PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Haider Ali puts Pakistan on top of the podium for first time ever
Thrower triumphs in the men's discus F37 in the National Olympic Stadium in morning session with a seventh Paralympic title for USA's Raymond Martin
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Bosnia & Herzegovina sitting volleyball semi-finals defeat signals end of an era
First time in six Paralympic Games that Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iran will not face each other in the men's gold-medal game
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'I couldn't have asked for more,' Ellie Cole
Australia's Para swimming icon takes her 17th medal in her final Paralympic race at 'very unique' Games before retiring from the pool
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Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from wheelchair rugby
New gold medallists crowned, defending Paralympic champions disappoint and hosts reach podium at 2020 Paralympics
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Day 10: Paralympic Games preview
Competition schedule features 55 medal events this Friday, the last day of swimming
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Third is the charm for archer Zahra Nemati
Iranian claimed her third consecutive Paralympic gold medal in the women's individual recurve event
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Day 9 review: Taekwondo kicks off debut with upsets as Zahra Nemati amazes
Paralympic champions also crowned in athletic, cycling, shooting, swimming and table tennis
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Joy as Peru take gold on Para taekwondo debut
Serial winner Bolor Erdene Ganbat of Mongolia loses for first time in his career
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Swiss wheelchair racers produce magic in rainy Tokyo on day seven
Paralympic legend Omara Durand wins second gold and Greece's Athanasios Ghavelas takes his first title setting a new world record in the men's 100m T11
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Paralympics preview: shooting day five
Slovakia's Vadovicova and Chinese Paralympic medallists among the favourites on Friday's two medal events at the Asaka Shooting Range