PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Barbara van Bergen ends silver streak in Leogang
Dutch gold, home glory, upsets and comebacks mark two days of giant slalom racing in Austria
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Dylan Alcott claims unprecedented seventh Australian Open title
Quad world No. 1 makes history on home soil
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Andrew Kurka making the most of speed to technical switch in Leogang
Anna-Lena Forster and Arthur Bauchet’s undefeated streaks in jeopardy as final World Cup runs until Friday in Austria
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Home gold for Finland’s Matti Suur-Hamari
Luchini, Oguri and Bunschoten sweep gold on snowboard cross weekend at Finnish ski resort
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Italy’s Ambra Sabatini shatters world record on debut at Dubai 2021 Grand Prix
Thailand tops medals tally, followed by Uzbekistan and India
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India’s Sandeep Chaudhary gets the distance in Dubai again
‘At Tokyo 2020, I just want to turn my dream into reality, by winning a medal’
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Australian Open sees return of champs Alcott and Kunieda
Dylan Alcott and Shingo Kunieda look to defend their titles from last year
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Riders excited to get back to racing in Pyha
Finland hosts first and only World Para Snowboard World Cup of the 2020-21 season over the weekend
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South Africa's Kgothatso Montjane defies odds through wheelchair tennis
From fetching her own drinking water to becoming the first black female African wheelchair tennis player to compete at Wimbledon, Montjane shows what is possible