PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Paris 2024 200 days to go: Athletes reflect on their Paralympic debuts
The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will open on 28 August
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Paris 2024 unveils Paralympic and Olympic Games medals
The medals were designed by French jeweler Chaumet and include original iron from the Eiffel Tower
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Milano Cortina 2026 unveils Paralympic and Olympic mascots, Milo and Tina
Milo and Tina are two stoats that will welcome athletes and spectators from around the world
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Thailand athlete Worawut Marnnok receives two-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para swimming athlete returned an adverse analytical finding for Prohibited Substances at the 11th ASEAN Para Games in Solo, Indonesia in 2022
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From Athens 2004 to Beijing 2022: 20 years of Paralympic medals
Ahead of the announcement of the Paris 2024 Paralympic medals, here is all you need to know about the medals from the past 10 Paralympic and Paralympic Winter Games
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Citi World Series 2024: Dream start to season for Rogier Dorsman in Great Britain
Dutch star impresses at first World Series of the season in Aberdeen taking five out of the six Dutch gold medals; host nation tops the medals table with Canada completing the top three while Spanish star Teresa Perales sets back-to-back world records*
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Singapore to host 2025 World Para Swimming Championships
Competition to be held in Asia for the first time in history with around 600 athletes set to compete at the world-class OCBC Aquatic Centre within the Singapore Sports Hub from 3 to 9 October 2025
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Polish athlete Grzegorz Klos receives 12-month ban for anti-doping rule violation
Shooting Para sport athlete returned adverse analytical finding for a prescription beta-blocker at the Al Ain 2022 World Shooting Para Sport Championships
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New tickets for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games to go on sale on 8 February
Additional tickets will be available for sold-out sessions on 8 February
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World Para Swimming launches learn to swim programme Swim Together
Project supported by Citi is aimed at young people and persons with a disability with little to no swimming experience to increase knowledge and skills in swimming and water safety, strength public awareness and improve accessibility. 'I am hopeful that the joy, success, and sense of belonging, which I discovered through Para swimming, will become much more accessible for others,' says Singapore's five-time Paralympic champion Yip Pin Xiu