PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Ge Yang ready to move on
5-time Paralympic champion may call time on international table tennis career.
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First Para swimming coaches course to be held ahead of final World Series
Five programmes introduced to increase number of qualified swimming professionals.
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Polychronidis aims for gold at boccia Euros
4-time Paralympic medallist wants to improve on Rio 2016 performance.
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USA’s Medell wants to bulk up
Para taekwondo fighter steps up training to compete against world's best.
5 Facts About...Ananias Shikongo
Namibian sprinter chasing T11 titles at London 2017.
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Macron's tennis tryout
French President joins Paralympic champion to try out wheelchair tennis in Paris.
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London Calling: Markus Rehm
Germany's 3-time world champion has sights set on more gold at London 2017.
Owen Pick’s memorable moments
British snowboarder shares his highlights of 2016-17 season.
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5 Facts About...Brent Lakatos
All you need to know about 7-time world champion ahead of London 2017.
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Holiday Hotspot with GB's Hannah Cockroft
Where does Paralympic champion like to go for some time off?
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Paralympic champions lead US and NZ teams for Road Worlds
World's best Para cyclists to compete at Championships in South Africa this August.
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Major shake up for boccia world rankings
New system will award points for individual games rather than overall events.
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EPC elect executive board members
Croatia’s Ratko Kovacic named new President of the European Paralympic Committee.
5 Facts About...Tatyana McFadden
What you need to know about multi Paralympic champion ahead of London 2017.
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Q&A with Lucas Mazur
Get to know the French Para badminton player
Skarstein’s reasons to watch PyeongChang 2018
Norwegian Nordic skier tells us what to look out for at next year’s Paralympic Winter Games.
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"The noise comes at you from all sides"
BBC Radio’s Ed Harry looks ahead to London 2017.
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Channel 4 Rio 2016 advert wins top award
British broadcaster’s Paralympic campaign picks up Cannes Lions accolade.
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5 Facts About... Jason Smyth
The lowdown on Ireland's multiple Paralympic and world champion ahead of London 2017.
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US Para ice hockey names Gosselin as head coach
Olympian and assistant coach to late Jeff Sauer will guide US team to PyeongChang 2018.