PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Mei Ichinose’s Tokyo mission
Japanese swimmer ready to star at home Paralympics
![a group of female Saudi Arabian Para athletes and their two male coaches](/sites/default/files/images/190308142109186_Saudi-Arabia-women-Grand-Prix.jpeg)
Saudi Arabia’s female athletes dream big
History-makers ready to take on the world after Grand Prix debut
![female Para table tennis player Melissa Tapper pumps her fist in victory](/sites/default/files/images/190308163808452_Melissa-Tapper-Gold-Coast.jpg)
Melissa Tapper’s heart stays at home
Commonwealth Games champion wants another gold at Oceanias
![a female wheelchair curler from Latvia plays a stone while another curler holds her wheelchair to steady it](/sites/default/files/images/190307095049211_Latvia-day-four-Worlds.jpg)
Stirling 2019: Latvia lead from the front
Worlds debutants continue to impress in battle for play-offs
![a group of five blind footballers from Oman smiling down at the camera](/sites/default/files/images/190307123824130_Oman-blind-football.jpg)
Oman make international debut
Newly-formed blind football team faces Morocco
![four male judokas on the podium with their medals, with Giorgi Gamjashvili on the end holding bronze](/sites/default/files/images/190307133936354_Gamjashvili-judo.jpg)
Tokyo 2020: Giorgi Gamjashvili’s golden aim
Judoka seeks to make name for himself at Paralympics
![a powerlifting technical offical holds a keypad](/sites/default/files/images/190307140328551_Powerlifting-seminar.jpg)
Astana 2019: Technical officials get ready
Refresh seminar held in Dubai ahead of World Championships
![Peruvian swimmer Dunia Felices](/sites/default/files/images/190307154601968_Dunia-Felices_0.jpg)
IWD2019: Female Para athletes take over Instagram
Paralympic Movement celebrates International Women’s Day
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Stirling 2019: Double shockers on day three
Paralympic and world champions no longer undefeated
![female Para swimmer Ileana Rodriguez takes a breath during a breaststroke](/sites/default/files/images/190228101336224_Ileana-Rodriguez.jpg)
APC Athlete Representative to be elected
Nominations must be made by NPCs by 17 May 2019