PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Rangers fan Reid celebrates 'Old Firm' and wheelchair tennis semi-final double
Reid paraded his Rio 2016 gold and silver medals at Rangers’ Ibrox Stadium in front of 50,000 fans
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Defending champion Sareh Javanmardi claims back-to-back title
Iranian retains her Paralympic pistol gold while China’s Yang Chao also tops the podium for the second consecutive Games in shooting
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Paris 2024 calls for Para sport representation in emoji
Organising Committee to file an official proposal today to the Unicode Consortium with the support of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), French National Paralympic Committee (CNPSF) and numerous French and international Olympians and Paralympians
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Zeyen in a class of her own, clinches road cycling gold
Bonn-based star won the women's time trial H1-3 on the former Formula 1 track at the foot of Mount Fuji with a time of 32:46.97
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No stopping ‘Queen of Sprint’ Omara Durand
With 400m T12 in the bag, the Cuban sensation sets sight on retaining 100m, 200m T12 titles
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Queen Durand and newcomer Sol lead Cuba's golden morning
Cuban vision-impaired sprinter takes her sixth Paralympic title in a session with Marcel Hug's second triumph and Brazil's 100th gold in Games history
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I’mPOSSIBLE supporters recognised at Tokyo 2020
Three schools and two athletes receive award for supporting Paralympic education programme
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The ‘healing power of horses’: a hard road to Tokyo for two riders
Philippa Johnson-Dwyer and Louise Etzner Jakobsson tell remarkable stories of strength to overcome illnesses to compete
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History-maker Qarada's twin passions, powerlifting and his wife
'We have a lot of conversation about the sport and discuss each other’s game'
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Day 7: Paralympic Games preview
Action includes more than 20 finals in athletics and beginning of road cycling competitions
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Day 6 review: Felix Streng flexes strength as Sri Lanka also grab headlines
A night to remember with high-speed thrills and history-making moments for Sri Lanka, Chile, India and Costa Rica
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Tokyo 2020 Day 7: Ones to Watch
Multi medallist Durand from Cuba, Japanese swimmer Tokairin and American road cyclist Masters are some of the featured athletes
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Czech Republic’s Drahonisky wins second medal in archery
After grabbing a silver in the team event, W1 archer claimed gold in the men’s individual
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Felix Streng triumphs in the battle of blade runners
The RPC athletes take three gold in the evening session at the National Stadium, while Brazil and India break world records in field events
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Oluwafemiayo's world record highlights closing day in Tokyo
Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar takes Mongolia's first gold, Jordan claims third victory and China tops the podium for the seventh time at the Paralympics
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Dominant China remain on track to top swimming medal tally
Sixteen-year-old Jiang Yuyan takes her first gold in her Games debut on a day with another Chinese clean podium sweep in the men's S5
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Avani Lekhara headlines historic day one for India
Nineteen-year-old becomes the first Indian woman to top the podium in the Games, China and Sweden also claim golds at Asaka Shooting Range
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Wheelchair tennis player Stefan Olsson calls it a day after five Paralympic Games
Surgery and kids time on the agenda for 34-year-old Swedish veteran
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Morning action has Mexico's 100th gold and Sri Lanka's first
Chile also makes history with the first woman to win a Paralympic Games medal in any sport at the National Olympic Stadium
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Van Zon makes it three Paralympic gold medals in a row
Dutch table tennis player beats Russian Paralympic Committee's Viktoriia Safonova in the class 7 final