PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Para Swimming World Series calendar updated
Italy to follow first two stops in Aberdeen and Melbourne with Lignano Sabbiadoro World Series in March
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Beijing 2022 spectator policy finalised
Tickets will not be sold anymore but be part of an adapted programme that will invite groups of spectators to be present on site during the Games
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Belarus’ Holub reigns supreme for second gold despite icy slip
Liudmyla Liashenko leads Ukraine's second consecutive biathlon sweep in Lillehammer to defend title and record first win this season
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Para biathlon clean sweeps for RPC and Ukraine in Norway
Germany's Anja Wicker takes her first World Championships gold in Para biathlon in five years in Oksana Master's debut at Lillehammer 2021
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'Crazy run' gives Kampschreur men's sitting Super-G gold
RPC’s Varvara Voronchikhina overtakes French legend Marie Bochet to win gold at debut World Championships in Norway
Bunschoten trails, falls, recovers and wins third world title
USA riders snatch three gold medals at first Para snowboard races in Lillehammer with history-making dual banked slalom event
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Austria’s Salcher regains downhill crown after five-year wait
French legend Marie Bochet wins gold in downhill and keeps the hope of defending full sweep after the first day (14 January) of Para alpine action
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Beijing 2022: Hockey competition schedule announced
USA and Canada to meet on opening day at the National Indoor Stadium in a repeat of the last Paralympic Winter Games final
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Royals crown six new champions as hosts strike gold on day one
Vilde Nilsen puts Norway on top of the podium while RPC and USA collect two gold medals each as action gets underway in Lillehammer
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Lillehammer sets new milestone with prize money for medallists
World Para Snow Sports Championships in Norway to offer a total of 170,000 Euro to athletes who reach the podium in individual events