PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Kurka making the most of speed to technical switch in Leogang
Anna-Lena Forster and Arthur Bauchet’s undefeated streaks in jeopardy as final World Cup runs until Friday in Austria
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Home gold for Finland’s Matti Suur-Hamari
Luchini, Oguri and Bunschoten sweep gold on snowboard cross weekend at Finnish ski resort
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Italy’s Ambra Sabatini shatters world record on debut
Thailand tops medals tally, followed by Uzbekistan and India
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India’s Sandeep Chaudhary gets the distance in Dubai again
‘At Tokyo 2020, I just want to turn my dream into reality, by winning a medal’
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Australian Open sees return of champs Alcott and Kunieda
Dylan Alcott and Shingo Kunieda look to defend their titles from last year
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Riders excited to get back to racing at World Cup in Pyha
Finland hosts first and only World Para Snowboard World Cup of the 2020-21 season over the weekend
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South Africa's Kgothatso Montjane defies odds
From fetching her own drinking water to becoming the first black female African wheelchair tennis player to compete at Wimbledon, Montjane shows what is possible
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The IPC and UN Alliance of Civilisations to join forces
Organisations partner to combat global stereotypes, misperceptions and discrimination
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Genoa to host season's first World Cup in June
Italy to stage first international Para dance competition since 2019 World Championships in Bonn
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Al Ain to host 2022 World Shooting Para Sport Championships
It will be the first time the competition is staged in the Middle East, in the same venue that has hosted World Cups annually since 2015
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Dubai hosts 2021 season-opening World Para Athletics Grand Prix
More than 470 athletes from 52 countries in action, including world champions making return to stadium where they were crowned in 2019
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Ostrava 2021 World Championships postponed to June
World Para Ice Hockey and LOC to use the extra preparation time to implement comprehensive health and safety protocols due to COVID-19 pandemic
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The women changing ‘narrative of disability’ through sport
Manasi Joshi and Bebe Vio inspire at ‘Global Sports Week’
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Super Bowl ad on Jessica Long draws tears
Emotional commercial shown during highly televised American football championship game tells swimmer's incredible journey
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Super Bowl creates friendly tension at home for David Brown
It is said that all is fair in love and war, but what about football? Paralympic champion David Brown is set to find out
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Parsons: ‘As we say at the IPC, Change Starts With Sport’
IPC President shares Paralympic perspective at sport forum
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‘Mahomes of wheelchair football’ driving the game upwards as Super Bowl looms
Sunday’s Super Bowl LV will be particularly poignant for Matt Bollig, star quarterback of the Kansas City Wheelchair Football team.
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As Super Bowl shines, so do NFL players with disabilities
How American football players Shaquem Griffin and late-Tom Dempsey inspire generations of onlookers
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De Silvestro celebrates career’s first speed victory
World Cup in Saalbach, Austria wraps up with several dramatic upsets