PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Newest IPC members defy COVID-19
Since being welcomed as IPC members at the 2019 General Assembly, NPCs of Kiribati, Paraguay, Maldives and Malta have taken various initiatives to develop Para sports
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A year like no other in Para snow sports
From history-making events to red carpets and dancefloors, here is a lookback at the most memorable moments of 2020
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Host city of 2024 Paralympics creates ‘Paris + Inclusive’ project
French capital expresses intentions to make Paris an inclusive and accessible destination
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Bauchet and Kampschreur golden return to where it all started
Nine-time Paralympic champion Henrieta Farkasova makes winning comeback after serious injury
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Riech following in family’s footsteps
World champion and Tokyo 2020 favourite’s athletics bloodlines run deep
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IPC podcast: Husnah Kukundakwe on representation
Ugandan teenage swimmer has ambitions for Tokyo 2020 but also sees her role in society on a bigger scale
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The year Para dance sport took over TV shows
Bonn 2019 world champions join Korean celebrities and Norway fall in love with a Para Nordic skier and rower turned wheelchair dancer
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Iranian Para athlete Hamid Eslami suspended for anti-doping rule violation
Iranian runner returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance in an out of competition test
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2021 World Series provisional calendar announced
For the first time the Para swimming series will take place in the year of the Paralympic Games
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IPC publish its 2019-2020 Annual Report
'Our role in transforming the world through sport has never been more needed or urgently required for the world’s largest marginalised community'