PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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India's Sumit Antil aims to compete in Olympics and Paralympics in Paris
“I’m confident of throwing between 75 to 80m and that should be enough to compete amongst the able-bodied athletes”
![Michele George smiles and waves on her horse Best of 8](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Michele%20George.jpg?h=b3ce6901&itok=vKUUHeO8)
Animal connection leads to double gold for George
Final gold medals of dressage go to Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Great Britain and USA
![Rwanda female sitting volleyball team in action](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Rwanda-sv2.jpeg?itok=g3BcYQBB)
Rwanda confident strong domestic game will lead to international glory
African nation plans to follow Iran's route to sitting volleyball success
![Sri Lankan male javelin thrower celebrates with country flag](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/-Priyantha-Herath-Mudiyanselage.jpg?itok=GXgUA7xt)
Herath scripts history for Sri Lanka
‘I just enjoyed the weather out here today as it was like I was training in my backyard’
![India female shooting athlete on the range](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Avani-Lekhara-india.jpg?itok=3WIAlcs1)
Lekhara enters history books with gold
“I can't describe this feeling, I'm feeling like I'm on top of the world. It's unexplainable”
![Two men in lifting suits in a Para powerlifting competition](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Kit%20Us%20Out.jpg?itok=qfBbiuFH)
More than 20 countries benefit from Kit Us Out support
Nearly 30 lifters compete in Tokyo with lifting suits donated through World Para Powerlifting partnership with Great Britain-based organisation
![A screenshot of a Zoom event with the RPT and local Tokyo attendees](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-07/rpt%20airbnb.jpg?itok=acRJzXhF)
Refugee Paralympic Team Airbnb Online Experience inspires youth
IIeana Rodriguez hosts Tokyo schoolchildren in exclusive Experience
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IPC pay tribute following passing of former IOC President Rogge
'It was under Jacques’s leadership that London 2012, arguably the greatest Olympic and Paralympic Games, took place'
![Zhou Jingjing celebrates](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/GettyImages-1337061118.jpg?itok=AyMCtP9E)
It's a China sweep in wheelchair fencing closing day at Tokyo 2020
Chinese team won in men and women's foil team events at the Makuhari Messe, finishing with a record 20 medals overall