PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Mexico make their mark at Pan Ams
Fighters take home triple gold at Para taekwondo Open
![Princess Margriet and a group of female sitting volleyball players grouped together on a court](/sites/default/files/images/180717141449438_princess-margriet-meets-netherlands-volleyball.jpg)
Netherlands 2018: Dutch delight at royal support
Princess Margriet attends 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships
![a female Chinese sitting volleyball player punches the ball over the net as her teammates watch](/sites/default/files/images/180717094741268_China-women-beat-iran.jpg)
Netherlands 2018: China in control
First six quarter finalists confirmed at Sitting Volleyball Worlds
![Japanese sitting volleyball player sets the ball while an Iranian athlete prepares to block](/sites/default/files/images/180716083811375_Iran-Japan-sitting-volleyball.jpg)
Netherlands 2018: Paralympic champs open strong
US women and Iranian men take 3-0 wins on Day one of Sitting Volleyball Worlds
![Men holding and kissing a small trophy](/sites/default/files/images/180716084914348_Stefan%2BOlsson%2B-%2BWimbledon%2B2018.jpg)
Wimbledon 2018: Stefan Olsson seals back-to-back titles
Swede emulates women's champion De Groot and wins second Grand Slam
![2018 IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/syRNOcP7qCaYjpuFhZEwgnry3z34HjyQVDo8QN7RRCk.jpg?itok=hJ3cuKt0)
Hamburg 2018: Clare Nott more motivated
Wheelchair basketball player determined to show that Australia are back
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World Para Alpine Skiing announces new Race Director
Anja Skutelj succeeds Alison Bombardier for upcoming season
![Men on a snowboard in the snow](/sites/default/files/images/180716133726680_Daichi%2BOguri%2B-%2BJapan%2B-%2BPara%2BSnowboard%2B-%2BPyeongChang%2B2018.jpg)
World Para Snowboard appoints 2018-19 Race Director
Ted Martin continues in the role following a successful last season
![Vision impaired sprinter alongside his guide runner](/sites/default/files/images/180716140452215_jon-dunkerkley-sean-young.jpg)
Canada top home World Cup in Magog
Jon Dunkerley wins in fifth Para triathlon event on circuit
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Berlin 2018 Home Grown Heroes: Heinrich Popow
Paralympic champion plans to make European Championships his best
![2018 IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/syRNOcP7qCaYjpuFhZEwgnry3z34HjyQVDo8QN7RRCk.jpg?itok=hJ3cuKt0)
Hamburg 2018: British men’s team named
Eight wheelchair basketball players return from Rio 2016's bronze medal team
![Two women in jerseys smiling and raising her arms](/sites/default/files/images/160219155700675_Katie%2BKelly%2Btriathlon.jpg)
Australian triathletes reflect on dynamic duo
Katie Kelly targets third Para triathlon title but first without Michellie Jones
![female wheelchair tennis player Diede de Groot plays a shot on grass](/sites/default/files/images/180710102917309_Diede%2Bde%2BGroot%2Bgrass.jpg)
Wimbledon 2018: Diede De Groot finishes top
Dutch player takes her second consecutive trophy at the All England Club
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Berlin 2018: Dutch name team
Worlds medallists Marlou van Rhijn and Kenny van Weeghel among headliners for Europeans
![Fifteen people on sledges with Para ice hockey gear posing for a picture](/sites/default/files/images/180713164153791_Para%2Bice%2Bhockey%2BAustralia.jpg)
Para ice hockey fever in Australia
Thousands of fans get first taste of the sport at demonstration events
![female wheelchair tennis player Diede de Groot plays a shot on grass](/sites/default/files/images/180710102917309_Diede%2Bde%2BGroot%2Bgrass.jpg)
Wimbledon 2018: All-Dutch women's final set
Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot meet for singles title
![Glass-looking trophies for sitting volleyball World Championships medallists](/sites/default/files/images/180714104945339_sitting-volleyball-world-championships-netherlands.jpg)
Netherlands 2018: Sitting volleyball stage set!
Men's and women's teams go for World Champonship titles beginning 15 July
![Ellen Keane Ready for Home Europeans](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/HGQq0ibGeWo0y_577hUvXa9hzuLmgYqtwWkaX7ZYjGg.jpg?itok=SmlLduZZ)
Dublin 2018: Ellen Keane wants Euros to change Ireland
Rio 2016 medallist excited for Championships to start in a month's time
![Two blind football players battle for the ball](/sites/default/files/images/180713110100463_iran-mali-blind-football.jpg)
Madrid 2018: Blind football debutants impress
Six countries showed strong potential at World Championships
![Woman in a swimming pool smiling](/sites/default/files/images/180713124601977_Stephanie%2BSlater%2B-%2BEindhoven%2B2014%2B-%2BPara%2BSwimming%2BEuropean%2BChampionships.jpg)
Dublin 2018: Five world records at the Euros
Three marks still standing since the first edition in Reykjavik in 2009