PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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France and Netherlands win World Team titles in Turkey
Great Britain and the USA triumph in the junior and quad wheelchair tennis titles respectively.
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Sir Philip highlights importance of inclusive sport
IPC President Sir Philip Craven highlighted the importance of inclusive sport, regardless of gender or impairment, at the MINEPS V Conference.
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Germans pumped for Euros after intense US training
After winning three out of four games against reigning world champions the USA, Germany's women's wheelchair basketball team has returned to prepare for the European Championships.
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British Cycling announces teams for UCI Paracycling world cups
Paralympians Mark Colbourne and David Stone will feature.
Ottobock becomes official partner of 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships
Worldwide Paralympic partner will provide repair services at the championships.
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75 days to go to Montreal 2013 marked with new video
Video of who and what to look out for at IPC Swimming World Championships released.
Agitos Foundation Athletics Course begins in Kenya
The first IPC Athletics Technical Course in Kenya aims to train coaches, officials and classifiers to develop the sport to elite level across East Africa.
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Cartwright optimistic about fitness for World Champs
World record holder training hard to return to full fitness after ankle surgery.
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Dubai to host 2014 IPC Powerlifting Worlds
The 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships are expected to draw nearly 250 to 300 athletes from 50 countries.
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Entries open for New Zealand alpine slalom World Cup
August competition to be part of Winter Games New Zealand.
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Victory for Vio at Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix
Italian Beatrice Vio continues her rapid rise in the sport by taking the category B foil title in Lonato.
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El Amel Tiaret wins Algerian Goalball Championships
The game of goalball is continuing to excel in Algeria, after the national side was knocked out of the quarter-finals by Turkey at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
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World records crumble in Berlin
Main players set the bar high ahead of Swimming World Championships in August.
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Snowboard cross competition is fiercer than ever
Carl Murphy speaks about raised standards of riding ahead of Sochi 2014.
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Azerbaijan organises flashmob with wheelchair dancers
Passers-by in Baku, Azerbaijan, were surprised to see wheelchair dancers participating in a flashmob organised by the National Paralympic Committee.
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Cockroft steals another world record in Switzerland
Hurricane Hannah knocks 0.06 seconds off own time.
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Montreal: a stepping stone for Sophie Pascoe
New Zealander talks of her preparation for Montreal 2013 and looking towards Rio.
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Al-Ajeeli, Huseynov lift equivalent of adult zebra
Iraq’s Faris Al-Ajeeli and Azerbaijan’s Elshan Huseynov recorded the heaviest lifts in Aleksin to close out the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.
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USA wins eighth quad title
USA win title at BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Turkey
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Ghazouani betters London 2012 performance
French Paralympic champion Souhad Ghazouani lifted four kilograms more at the IPC Powerlifting Euros than at the Paralympics.