PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Winners of the first-ever PARA SPORT Awards announced
New Zealand’s Nicole Murray and Italy’s Simone Barlaam are among the 10 winners of the inaugural PARA SPORT Awards
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Astana 2023: Competition schedule released for B-Pool Worlds
None of the six participant teams has ever won the tournament, top two finishers will be promoted to the 2024 A-Pool Worlds
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Lima 2023: Italy sweep the board on day five
Italian athletes dominate all Para trap events in Peru adding another World Championships gold to the count with a triumph in the R11 – mixed team
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Paralympic Day: Paris' Place de la République awaits thousands of fans on 8 October
The second edition of Paralympic Day will include performances in 14 Para sports and the presence of a vast list of Paralympians
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WPA launches Classification Rules and Regulations review process
WPA community invited to submit recommendations and proposed amendments on a survey (link below) no later than 24 November
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Lima 2023: Txakartegi dedicates gold to wife/assistant
'Her support means everything to me,' says Spanish athlete after second win in Peru; Slovakia, Sweden and Turkey also claim victories on day four
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Para Mixed Relay closed the curtain on exciting World Triathlon Para Championships
Team USA was crowned as champion in the Para Mixed Relay; three American women also won individual titles
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Debrunner pulverises world record at Berlin Marathon
Top four finishers in the women's wheelchair race cross the finishing line below the previous record, Marcel Hug wins men's event for ninth time
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PARA SPORT Awards 2023: Italian swimming coach Riccardo Vernole named Best Coach
Vernole won the Best Coach Award for guiding Italian Para athletes to 64 medals at the Madeira 2022 World Para Swimming Championships
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Lima 2023: First gold for Azerbaijan and Israel
Kamran Zeynalov and Yuliya Chernoy make World Championships history on day three as Pierre Guillaume-Sage puts France on top of the leaderboard