of next year’s World Championships, the Charlety Stadium welcomes athletes from 57 countries in the fourth edition of the event
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Paul Fitzgerald appointed as new Head of World Para Athletics
Fitzgerald to join the organisation from 15 June following four years at the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
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Pride Month: Moran Samuel on putting LGBTQ+ on the agenda
Paralympic medallist and world champion in Para rowing Moran Samuel writes about her experience as an LGBTQ+ athlete
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Six-time Paralympic champion Natalia Partyka on seizing opportunities
‘Even the most difficult dreams are within our reach. I did it, so you also can. It is worth trying’
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De Groot, Kunieda, Vink win singles titles at Roland Garros
Roland Garros debut yields career's first Grand Slam singles title for Vink
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Paris 2024 dream starts at Chateauroux World Cup for Tanguy de la Forest
French shooting range hosts biggest-ever World Cup with 270 athletes from 50 nations competing from 6 to 12 June
![France's Charles-Antoine Kouakou exhales as he powers ahead of the other runners in the men's 400m T20 final at Tokyo 2020.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Charles-Antoine%20Kouakou%20France%20men%27s%20400m%20T20%20Tokyo.jpg)
One year to go until 2023 Virtus Global Games in Vichy
2023 Virtus Global Games will be held from 4-10 June 2023 and feature nine sport disciplines
World Bicycle Day: Paralympic cyclists and triathletes answer your biggest questions
Do you scrape your elbows when handcycling? How do you steer a bike with one arm? What is the scariest part of racing in the velodrome? Get the answers to these questions and more from seven Para cycling and Para triathlon medallists