PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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IPC mourns Elisabeth Dendy’s passing
Paralympic Order recipient played a pioneer role in the Paralympic Movement
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Musical fiesta brings curtains down on IPC’s 1YTG campaign
Sport lovers were treated to two weeks of online extravaganza with their stars
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Erica Gavel: 'It will be the best Games ever'
The Canadian athlete juggles a high performance career in wheelchair basketball, PhD studies plus a goal to help her team recapture their crown at Tokyo 2020
Paralympians lift schoolchildren’s spirits during I’mPOSSIBLE video calls
Schools in Australia and Japan continue IPC’s education programme through testing times
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Art and Para sport: a perfect match
'The picture of my fiancé is definitely my most important,' Stefanie Herrmann recalls the artwork that changed her destiny
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Tatyana McFadden speaks on power of inclusion and campaigning for change
"I had to fight to be allowed to train. I was denied the right to run alongside other athletes and I thought 'this is not how it should be'.”
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Paralympic legend Libby Kosmala retires
Australia's 78-year-old shooter won 13 medals and competed in 12 Games from Heidelberg 1972 to Rio 2016
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An open letter on IWBF’s non-compliance with 2015 IPC Athlete Classification Code
IPC President Andrew Parsons and Chelsey Gotell, Chairperson of the IPC Athletes’ Council, with the full support of the IPC Governing Board, have drafted this open letter to all interested stakeholders for the purpose of providing greater clarity
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‘Rising Phoenix’ shows a different side of Matt Stutzman
USA’s ‘Armless Archer’ gets to be himself in Netflix movie
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Ottobock Get Together meets Tokyo 2020
Third edition of the live talks on World Para Athletics Facebook is all about the impact of next year's Paralympic Games in Japan