PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Becoming top Para cyclist means being a better person for Diego Duenas
Colombian Rio 2016 cycling bronze medallist speaks about his career in an Instagram Live event organised by the IPC to celebrate one-year-to-go to Tokyo 2020
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Last-minute loss fuels Luchini for Lillehammer
Following season cut short, Worlds medallist prepares to become first snowboard instructor with an impairment in Italy
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World Championships legacy lives on in Bonn
'There is nothing more beautiful than impacting people and help them discover the abilities they have hidden inside,' says Erik Machens
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Anastasia Pagonis teaching lessons through fun
USA swimmer uses social media to educate about life being blind: 'We can do the same as anyone else, it’s just that we may have to do things differently'
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Greg Polychronidis speaks his heart out on overcoming setbacks
'The most important is to find your mistake in order to become stronger and not make the same mistakes'
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Report reveals Channel 4 revolutionising disability broadcast landscape
British Paralympic rights holder to build off ground-breaking impact from London 2012
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World Para Powerlifting launches Webinar Series
Online courses to be hosted by world-leading experts in different languages across a wide range of topics
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Wheelchair tennis action returns at US Open
First Grand Slam takes place in Flushing Meadows since the Australian Open in late January
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Ryley Batt pays homage to grandfather in Netflix’s Rising Phoenix
Australian wheelchair rugby superstar opens up about Pops' impact on him in film
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With renewed expectations Japan’s Seiya Norimatsu looks to Tokyo
“Who would imagine myself to be on the Tokyo Paralympic stage?”