PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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IPC back launch of 'Sport for Development Coalition'
Several Public Development Banks join forces to use sport as a lever to sustainable development
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Skiing helps Pueyo picking tough post-sports career
After 15 years in Para alpine skiing, Spanish Paralympian is helping troubled teens get back on track
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Inaba has prelude for home Paralympics
“Despite doubt about my ability, I realised that I had nothing to lose, so I wanted to see how far I would be able to reach”
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Hargis: 'I look at two separate lives I’ve lived'
USA Army veteran reflects on the moment he chose to embrace his disability and discovered Para ice hockey
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Cattini believes in the transformational power of strength sports
Italy's Online World Cup finalist says Para powerlifting changed his life for the better ten years ago
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Kirwa to switch to marathon after Tokyo 2020
'I’m now 47. All sports people face this grim reality some time or the other. As years advance, focusing on one event would be good'
1964 Tokyo - A truly pioneering Paralympic Games
'So, we explained that in a way it was the Olympics for Paraplegia. Then one reporter responded 'Well, then we can simplify it to Paralympic’. The word somehow became popular not only with reporters but with us as well, and it became an official nickname.'
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The untold story of 1964 Paralympic Games
The 'Unofficial Opening Ceremony' saw about 480 athletes from all 47 prefectures of Japan gather to compete across 36 events.
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Ahmed reaches Online World Cup Finals
Egyptian Paralympic medallist wins social media voting to join the other eight finalists on 17 November