PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Dancers back at their best in competition in Poland
Israel starts the international season by topping the medals table at the Polish Open 2022
Tokyo 2020 announces its financial results
Final expenditures for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were less than the first version of the budget announced in December 2016 despite additional costs related to the event's postponement
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Pyeongtaek 2022: Chinese women seal championships triumph with golden roar
Chinese female athletes wrap up 2022 Asian Oceania Open Championships with dominant performance while Iran shines in men's individual events
![Abbas Karimi for World Refugee Day](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/MyhtK-htSDYwTtG8hGtE8Z4lCbIbFe9sv0QqM_e39hs.jpg?itok=Tjwmh6fL)
Former refugee, Para swimmer Karimi sends powerful message on World Refugee Day
Abbas Karimi: 'My message to the displaced people around the world is to not give up on themselves. Never be hopeless. Be always hopeful, set goals and achieve them no matter where you are or what situation you’re in'
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Madeira 2022: Italy reaches 27 golds to top medals table again
USA's Leanne Smith takes two victories on day seven to finish as most successful athlete at the World Championships in Portugal
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Madeira 2022: Special Friday feeling for Barlaam and Santiago
Brazilian picks sixth triumph and Italian breaks his second world record at the World Championships with Ukraine claiming five golds in 50 minutes
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Lomianki hosts world's best and newcomers at Polish Open 2022
Traditional event in Poland kicks off this year's World Para Dance Sport season with 52 athletes from 11 nations
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Pyeongtaek 2022: China makes gold sweep in women's events
Samaneh Hoda Aghghaleh becomes first Iranian female powerlifter to compete in a World Para Powerlifting championships
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First Under-25 Para Sailing World Championship to take place in 2023
Braassemermeer, the Netherlands will host the inaugural event, originally scheduled to take place from 19-22 July 2022
![Jamaica's Alphanso Cunningham holds up his gold medal in the men's javelin throw F52/53 and waves with his other hand while posing for photos on the London 2012 podium.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-06/Alphanso%20Cunningham%20medal%20London%202012.jpg?h=227d88c7&itok=Qd-8BGUk)
Jamaica’s Paralympic champion Cunningham reinvents into master of multiple sports
Double Paralympic athletics champion still smiling, still competing and still winning… in three new sports