PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Tokyo 2020 canoe sprint starts with a Kiss
Hungarian teenager Peter Pal Kiss won gold in the men's kayak single 200m KL1
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Ali takes Pakistan to the top of the podium for first time ever
Thrower triumphs in the men's discus F37 in the National Olympic Stadium in morning session with a seventh Paralympic title for USA's Raymond Martin
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Bosnia & Herzegovina defeat signals end of an era
First time in six Paralympic Games that Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iran will not face each other in the men's gold-medal game
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'I couldn't have asked for more,' Ellie Cole
Australia's Para swimming icon takes her 17th medal in her final Paralympic race at 'very unique' Games before retiring from the pool
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Takeaways from wheelchair rugby
New gold medallists crowned, defending Paralympic champions disappoint and hosts reach podium at 2020 Paralympics
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Day 10: Paralympic Games preview
Competition schedule features 55 medal events this Friday, the last day of swimming
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Third is the charm for archer Zahra Nemati
Iranian claimed her third consecutive Paralympic gold medal in the women's individual recurve event
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Day 9 review: Taekwondo kicks off debut with upsets as Zahra Nemati amazes
Paralympic champions also crowned in athletic, cycling, shooting, swimming and table tennis
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Peru take gold in Para taekwondo debut
Serial winner Bolor Erdene Ganbat of Mongolia loses for first time in his career
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Swiss wheelchair racers produce magic in rainy Tokyo
Paralympic legend Omara Durand wins second gold and Greece's Athanasios Ghavelas takes his first title setting a new world record in the men's 100m T11
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Paralympics preview: shooting day five
Slovakia's Vadovicova and Chinese Paralympic medallists among the favourites on Friday's two medal events at the Asaka Shooting Range
Coaches who helped refugee athletes ahead of Tokyo 2020
Shahrad Nasajpour and Anas Al Khalifa describe the positive impact their coaches have had on them
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Flawless day for China in table tennis at Tokyo 2020
Chinese players win all five team finals contested this Thursday
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Espinoza brings joy to Peru with first Paralympic taekwondo gold
The 23-year-old becomes Peru's first Paralympic champion in over two decades
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Good vibrations for Japan wheelchair tennis duo Kunieda and Kamiji
Home stars one step away from a gold medal
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Araujo, Martin wrap up Paralympic debut with more gold
Ukraine's Maksym Krypak wins his 14th Paralympic medal while Talisson Glock and Zsofia Konkoly notch their first golds on day nine
Angelika Dreock Kaeser fulfills late husband's wish in road cycling at Tokyo 2020
German worked together with her teammate to ensure a one-two finish for her country in the road race
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Memorial necklace a comfort for Megan Hollander
'It’s a journey that I started with my mum, and that I can be here for her is a very big goal'
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Huang claims second gold, shoot-off king Sowinski takes silver
Polish beats Paralympic medallists and world champion to put his country for the first time on the Paralympic podium in shooting
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Marriage proposal on track as Algeria clinches first golds
Cape Verde's Pereira Semedo to wed guide after saying 'I do' at the National Olympic Stadium while Wen takes hat-trick of golds for China