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Boston bonanza as former champions return for marathon
More than 50 wheelchair racers set to take to the streets
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Gold Coast 2018: Australia's double marathon gold
Fearnley and De Rozario win T54 races in the final day of competition
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Para athletics in numbers: Aled Davies
A look at the facts and figures behind world and Paralympic champion
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Gold Coast 2018: Nigeria wins first Para athletics gold
Suwaibidu Galadima is the fastest man in the 100m T47 on sixth day at the Commonwealth Games
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Marcel Hug goes for four in a row in Boston
Swiss Silver Bullet ready to extend marathon dominance
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Manuela Schaer ready for return to Boston
Swiss racer lines up for marathon 12 months after maiden victory
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Paralympic champion Bob Matthews dies at 56
IPC mourns British former middle and long distance runner
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Gold Coast 2018: Record-breaker Sophie Hahn wins gold
English Paralympic champion shines on Australian soil in 100m T38
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Gold Coast 2018: Isis Holt leads hosts' golden charge
Teenage sprinter wins debut Commonwealths title
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Where are they now: Katrina Webb
First in a new series catching up with former Para athletes
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Gold Coast 2018: Australia denied double home gold
Fearnley has to settle for silver but de Rozario triumphs in 1,500m
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Lima 2019: Gabriel Cuadra Holmann eyes third Parapans
Nicaragua’s most successful Paralympian switches to long distance races
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Gold Coast 2018: Hollie Arnold on top of the world
Welsh thrower breaks record to take javelin F46 gold
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Gold Coast 2018: Games record and gold for Olivia Breen
Welsh athlete claims Commonwealth title on opening day of Para athletics
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Gold Coast 2018: Working holiday for Isis Holt
Schoolgirl targets first Commonwealth title while on vacation
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Gold Coast 2018: Wait almost over for Para athletics
Biggest Commonwealth Games medal programme yet starts on Sunday
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Gold Coast 2018: Reinhardt Hamman the surprise package
South African aiming to break Australian shot put dominance
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Josh George: The Inside Track on Gold Coast 2018
US wheelchair racer talks to Australia’s Commonwealth Games athletics co-captain Kurt Fearnley
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Gold Coast 2018: Get ready for the Commonwealth Games
First major multi-sport competition since Rio 2016 kicks off on Wednesday
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How I got into Para athletics: Diana Dadzite
Latvian thrower shares her story of how she went from spectator to world champion