PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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IPC Commercial and Marketing Director nominated for prestigious award
Alexis Schaefer shortlisted for Leaders U40 Awards in the ‘Leadership’ category
Ostersund 2017 factfile: Czech Republic
Team preview ahead of Paralympic Winter Games Qualification Tournament
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October 2017 preview
Check out the Para sport competitions you need to be watching this month
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Malle 2017 competition schedule revealed
18 medal events will be held over two days at the World Championships
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Para sport review: September 2017
Three world championships headlined action-packed month
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Norway hosts Para ice hockey friendlies
Teams testing themselves ahead of Ostersund 2017 and PyeongChang 2018
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World Para Swimming to introduce revised classification rules and regulations from 2018
Decision follows revision processes involving IPC, WPS, membership and research partners
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Beijing 2022 confirm latest partner
Chinese company Anta to supply sportswear for Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
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Malle 2017: Yermain Fernandez out to defend title
Mexican dancer aiming for back to back golds at World Para Dance Sport Championships
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Beijing 2017: 5 things we learned
Nemati and Zhou remained at the top, while new faces entered the spotlight
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World’s fastest T47 sprinters clash again in Rio
Petrucio Ferreira meets athletics world champion before ‘Mano a Mano’ challenge
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Rio 2016 1 year on: Chuck Aoki ‘moving on’
US wheelchair rugby captain remembers thrilling Paralympic final loss to Australia
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Paralympian Emma Booth nominated for global equestrian prize
Public vote to help decide winner of ‘Against All Odds’ category at 2017 FEI Awards
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London 2017: 'I feel like it was a medal for all of us'
US coach Sonja Robinson reveals pride at receiving her own medal following World Para Athletics Championships success
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Denmark unifies Paralympic and Olympic Games teams’ organisation
Paralympic and Olympic participation in Tokyo 2020 will both be led by National Olympic Committee
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Ann Cody and Miguel Sagarra receive Paralympic Orders
Movement’s highest honour awarded to Governing Board members
Top European table tennis players seek titles
Sandra Paovic, Natalia Partyka and Will Bayley among big names to watch for
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First Italian Paralympic Centre inaugurated in Rome
Seven hectare site will host training for nine Para sports
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Ostersund 2017 schedule released
Opening day will feature two matches as five teams battle for final PyeongChang places
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Veronika Vadovicova snatches dramatic win in Croatia
Slovakia’s Paralympic champion wins R6 in final round at Osijek World Cup