PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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With renewed expectations Norimatsu looks to Tokyo
“Who would imagine myself to be on the Tokyo Paralympic stage?”
Athletes invited for global discussion on player engagement
"We are creating an exciting space for all wheelchair basketball athletes to feel valued, heard and respected"
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World A-Pool Championships to return to Ostrava in 2021
Top five finishers in Czech Republic automatically qualify for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
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Sprinter and hip-hop artist preaches positivity
French Para athlete releases new single "La Banane"
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Athletes in numbers: Jonas Jacobsson
Swedish athlete is the most successful shooter in Paralympic Games' history
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World champions back to competition mode in GB and Japan
Hannah Cockroft, Brent Lakatos and Maya Nakanishi shine at National Championships in Great Britain and Japan
Bernal stays busy ahead of US Open
Colombian wheelchair tennis player lives her life with a view on the long-term, already planning the career she wants beyond sports
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IPC mourns Elisabeth Dendy’s passing
Paralympic Order recipient played a pioneer role in the Paralympic Movement
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Musical fiesta brings curtains down on IPC’s 1YTG campaign
Sport lovers were treated to two weeks of online extravaganza with their stars
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Erica Gavel: 'It will be the best Games ever'
The Canadian athlete juggles a high performance career in wheelchair basketball, PhD studies plus a goal to help her team recapture their crown at Tokyo 2020
Paralympians lift schoolchildren’s spirits
Schools in Australia and Japan continue IPC’s education programme through testing times
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Art and Para sport: a perfect match
'The picture of my fiancé is definitely my most important,' Stefanie Herrmann recalls the artwork that changed her destiny
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Tatyana McFadden speaks on power of inclusion and campaigning for change
"I had to fight to be allowed to train. I was denied the right to run alongside other athletes and I thought 'this is not how it should be'.”
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Paralympic legend Kosmala announces retirement
Australia's 78-year-old shooter won 13 medals and competed in 12 Games from Heidelberg 1972 to Rio 2016
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An open letter on IWBF’s non-compliance with 2015 IPC Athlete Classification Code
IPC President Andrew Parsons and Chelsey Gotell, Chairperson of the IPC Athletes’ Council, with the full support of the IPC Governing Board, have drafted this open letter to all interested stakeholders for the purpose of providing greater clarity
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‘Rising Phoenix’ shows a different side of Stutzman
USA’s ‘Armless Archer’ gets to be himself in Netflix movie
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Ottobock Get Together meets Tokyo 2020
Third edition of the live talks on World Para Athletics Facebook is all about the impact of next year's Paralympic Games in Japan
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Johanna Benson wins Namibia's first ever gold medal
With Tokyo 2020 now just one year away, it’s time to relive some of the greatest Paralympic moments of the decade. Today, 3 September 2020, Johanna Benson becomes the first Namibian to win gold at the Games
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Muratova and Degtyarev dominate Series
The Russian takes third victory in four editions in the women's category to extend her ranking lead
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Seven sports to feature at IWAS World Games
Competition to take place in Nakhon Ratchasima in December counting towards Tokyo 2020 qualification in some disciplines