PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Vote for Best Male Athlete!
Multiple gold medal-winners and surprising champions shortlisted
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Andrew Parsons and Rita van Driel named to Future Games Commissions
“These two new appointments underline the growing partnership between the IOC and IPC and both Rita and I are fully committed to these new roles.”
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Australia and Germany name teams for the Worlds
Three-time Paralympic champion Markus Rehm headlines German squad and Vanessa Low makes her debut representing the Aussies
Sara Vargas named Best Female Athlete
Colombian swimmer receives public support in close contest with Chilean Tamara Leonelli
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Altenberg and Dresden to host World Cup
First joint World Para Nordic Skiing and FIS competition to take place in January in Germany
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Diversity & Inclusion at the forefront of the Movement
The IPC looks to put greater emphasis on the power of Para sports to promote diversity and social inclusion
Ones to Watch revealed ahead of World Championships
New faces and world champions to follow closely at the upcoming Worlds in Australia
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first presenting partner for Paralympic Torch Relay
Tokyo 2020 Gold Partner has been orchestrating activities to make better living a reality for everyone
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London 2019: Vote for the best male swimmer
You can choose your favourite until 9 October on World Para Swimming Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages
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Paralympic tickets up for grabs
IPC and CoSport team up in bringing the world to the Paralympic Games
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Top Para dancers all set for Poland
Cheryl Angelelli of the United States starts as favourite
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Italy's Gilli voted London 2019 best
Italy's Para swimming dominance continues as the S13 athlete wins social media poll with 37.7 per cent of the votes
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Rahman adds weight to Paralympic Games campaign
Paralympic superstars take over Tokyo one year before the Games in new campaign
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WADA releases 2020 list of prohibited substances
‘This is a very comprehensive process which aims to ensure that new substances and methods with doping potential’
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Normann back on her ‘dream’ march
All set to take a shot at Tokyo glory
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World Series 2020 calendar announced
Seven cities in four continents to host the fourth season of the Para Swimming competition
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Berlin crowns Marathon Majors winners
Manuela Schaer takes seventh consecutive victory in the Series XII and Marcel Hug finishes first in the men's wheelchair race in Germany
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Sao Paulo 2019: Parapan Am winners back for more
Competition to determine which nations get slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
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Berlin Marathon: Schaer in search of more success
Swiss winner of the Marathon Major Series is the star of a short film about her amazing journey through 42 km
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Paralympic medallists dominate World Cup
Test event gives athletes first taste of competing at the Para powerlifting venue of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games