PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Grosseto, Italy
Around 237 athletes from 40 countries are set to compete at the Carlo Zecchini Olympic Stadium in the season’s fourth Grand Prix event.
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Dennis aims to bring USA back on to the podium
The US goalball player expects to play a key role in helping her team rebound from London 2012 disappointment.
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#IDSDP: Swimmers’ friendship transcends borders
Paralympians Brad Snyder, Keichi Kimura and Matheus Sousa are fierce rivals in the pool, but have a friendship based on an understanding of life with a visual impairment.
![Chris Sharp, Andrew May and Richard Dodson aboard their boat during the New Zealand 2016 Summer Paralympic Team Selection Announcement at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron on March 3, 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand.](/sites/default/files/images/160303103244865_sailing.jpg)
Extensive Paralympics broadcast coverage coming to New Zealand
About 4.6 million people will get to watch Rio 2016 through TVNZ’s live streamed TV channel DUKE.
![Sprinters Alan Oliveira, Jonnie Peacock and Richard Browne compete at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games](/sites/default/files/images/130729101006708_Anniversary%2Bgames%2Bcredit%2Bgetty%2Bimages.jpg)
IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final events announced
IPC Athletics announces 16 events to take place at this summer’s Grand Prix Final in London, Great Britain.
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Designer Nini Andrade Silva becomes swimming Euros ambassador
The world-renowned artist joins singer and celebrity Katia Aveiro as a proud advocate of the competition in Funchal, Portugal.
![The Olympic Tennis Centre hosted the first competition in Barra Olympic Park.](/sites/default/files/images/170202104925964_rio-olympic-park.jpg)
Sport Week: Wheelchair tennis venue at Rio 2016
The sport will take place on hard courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre.
#IDSDP: Russia, China go beyond the piste
Wheelchair fencing has allowed the two nations to come together and experience each other’s cultures.
Russia lead standings after win at Ostersund 2016
The Sochi 2014 silver medallists lead at the ice sledge hockey Euros on goal difference after their second game, whilst Italy and Norway are tied in second.
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My best and worst moments with Poland’s Michal Derus
The World and European champion in the T47 class shares his highs and lows.