PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Paralympic champions De Rozario and Hug cruise to victory in New York
Australian wheelchair racer becomes the first athlete to win marathon gold in the Paralympics and in the NYC Marathon in the same year since 2008
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Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from Para Canoe
Eighteen-year-old Hungarian Peter Pal Kiss became the youngest ever Para Canoe Paralympic gold medallist, and the first teenager to triumph, in the men’s KL1
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Tokyo 2020 medallists to clash again as New York Marathon returns
Paralympic champion Madison de Rozario to go up against Manuela Schaer for the first time after their epic battle in Japan
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From Tokyo to Tbilisi: Lingling Guo
Countdown to the World Championships begins with the most memorable performers from the Paralympics heading to Georgia
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IPC Governing Board candidates’ booklet published
A total of 26 nominees have been approved by the IPC to stand for election – one for President, one for Vice President and 25 for Members at Large positions
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World's best teams coming back to Ostrava
Czech capital of Para ice hockey to host a pre-Christmas tournament with USA, Canada, Russia and hosts Czech Republic
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IPC General Assembly to be held remotely
Event was initially planned to take place in Chinese Taipei
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VISTA 2021 Conference fast approaching
Tenth edition to be organised virtually between 18 November and 16 December 2021
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Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from Para Rowing
Great Britain were the only country to win more than one gold in Para Rowing at Tokyo 2020
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Australia’s Jaryd Clifford left it all on the track in Tokyo
'Aussies, past and present, have put their bodies on the line for this Movement, and so I don’t have the right not to'