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![Zulfiya Gabidullina of Kazakhstan celebrates on the podium after winning gold in the Women's 100m Freestyle at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Zulfiya%20Gabidullina%201_0.jpg)
Kazakh medal hopes rest on swimmers, taekwondoin and judokas
'Our goal is to show people that we are not giving up and are going to overcome this obstacle on the way of stabilising the situation in the whole world'
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Sport Week: 10 things to know about Para triathlon
Get ready for more action – and medal events – as the sport makes its second Paralympic Games appearance
IPC launches Doping Control Guide for Testing Athletes in Para Sport
Guide includes tips on how to engage with athletes with a disability and information about the types of impairments eligible within Para sport
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Channel 4’s Tokyo 2020 campaign transports viewers into brutal world of Super. Human.
• Brand new film captures the blood, sweat, sacrifices and dedication of the behind-the-scenes lives of Paralympians
![Japanese woman carries flag at Opening Ceremony](/sites/default/files/2021-07/shoko-ota-getty-2.jpg)
Japan’s Para taekwondo star Shoko Ota soaks up pressure with smile
The two-time Winter Paralympic medallist aims to also medal in the Summer Games
![Tomoki Sato](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Tomoki%20Sato_0.jpg)
Tomoki Sato wants to inspire with home gold
'I want people to see our performances and feel that anything is possible'
![A man in a Para ice hockey uniform talking to another man in a suit in a Para ice hockey game](/sites/default/files/2021-07/WhatsApp%20Image%202021-07-13%20at%2010.41.39.jpeg)
Skolbekken and the feeling of scoring a first goal
'I got a little bit of a shock,' Norwegian player recalls following his first World Championships since joining Para ice hockey
![Para Taekwondo's Ones to Watch at Tokyo 2020 | Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/B7AD5MIihmS8G2foqyjYam0ZFFtAdPqJUH3pt303ttI.jpg?itok=epHxmAVg)
Sport Week: Ones to watch for Para taekwondo
Here are 10 athletes eager to make Paralympic history in Tokyo
![LA 2028 Emblem](/sites/default/files/2020-09/LA28_Emblem_Paralympic_Stacked_A_Equality_Gradient_RGB_Color_0.jpg)
Athletes’ Commission launched to shape future of LA28 Games
18 Paralympians and Olympians will share unique insights to create athlete-centred Games and engage local and global fan communities
![two female Para taekwondo fighters kick at each other](/sites/default/files/images/171020105248526_Amy%2BTruesdale.jpg)
Sport Week: 10 things to know about Para taekwondo
History will be made at Tokyo 2020 when the sport appears for the first time on the Paralympic programme
![Rooba Alomari](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Roba%20Alomari%20%28002%29.jpeg)
Bahrain's Tokyo 2020 medal hope rests on two athletes
Throwers Ahmed Meshaima and Rooba Alomari will be aiming for the podium
![A couple in wheelchairs dancing on a Para dance sport competition](/sites/default/files/2021-07/49148105798_45cb4d6ee1_c.jpg)
IPC and WDSF discuss transfer of governance of Para dance sport
Organisations have agreed on a process involving a series of steps to be taken, with the aim of completing the transfer by early 2022
![Diede de Groot](/sites/default/files/2021-07/diede-de-groot_0.jpg)
Diede de Groot's Golden Slam bid gains momentum
The 24-year-old now has all four Grand Slams in her possession for the second time, having previously achieved the feat after topping the podium at Roland Garros in 2019
![Swaroop Unhalkar](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Swaroop%20Unhalkar.jpg)
Unhalkar’s journey from borrowed weapon to Tokyo berth
‘I hope that the medal will land me a job that will help me to support my mother and younger brother’
![A female sit-skier in a Para cross-country competition](/sites/default/files/2021-07/GettyImages-932958786.jpg)
World Para Snow Sports mourning the loss of South Korea's Vo Ra Mi Seo
Three-time Paralympian and Paralympic Movement advocate passes away in her country at the age 35
![Dylan Alcott](/sites/default/files/2023-08/Dylan%20Alcott%20.jpg.jpg)
Alcott, Hewett and Reid boost Golden Slam bid
‘I was proud of how I played, proud of my team and proud of the support I got from back home’
![Female table tennis player celebrates after a point](/sites/default/files/images/170510143931070_kelly%2Bvan%2Bzon.jpg)
Dutch table tennis star Kelly van Zon ready for the unknown at Tokyo 2020
Two-time Paralympic champion says she is "always very careful in saying what I’m going for because the ball is round and you need to have your day”
![Graphic explaining how Tokyo 2020 will make a sustainable Games](/sites/default/files/2020-09/sustainability-concept-tokyo-2020.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 publishes update to sustainability pre-Games report
The Games are expected to go beyond carbon neutrality
![Table Tennis ones to watch](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/pntB7BrtsSQf0SWCRaygCxWWdK-SDghVVaCq_q5yfHA.jpg?itok=_K5_0_TJ)
Sport Week: Ones to watch for Para table tennis
Hundreds of athletes will compete for table tennis glory but here are 10 favourites
![Indonesia Para powerlifter celebrates after her lift](/sites/default/files/2020-10/Ni-Nengah-Widiasih.jpg)
Indonesia’s Ni Nengah Widiasih lifts herself ahead of Tokyo
‘My target is not just a medal but bettering my medal colour and performance than Rio 2016’