PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Mexico City 2017: Closing Ceremony speech
IPC President Andrew Parsons officially closes the World Para Powerlifting Championships
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Top 50 Moments of 2017: No. 24 - A star is born
Mongolian’s meteoric rise to become Para taekwondo world champion
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Dublin 2018: Become a volunteer!
Nine areas people can choose to work in at next year’s Para swimming Euros
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Astana confirmed as host city for 2019 Para powerlifting Worlds
Algiers also announced as 2018 African Championships hosts
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Mark Arendz using home advantage in Canmore
Canadian Nordic skier starts Paralympic season on home snow
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Mexico City 2017: Carlos Serrano seeks fifth gold on final day
Legends Long and Boki also going for clean sweep at Championships
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Mexico City 2017: Siamand Rahman ready to rewrite history
World’s strongest Paralympian believes he can break his own world record of 310kg
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Singapore hosts Para athletics and Para swimming technical courses
NPC Development Programme delivers first courses to coaches and classifiers in Southeast Asia
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Mexico City 2017: Two golds for China on day five of Worlds
Tan Yujiao and Ye Jixiong give China the lead in powerlifting’s medals table
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Mexico City 2017: Sarai Gascon wins butterfly thriller to claim second gold
Five-time Rio 2016 champion Wenpan Huang also shines as he breaks world record