PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Nottwil 2019: What you need to know
One year to go until second World Para Athletics Junior Championships
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Chinese Taipei to host Asia’s first Para dance course
Applications for interested participants now open
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Shocks and surprises at Thailand International
Top seeds and world champions fall at Para badminton event
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Berlin 2018: Motivation matters for Diana Dadzite
Latvian thrower determined to extend winning run at Euros
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Maniago 2018: Ursula Schwaller returns for Swiss
Two-time Paralympic bronze medallist heads Road Worlds team
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Para sport preview: August 2018
Five World Championships headline the month
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Para sport review: July 2018
Sitting Volleyball Worlds the highlight of an action-packed month
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Stefan Daniel’s sizzling success in Edmonton
Para triathlete wins back to back home World Series
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Berlin 2018: Leilia Adzhametova aims for Euro win
Paralympic champion the one to beat at next month’s Championships
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Maniago 2018: Lauro Chaman ready for the road
Brazilian Para cyclist switching surfaces for upcoming Worlds
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Sydney 2018: Confident Cody Everson
New Zealand ready to take on world’s best at wheelchair rugby Champs
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Gustavo Fernandez’s fantastic five
Another 2018 wheelchair tennis win for Argentinian at Belgian Open
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Stoke Mandeville 70: Recreating the Games
Spinal injury patients introduced to archery on anniversary of first Paralympic event
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Berlin 2018 Home Grown Heroes: Niko Kappel
German field athlete confident ahead of Europeans Championships
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Anastasia Kastsiuchkova ready to rule Europe
Wheelchair fencer targets title defence with 50 days until Championships
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Maniago 2018: Alex Zanardi heads Italian team
Former Formula 1 driver is home favourite for Road Worlds
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Sydney 2018: Carlos Neme’s dream fulfilled
Colombian One to Watch thrilled to compete at wheelchair rugby Worlds
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Tokyo 2020: Creative directors revealed
Key figures will work on Opening and Closing Ceremonies
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Wheelchair rugby 2018 Ones to Watch announced
Players to look out for at upcoming World Championship
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Stoke Mandeville 70: Celebrating Sir Ludwig Guttmann
Seventy years since German doctor’s vision inspired the Paralympic Games