PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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The awards, supported by Allianz, will recognise members of the international media for their coverage of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games.

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Singles dancers from the host country highlight competition at the 2015 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport New Taipei City Cup Open.

Michelle Bachelet, the President of Chile, with athletes.

Chile plan to send their biggest ever team to August’s Parapan American Games.

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Coverage will include the upcoming IPC Swimming World Championships and October’s IPC Athletics World Championships.

Marcel Hug of Switzerland (R) and Josh Cassidy of Canada compete in the Men's 5000m - T54 heats on day two of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium.

Ahead of a busy summer of athletics, we look at the 10 long standing world records that may be beaten soon.

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The midfielder was oustanding in helping the Russian football 7-a-side team capture the world title.

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Mullen, Simmonds, Long and Pascoe, target gold medals on the first day of Glasgow 2015 on Monday (13 July).

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Paralympic champion Cuiping Zhang also helped her team to a new world record in Osijek, Croatia, a Paralympic qualifier.

Ukraine's Vasyl Kovalchuk took gold ahead of Finnish world champion Minna Leinonen at a 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup.

Athletes from 48 countries – the most ever at a World Cup – will line-up for the first Paralympic qualifier of 2015.

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The Japanese pay TV broadcaster will produce a number of documentaries following the journey of para-athletes ahead of Tokyo 2020.