PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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World Para Powerlifting adopts Panasonic’s Power Assist Suit
First robotic-type suit to be used during Para powerlifting events and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
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Sydney 2019: Long wait to come to an end for Patrick Moor
World Championships in October to feature vision impaired shooting, something Austrian rifle specialist Patrick Moor has been working on for years
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Cheongju 2019: Russia, China sign off wheelchair fencing Worlds with golds
China tops the medal tally as women's sabre team overcomes Georgia
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London 2019: Top female Para swimming stars
Vote for the best performance of the World Para Swimming Allianz Championships
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Helsingborg 2019: Top seeds rule Para table tennis regional championships
Laurens Devos and Natalia Partyka among the big names who continued their dominance at European Championships
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Cheongju 2019: Hungary clinch a humdinger for gold
Zsuzsanna Krajnyak, Gyongi Dani and Eva Andrea Hajmasi put the ghosts of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games final to rest
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Cheongju 2019: China take epee and foil team world titles
Individual Paralympic title-holder Xufeng Zou pulled her team away to take the World Championship gold for China
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IPC turns 30: Imagine where we can go next
International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons looks forward to the future of the Paralympic Movement
Wool is the new gold for Australian legend Ellie Cole
'I had able-bodied kids messaging me on Instagram, saying they wanted to be a Paralympian when they grow up,' says the Para swimming star
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Cheongju 2019: Alexander Kurzin's long wait comes to an end
Russian wheelchair fencer storms to gold in South Korea competing at his sixth World Championships