PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Pyeongtaek 2022: Paralympic and world champions go for more glory
Asia Oceania Open Championships opens season of Regional Champs from 15-20 June in South Korea
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Chateauroux 2022: Twelve countries secure spot for Paris
France enjoy a great week on home soil and earns three quotas for the next Paralympic Games with China, Poland, and India taking two
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Record-smashers shine at Paris Grand Prix
Luca Ekler, Fleur Jong Martina Caironi and Ayoub Sadni keep the hegemony in their events in test-event to next year's World Championships
IPC publishes Paris 2024 qualification regulations for 10 sports
The first edition of the qualification regulations covers 10 of the 22 Para sports on the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games programme
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Madeira 2022: Italy and Great Britain dominate day one
First place at London 2019, Azzurri pick six gold medals on Sunday while British swimmers produce two world records in Portugal
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Madeira 2022 marks Worlds debut of Tokyo champions
Portugal's biggest-ever Para sport event kicks off on Sunday with 502 athletes from 59 countries competing from 12-18 June
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Anastasia Pagonis: From 13-year-old club swimmer to world domination in four years
The 18-year-old Paralympic champion and world record breaker will look to collect more medals in her World Championships debut in Portugal this week
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Chateauroux 2022: China, Israel and Thailand earn Games quotas
Poland's Barbara Moskal takes gold in the VI-P - mixed 10m air rifle VI prone with a new world record in France
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Team Portugal brings Madeira 2022 atmosphere to Funchal
World Championships to take place from 12 to 18 June will be the biggest Para sport competition ever hosted in the country
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Chateauroux 2022: Lekhara leads India’s impressive start
Paralympic champion takes gold with a new world record in the R2 - women’s 10m air rifle standing SH2 at the World Cup in France
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Paris GP returns with stellar line-up
Home of next year’s World Championships, the Charlety Stadium welcomes athletes from 57 countries in the fourth edition of the event
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Paul Fitzgerald appointed Head of World Para Athletics
Fitzgerald to join the organisation from 15 June following four years at the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
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Pride Month: Moran Samuel on putting LGBTQ+ on the agenda
Paralympic medallist and world champion in Para rowing Moran Samuel writes about her experience as an LGBTQ+ athlete
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Six-time Paralympic champion Natalia Partyka on seizing opportunities
‘Even the most difficult dreams are within our reach. I did it, so you also can. It is worth trying’
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Vink, De Groot, Kunieda win singles titles at Roland Garros
Roland Garros debut yields career's first Grand Slam singles title for Vink
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Paris 2024 dream starts in Chateauroux for De la Forest
French shooting range hosts biggest-ever World Cup with 270 athletes from 50 nations competing from 6 to 12 June
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One year to go until 2023 Virtus Global Games in Vichy
2023 Virtus Global Games will be held from 4-10 June 2023 and feature nine sport disciplines
World Bicycle Day: Paralympic cyclists and triathletes answer your biggest questions
Do you scrape your elbows when handcycling? How do you steer a bike with one arm? What is the scariest part of racing in the velodrome? Get the answers to these questions and more from seven Para cycling and Para triathlon medallists
Ghana’s blind cycling pioneer Assor spreads joy of life on two wheels
'On World Bike Day, my message is that anyone can ride a bike. I hope we can inspire people'
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Madeira 2022: Ones to watch
Here are the starts to follow ahead of the World Para Swimming Championships from 12 to 18 June in Portugal