PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Teenage gold for Ukraine on last day in Oberried
Taras Rad takes his first World Cup title this season with a great performance in the men's sitting biathlon middle distance event
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Penalty minutes shake up biathlon podium standings in Oberried
Poor shooting proves costly for some of biggest names at Nordic skiing World Cup
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PyeongChang 2018 Sport Week: Classification in cross-country skiing
Skiers are separated into standing, sitting and vision impaired categories for competition
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PyeongChang 2018 Sport Week: Five cross-country storylines
An exciting competition awaits at March’s Winter Paralympic Games
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Managua 2018: Power performance from hosts
Nicaraguan powerlifters claim double gold at Para Central American Games
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Magnificent seven for Oksana Masters at Oberried World Cup
US skier wins seventh Nordic skiing gold of the season at opening biathlon event in Germany
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Doubles decided at Australian Open
Weather plays big part on third day of Grand Slam in Melbourne
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Paralympic and Olympic Week take over France
Paralympians meet schoolchildren to promote the values of the Games and teach about Para sports
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‘I’m still just Lee’: Pearson returns to Para equestrian following knighthood
Multi-Paralympic and European champion targets 2018 World Championships
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Gold Coast 2018: Swimmers named
Five countries announce teams for April’s Commonwealth Games
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Six countries to debut at blind football Worlds
Biggest Championships to date kick off in Madrid on 7 June
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PyeongChang 2018: Kampschreur kicking on after early stumbles
Dutch teenage alpine skier getting back to form ahead of Winter Paralympics
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Yui Kamiji clocking up the miles on way to Grand Slam glory
World No.1 ready to claim sixth Major title at Australian Open in Melbourne
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Carina Edlinger steps out of the shadows in pursuit of her life’s dream
Para cross-country skiing gave Austrian youngster a second chance to fulfill her ambition
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Pourrahnamaahmad pacing toward Tokyo 2020
Four-time reigning world champion unbeaten in almost five years
Hernandez-Cervellon regaining confidence
French snowboarder has plenty to be confident about after returning from foot injury
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Gold meets Golden as McFadden mixes with movie idols
Paralympic champion reveals all about her Golden Globes experience
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PyeongChang 2018: Games App launched
‘Go PyeongChang’ acts as one-stop navigation to getting around the Games
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PyeongChang 2018 Sport Week: Cross-country Head-to-Head
Ihor Reptyukh and Benjamin Daviet set for epic battle in men’s standing
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Dylan Alcott shines on home courts at Australian Open
Quad player wins Grand Slam opener following warm up with Will Smith