PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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World Para Athletics open bidding process for 2023 and 2025 Worlds
Last edition at Dubai 2019 featured over 1,300 athletes from 116 nations, making it the largest single Para sport event ever held
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Four out of four for Russia at second Europa Cup
Varvara Voronchikhina and Aleksei Bugaev dominate standing events and join Austrian skiers among biggest winners at giant slalom races in Kaunertal
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Hear my voice: UAE’s Haifa Alnaqbi on coming back from the brink of despair
Powerlifter shares heartbreak of anti-doping violation, forfeiting her medals and how she tried to recover
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Classifier education course set for spring 2021
Two-part course aims to increase the number and geographical representation of international and national classifiers
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Paris 2024 launches initiative to add Paralympic sport emojis
Organising Committee calls for more inclusive sports emojis
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IPC podcast: Mexican sit-skier Arly Velasquez on taking risks
‘It's very rare that there are moments in your life where your gut tells you that you are in the right place’
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Singapore’s tireless campaigner Yip Pin Xiu still pushing for change
She might have already served in parliament and won three Paralympic swimming gold medals but Yip Pin Xiu is not done yet, in or out of the pool
![Emanuele Lambertini](/sites/default/files/2020-12/Emanele%20Lambertini%207.jpg)
Lambertini aims to ‘eliminate differences’ by building unique prostheses
Wheelchair fencer Emanuele Lambertini is pretty keen on grabbing gold at Tokyo 2020 but the automation engineering student is equally focused on changing the world of prosthetics for ever
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World Para Powerlifting Webinar Series reaches 88 countries
Free-of-charge virtual seminars attract almost 500 participants from the Para powerlifting community