PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Ostrava 2019 overtime-thriller fuels USA for more gold
Defending champions looking to remain the only team to win back-to-back world titles when they return to Czech Republic in June
![Marie-Amelie le Fur FRA sets a new world record to become the Gold Medal winner in the Women's Long Jump](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/images/160909165615766_lefur.jpg?h=e0f4da4d&itok=N91bULm8)
Marie-Amelie Le Fur balances ‘three lives’
An elite athlete, president of her NPC and a mother: life may be busy for the Frenchwoman but that is how she likes it
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Madeira 2020: All you need to know about the Euros
From multi-medallists to where the Portuguese island got its name from, get ready for the European Championships
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Cockroft and Haggo smash world records in Coventry
Dubai 2019 world champions show top form in Great Britain ahead of the European Championships and Paralympic Games
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IPC confirm details regarding RPC’s Paralympics participation
Athletes will represent Russian Paralympic Committee at Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022
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Ariyasu Ryohei finds the positive through Para sports
Paralympics reignited Ryohei's love for sports
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Meet the young team who fell in love with Para Nordic skiing
National team coach Irina Gromova introduces children with spina bifida to Para cross-country in Russia and changes lives in the process
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Paralympic Movement mourns passing of Bello Rafiu Oyebanji
Nigerian athlete helped the sport’s development in the region
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Beijing 2022 conclude ice tests
‘Experience Beijing’ successfully examined various facilities and procedures for positive Games delivery
APC satisfied with Santiago 2023 progress
Virtual presentations made by Organising Committee reaffirm commitment to Parapan delivery