PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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New Czech team ready for a different World Championships in Ostrava
Hosts keen to make history again with the support of players attracted by the record-breaking 2019 tournament
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‘Tokyo 2020 Paralympics are the most critical Games in history’
Para athletes to carry the hopes of world’s one billion people with disabilities
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Ostrava 2019 overtime-thriller fuels USA
Defending champions looking to remain the only team to win back-to-back world titles when they return to Czech Republic in June
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Marie-Amelie Le Fur balances ‘three lives’ as she chases golden farewell in Tokyo
An elite athlete, president of her NPC and a mother: life may be busy for the Frenchwoman but that is how she likes it
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Madeira 2020: All you need to know
From multi-medallists to where the Portuguese island got its name from, get ready for the European Championships
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Hannah Cockroft and Kayleigh Haggo smash records in Coventry
Dubai 2019 world champions show top form in Great Britain ahead of the European Championships and Paralympic Games
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IPC confirm details regarding RPC's Paralympic Games participation
Athletes will represent Russian Paralympic Committee at Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022
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Japanese rower Ariyasu Ryohei finds the positive through Para sports
Paralympics reignited Ryohei's love for sports