PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Ones to watch for 2017 for judo and table tennis announced
Six judoka and eight table tennis players have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.
Para Nordic skiing Worlds mascot gets a name
The name was selected after a competition on social media.
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Thomas Schmidberger receives Allianz Athlete of the Month for December
The German table tennis player won the gold medal in the men’s class 3 singles and also in class 4-5 team events at the US Open.
US women’s wheelchair basketball announce new coaches
NWBA Hall of Famer and Four-time U.S. Paralympian Trooper Johnson Named 2017-2020 U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach.
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Ones to watch for 2017 for athletics and equestrian announced
40 track and field and seven equestrian athletes have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.
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Throwback Thursday: Australia’s Ross Sutton
Get to know the story of the first Australian Paralympic champion, who sealed archery gold in the men’s St. Nicholas round open at Rome 1960.
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Novak Djokovic tries wheelchair tennis
Serbia’s tennis legend gave the Paralympic sport a try under the guidance of Australia’s Rio 2016 two-time wheelchair tennis champion Dylan Alcott.
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Double wins for Loesch, Salcher, Marcoux, Knight
After weather conditions forced a change in the schedule, several athletes made it onto two downhill podiums in one day at the World Cup in Innerkrems, Austria.
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New venue in Ukraine to stage second World Cup
Western Center will host the last World Cup before the Finsterau 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships, from 13-20 January.
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Reptyukh prepares for “most difficult route in Europe”
The Ukrainian biathlon Individual world champion hopes home advantage will count at the Western Center World Cup.