PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Elena Semechin celebrates her 'small miracle' at Berlin World Series
Paralympic champion is the main star in the penultimate leg of the season with more than 450 athletes in action in the German capital
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Beijing 2022: Takeaways from Wheelchair Curling
China cement their status on the world stage
![Indonesia's capital Jakarta hosted the last Asian Para Games in 2018 featuring 18 sports](/sites/default/files/2019-10/Indonesia%202018%20-%20Asian%20Paralympic%20Committee.jpg)
Aichi-Nagoya to host 2026 Asian Para Games
Around 4,000 athletes and team officials from the Asian Paralympic Committee's 44 member nations are expected to attend and 18 Para sports will be on the programme
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Sensational Hug opens the season with a world record in Dubai
World’s best impress at the Grand Prix season opener in Dubai breaking multiple world and regional records from 21 to 24 March
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Marcel Hug leads star-packed field as Dubai opens 2022 GP season
Nearly 450 athletes from 43 countries to take part in the first World Para Athletics event of the year in UAE
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Amy Purdy announces retirement
Purdy is a three-time Paralympic medallist and Para Snowboard pioneer
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Para powerlifting athlete Omotola Eniola Falodun receives four-year ban for ADRV
Nigerian returned an adverse analytical finding for a Prohibited Substance in-competition on 6 February 2020
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Veronika Vadovicova leaves Hamar 2022 with more golden glory
Four-time Paralympic champion puts Slovakia on the top of medals tally as European 10m Championships wraps up in Norway
![Gold medallist Carina Edlinger of Austria looks on with her guide dog Riley following the Women's Sprint Free Technique Vision Impaired Final flower ceremony in the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Carina%20Edlinger.jpg)
Beijing 2022: Takeaways from Para Cross-Country Skiing
Para Cross-Country Skiing saw one of Paralympic sports greatest athletes bow out in style, while the next generation were ushered in