PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Seven hours of daily training fuels Triantafyllou's fencing preparation
With 50 days to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympics, Greek wheelchair fencer Panagiotis Triantafyllou shares his training routine and his passion outside of sports
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Ekman named Stage and Choreography Director of Paralympic Opening Ceremony
Alexandre Ekman has been selected to direct the staging and choreography of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
![Para powerlifting athlete Hadi Darvishpoor sits in front of the weight and raises both arms.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2024-07/Hadi%20Darvishpoor%2C%20Para%20powerlifting%20%40Vakho%20Tsatsalashvili.jpg?h=b7a37fd5&itok=euDjIBtm)
Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Hadi Darvish
Hadi Darvish will compete in Para powerlifting as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
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Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team member Donard Nyamjua
Donard Nyamjua is a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
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Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Guillaume Junior Atangana
Guillaume Junior Atangana will compete in Para athletics as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
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Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Ibrahim Al Hussein
Ibrahim Al Hussein will compete in Para triathlon as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
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Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Salman Abbariki
Salman Abbariki will compete in Para athletics as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
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Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Amelio Castro Grueso
Amelio Castro Grueso will compete in wheelchair fencing at Paris 2024 as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
![Sayed Amir Hossein Pour, a member of the Refugee Paralympic Team, competes in Para table tennis](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2024-07/Hosseinipour%20Ain%20RPT%201.jpg?itok=s9eFk_Bi)
Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Sayed Amir Hossein Hosseini Pour
Sayed Amir Hossein Hosseini Pour will compete in Para table tennis as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
![Hadi Hassanzada, a member of the Refugee Paralympic Team at Paris 2024, is photographed wearing the taekwondo gear.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2024-07/Hadi%20Hassanzada%2C%20RPT%2C%20%40World%20Taekwondo.jpg?itok=YsBfxNpb)
Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Hadi Hassanzada
Hadi Hassanzada will compete in Para taekwondo as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
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IPC unveils largest Refugee Paralympic Team ever for Paris 2024
Eight athletes and one guide runner will compete at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games as part of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
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Introduction to wheelchair fencing
As many as 96 wheelchair fencing athletes will compete in 16 medal events at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
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Ones to Watch in wheelchair basketball
The wheelchair basketball players you should be looking out for when the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games open on 28 August
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Jitske Visser looks forward to fifth Paralympic Games
Dutch wheelchair basketball player Jitske Visser has won three medals across four Games, and she is hungry for more
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Open Water Cup returns to Sardinia in September
Italian island to host second edition of the World Para Swimming open water race following successful inaugural event last year in San Teodoro
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Wheelchair basketball star Serio aims to crown career with third consecutive gold
Steve Serio led the USA to back-to-back gold medals in wheelchair basketball at Tokyo 2020. As we approach the Paris 2024 Paralympics, we caught up with Serio, who is training for his fifth Games
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50 reasons why you can’t miss the Paris 2024 Paralympics
Exciting sports? Iconic venues? Athletes breaking records and celebrating with stunning medals? So much to look forward to at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Tickets are available from EUR 15 here: https://tickets.paris2024.org
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Germany’s Weiss trains hard to turn trend of fourth-places into gold
Catharina Weiss says her journey to the Paralympic Games started when she watched Germany win wheelchair basketball gold at the London 2012 Paralympics
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Paris 2024 opens giant megastore
The Paris 2024 megastore, located in Place Clémenceau, opened on 27 June and will remain open to 15 September 2024
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Introduction to wheelchair basketball
Eight men’s and eight women’s national teams will compete at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, which open on 28 August.