PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Snowboarders honour Mentel-Spee in Colere World Cup
Gabel, Hernandez and Kotzian take double gold in final snowboard-cross races
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Parsons joins SDG Global Festival of Action workshop
IPC President shares how Paralympic Games are a platform for change
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IPC to explore classification opportunities for 10 sports at Tokyo 2020
• Suspending the IPC’s zero classification policy is a one-off to address the challenges some sports are facing to classify all athletes before the Games
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Luchini and Moro star at home World Cup Finals
Colere, Italy to host closing World Cup of the 2020-21 Para snowboard season
Tokyo 2020 unveils details of flame festivals for Torch Relay
Nationwide Flame Festivals and celebrations to take place across Japan in the lead-up to the Paralympic Games
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'Futura' is the official emblem of Milano Cortina 2026
New emblem of Italy’s Olympic And Paralympic Winter Games overwhelmingly won the online public poll with almost 75 per cent of the votes
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World Shooting Para Sport announces Walther as partner
Agreement with firearms and sporting goods manufacturer to run until 2024 and cover 2022 and 2023 World Championships
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Nigerian powerlifters dominate Manchester World Cup
Three world records set during the four-day competition
Hear my voice: Cabrillana opens up about battle with depression
Chilean wheelchair tennis player describes mental health struggles and shares how she has learned to overcome it