PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Helsingborg 2019: Top seeds rule Para table tennis regional championships
Laurens Devos and Natalia Partyka among the big names who continued their dominance at European Championships
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Cheongju 2019: Hungary clinch a humdinger for gold
Zsuzsanna Krajnyak, Gyongi Dani and Eva Andrea Hajmasi put the ghosts of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games final to rest
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Cheongju 2019: China take epee and foil team world titles
Individual Paralympic title-holder Xufeng Zou pulled her team away to take the World Championship gold for China
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IPC turns 30: Imagine where we can go next
International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons looks forward to the future of the Paralympic Movement
Wool is the new gold for Australian legend Ellie Cole
'I had able-bodied kids messaging me on Instagram, saying they wanted to be a Paralympian when they grow up,' says the Para swimming star
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Cheongju 2019: Alexander Kurzin's long wait comes to an end
Russian wheelchair fencer storms to gold in South Korea competing at his sixth World Championships
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Anuar Akhmetov suspended for anti-doping violation
Kazakhstani Para swimmer suspended for nine months
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South African archer Shaun Anderson 'does not know how' to quit
Archer returns to range after second major accident that took away his ability to walk
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Cheongju 2019: Italy’s Bebe Vio in a league of her own in wheelchair fencing
Italian bags third successive title in women’s foil category B
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Beigang 2019: Para dancers to show off World Championship form
Penultimate competition before Bonn 2019 draws top dancers