PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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SP2017: Two Brazil-Argentina finals set for Sao Paulo 2017
The South American rivals will face each other for gold in the football 5 and football 7 finals respectively at the Youth Parapan American Games.
National Championships to conclude French ski season
World champion snowboarders and Nordic and alpine skiers will compete in Les Saisies from 25-28 March.
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Out and about with #TeamAgitos
Find out what has been going on in projects supported by the Agitos Foundation at the beginning of the year.
Kamiji reflects on beating No. 1 Griffioen
Winning the Australian Open was special, not only because the Japanese player broke the Dutch dominance.
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Growing Para rowing in the Americas
An international Para rowing training camp was held in Sarasota-Bradenton, USA, which was the first of its kind.
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IWAS World Games 2017 host named
The Vila Real de Santo António in Portugal will host the competition later this year.
![Brazilian table tennis player Danielle Rauen in action at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.](/sites/default/files/images/170323081131138_Danielle%2BRauen%2B-%2BAlexandre%2BUrchMPIXCPB.jpg)
Danielle Rauen celebrates gold in front of home crowd
Brazil´s Rio 2016 table tennis bronze medallist topped the podium in the women's class 9 after beating Chile's Ailyn Espinoza 3-0 in the gold-medal match at Sao Paulo 2017.
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Lopez swims in Sao Paulo, sets sights on Tokyo 2020
Mexico´s 17-year-old swimmer hopes the Youth Parapan American Games can spring board for her to the next Paralympics.
![Algeria's Nadia Medjmedj throws in the women's shot put F55/56/57 at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.](/sites/default/files/images/170323075416254_GettyImages-174154917.jpg)
World record for Algeria's Nadia Medjmedj as British sprinters impress in Dubai
Medjmedj added 1.50m to the women’s discus F56 world record set in 2003.
![Brazilian table tennis player Danielle Rauen in action at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.](/sites/default/files/images/170323081131138_Danielle%2BRauen%2B-%2BAlexandre%2BUrchMPIXCPB.jpg)
SP2017: Brazil dominates table tennis singles events
The hosts lead the sport’s medals table after winning seven medals, including three golds, on Wednesday (22 March) at the Youth Parapans.