PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Sport Week: Wheelchair fencing venue
Competitions can be watched at the new Youth Arena during the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
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Training Tuesday with Brazil’s Terezinha Guilhermina
The Brazilian sprinting legend talks about how she is preparing for her fourth Paralympic Games.
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#50DaysToGo: 50 unmissable events at Rio 2016
Tickets are still available for events where records are likely to fall, legends will be born and memories created.
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50 social media accounts to follow for the Paralympics
With 50 days to go until the Paralympics, here are the accounts you should be following on social media.
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PyeongChang 2018 kicks off mascot promotional tour
The white tiger Soohorang and the Asiatic black bear Bandabi, the official mascots for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, will make a nationwide promotional tour.
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NBC to premiere Paralympic Team Trials special
A one-hour special will document the making of the 2016 US Paralympic Team that will compete in Rio.
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World’s best Para athletes set for Müller Anniversary Games
Headliners at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix final include home favourites David Weir, Hannah Cockroft and Jonnie Peacock
Training with powerlifter Lei Liu
Aiming for a new world record at Rio 2016, China’s Liu talks training and preparation.
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Sport Week: Intro to wheelchair fencing
This Para sport is one of the closest you can get to medieval combat.