PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Shake-ups expected at Australian Open as new Grand Slam year begins
A record 16 athletes in the men's singles draw are vying for the spotlight following Shingo Kunieda's retirement announcement
Four-time Paralympic champion Kunieda announces retirement from wheelchair tennis
Japan's Shingo Kunieda, who made his Paralympic debut at Athens 2004, won medals at five consecutive Games
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Chile's Maria Antonieta Ortiz receives two-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifting athlete returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for a Prohibited Substance in June 2021
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IPC sends condolences to family of Lithuanian goalball player Marius Zibolis
Zibolis led the Lithuanian team to two silver and a bronze medal in the men’s goalball event at the Paralympic Games
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IPC welcomes adoption of EU resolution to create accessible sports infrastructure
The IPC’s Accessibility Guide is used as a reference document in the resolution ‘Council Conclusions on Sustainable and Accessible Sports Infrastructure’
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Paralympic goalball champion Altunoluk targets Paris 2024, LA28 and may play to 2032
Younger sister Sevtap brings extra motivation as Turkey's goalball siblings make speeches to inspire each other
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5 tips to get started in Para taekwondo from sport’s pioneer Gjessing
Denmark’s Lisa Gjessing, a gold medallist at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and a four-time world champion, says finding a taekwondo club and communicating with your coach are important to succeed in Para taekwondo
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How IR Iran became a men’s sitting volleyball superpower
"If we achieve the second place in the Paralympic competitions, it means that we have failed"
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Record-breaking Paralympian Clarke appointed new Chief Executive of Paralympics GB
Clarke competed in blind football at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games and scored a record 128 goals in blind football across 144 appearances for the national team
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Para athlete, Hollywood actress, runway model Kanya Sesser is an unstoppable force
Found on the side of a road and now shredding mountain slopes, skateboarding and appearing in Hollywood films: Athlete, actress and model Kanya Sesser shows how to have it all