PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Tokyo 2020 to provide multi-lingual app
Omotenashi Guide app will also have an integrated functions for people with a hearing and vision impairment
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Great Britain and Italy announce squads for Bydgoszcz 2021
Italy will travel to Poland with 23 athletes while ten reigning European champions are among the 47-strong British team
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Ostrava 2021 World Championships schedule released
Top eight-ranked teams to compete for a world title and qualification slots for Beijing 2022 from 19-26 June in Czech Republic
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Pools set for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Eight-team draw sees Rio 2016 champions Australia headline Pool A
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Tunis 2021 sees IPC-supported athletes reaching new heights
A total of 24 athletes from 13 countries participate in World Para Athletics event thanks to NPC Development Programme
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New Czech team ready for different World Champs
Hosts keen to make history again with the support of players attracted by the record-breaking 2019 tournament
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‘Tokyo 2020 Paralympics are the most critical Games in history’
Para athletes to carry the hopes of world’s one billion people with disabilities
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Ostrava 2019 overtime-thriller fuels USA for more gold
Defending champions looking to remain the only team to win back-to-back world titles when they return to Czech Republic in June
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Marie-Amelie Le Fur balances ‘three lives’
An elite athlete, president of her NPC and a mother: life may be busy for the Frenchwoman but that is how she likes it
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Madeira 2020: All you need to know about the Euros
From multi-medallists to where the Portuguese island got its name from, get ready for the European Championships
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Cockroft and Haggo smash world records in Coventry
Dubai 2019 world champions show top form in Great Britain ahead of the European Championships and Paralympic Games
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IPC confirm details regarding RPC’s Paralympics participation
Athletes will represent Russian Paralympic Committee at Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022
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Ariyasu Ryohei finds the positive through Para sports
Paralympics reignited Ryohei's love for sports
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Meet the young team who fell in love with Para Nordic skiing
National team coach Irina Gromova introduces children with spina bifida to Para cross-country in Russia and changes lives in the process
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Paralympic Movement mourns passing of Bello Rafiu Oyebanji
Nigerian athlete helped the sport’s development in the region
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Beijing 2022 conclude ice tests
‘Experience Beijing’ successfully examined various facilities and procedures for positive Games delivery
APC satisfied with Santiago 2023 progress
Virtual presentations made by Organising Committee reaffirm commitment to Parapan delivery
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Direct qualification events for Tokyo 2020 updated
Para athletes can secure slots for their nations at nine upcoming events