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![Para powerlifting athlete Hadi Darvishpoor sits in front of the weight and raises both arms.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/Hadi%20Darvishpoor%2C%20Para%20powerlifting%20%40Vakho%20Tsatsalashvili.jpg)
Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Hadi Darvish
Hadi Darvish will compete in Para powerlifting as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
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World Cup 2024: Tbilisi sees record breaking shows ahead of Paralympic Games
Abdelkareem Khattab, Zheng Feifei, Folashade Oluwafemiayo and Rehab Ahmed set new world records as China top medals table in six-day World Cup in Georgia
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World Cup 2024: Focus on qualification in final meet ahead of Paris
Strong competition on card with 313 athletes from 66 nations attempting for one last time to gain Paralympic ranking this week in Tbilisi, Georgia
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World Cup 2024: Perez leads Mexico's medal charge in Acapulco
The hosts shine with four gold to top medals table followed by Egypt, Cuba and Chile in the four-day event
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World Cup 2024: Regional stars focus on Paris 2024 qualification
Four-time Paralympic champion Perez to lead home challenge even as Para Pan American Games stars look to shine, while Egypt athletes aim for glory in four-day event in Acapulco
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World Cup 2024: Regional and rookie world records fall in Pattaya
Teenagers from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan set new world marks even as home team take four medals. Indonesia finished on top with three gold at the third World Cup of the season
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Paris 2024: Ones to Watch in Para powerlifting
The 10 Para powerlifters you should be looking out for when the next Paralympics kick off in France
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Paris 2024: Omar Qarada sets sights on world record triumph
Defending Paralympic powerlifting champion says he fears no one in quest for gold
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Paris 2024: Herbert Aceituno lifts El Salvador’s hopes of Paralympic glory
Para powerlifter Herbert Aceituno training for another podium finish after Tokyo breakthrough
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World Cup 2024: Degtyarev, Gustin among Paralympic champions keen to showcase talent
Alongside Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar, Kazakh and Malaysian stars are the Tokyo 2020 gold medallists set to compete in Pattaya, Thailand at the third World Cup of the season
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Paris 2024: D’Andrea takes training to next level in quest for second Paralympic gold
Brazilian Para powerlifter Mariana D’Andrea says having the attitude of a champion is the key to Paralympic success
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Paris 2024: Introduction to Para powerlifting
The Paris 2024 Paralympics will feature up to 180 athletes competing in 20 medal events
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IPC calls for Expressions of Interest in transfer of governance of Para powerlifting
Cities, national governments, sport organisations and other entities are invited to express their interest in the sport
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World Cup 2024: Nigeria’s Oluwafemiayo, Mark open season in style in Sharm El Sheik
World record shows from Nigerian female stars propel African nation to top of medals table, Ahmed leads hosts’ medal charge, while Jordan's Abdelkareem Khattab kicks off the season with gold in Egypt
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Strong line-up for first Sharm El Sheikh 2024 World Cup
Paralympic and world stars including Rehab Ahmed, Sherif Osman, Abdelkareem Khattab, Onyinyechi Mark and Kafila Almaruf in action in six-day event
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World Cup 2024: Guo Lingling stamps dominance in Dubai
Chinese star breaks her own world record en route to another gold in UAE leading the way to her country's 13 triumphs out of 20 medal events; a total of 200 powerlifters from 32 nations were in action in the first World Cup of the season