PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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As Super Bowl shines, so do NFL players with disabilities
How American football players Shaquem Griffin and late-Tom Dempsey inspire generations of onlookers
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Italy’s Rene de Silvestro celebrates career’s first speed victory
World Cup in Saalbach, Austria wraps up with several dramatic upsets
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WADA launches new e-learning course for athletes and coaches
'Athletes and coaches should be viewing anti-doping as an integral part of their Tokyo 2020 training regime'
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Dai Tokairin: My notebook of positivity leads to success
'A gold medal is a life changer. That’s why I’m in a quest to win it.'
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Quiz time! How much do you know about the Euros?
Madeira, Portugal will host the Para swimming European Open Championships in a 100 days from now
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Beijing 2022 unveils Paralympic Torch
The torch features a gold and silver colour scheme and the lower section is engraved 'Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games' in Braille
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Women’s Para hockey of Canada to host grassroots virtual camp
Participants are being encouraged to share their virtual camp experiences on social media using the #ParaIceHockey and #HockeyIsHers hashtags.
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EU-funded project creates opportunity for PhD student to join the IPC
The project aims to develop a more objective classification test for visual function
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Speed specialist Markus Salcher registers first downhill win in three years
France’s Hyacinthe Deleplace grabs the leader’s bib in men’s vision impaired class
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Playbooks published to deliver safe and successful Tokyo 2020
The Playbooks are the official, centralised source of information for the Olympic and Paralympic Games stakeholders, and the first versions will be updated with more details over the coming months