PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Sport Week: History of football 7-a-side
Learn how the sport grew over the past 36 years on the international stage.
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Italian team for Grosseto 2016 named
The home team for Junes’s IPC Athletics European Championships will feature 26 athletes.
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Judoka Lencina heading to his third Paralympic Games
The first Argentinian athlete to compete at both Olympics and Paralympics dreams of winning his first gold at Rio 2016.
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Throwback Thursday: Canada’s alpine skier Lauren Woolstencroft
The Paralympic ‘Golden Girl’, electrical engineer and former alpine skier, recalls her memorable performance at Vancouver 2010.
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Shelby Watson smashes two of four world records in Nottwil
The British T33 wheelchair racer lowered her own 100m and 400m records as Walid Ktilia and Leilia Adzhametova also rewrote the record books.
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Casco and Ledesma prove Argentina’s strength in depth in wheelchair tennis
Even if Gustavo Fernandez steals the spotlight, Casco and Ledesma aim to rise to the challenge of September’s Paralympic Games.
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Sport Week: Rio 2016 venue for football 7-a-side
Spectators can catch all the action in the Deodoro Stadium during September’s Paralympic Games.
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My best and worst moments with Great Britain’s Sophie Hahn
The 100m T38 world record holders shares her high and lows which both come from last year’s World Championships.
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USA’s Sides making strides in snowboard
After his first podium finish, the US Marine veteran is looking to build on that success toward PyeongChang 2018.
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Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil
More than 380 athletes from 50 countries will compete in a meeting that traditionally delivers fast times and world records.
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Hsin-Yu Lin hopes to dance for Chinese Taipei at first Asian Champs
Following her performance at the season opener, Lin looks to improve ahead of Asia’s inaugural Championships in November.
Wheelchair basketball schedule confirmed for Rio 2016
Competition tips off on 8 September, with games held in the Rio Olympic Arena and Carioca Arena 1.
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US fencing trio target Rio 2016 qualification
The Americas Championships will be the last chance for automatic Rio 2016 qualification.
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Guissone not complacent despite ticket to Rio
Brazil’s top wheelchair fencer aims to delight home crowd at Americas Championships.
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Carol Cooke talks World Multiple Sclerosis Day
Australia’s cycling Paralympic champion Carol Cooke says she would not change her multiple sclerosis diagnosis because it has made her the person she is today.
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One month to go until Global ID Sports Week
The Global ID Sports Week is a week-long celebration of sport for athletes with intellectual disability.
![Jonato Santos Machado of Brazil and Pablo Molina Lopez of Argentina during the Gold Medal match at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.](/sites/default/files/images/150817111916355_DSC_8952.jpg)
Sport Week: Classification in football 7-a-side
What you need to know about the four sport classes in this Paralympic sport.
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Important topics discussed at sledge hockey forum
Nine countries met with the Sport Technical Committee in Moscow, Russia, to speak about competitions, equipment and officials.
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Yujiao Tan: Me and my coach
Coach of Chinese world champion and Paralympic silver medallist Yujiao Tan believes she has at least 10 years of competition left.
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Sweden seek to go deep in Rio 2016
The Swedish wheelchair rugby team, led by Tomas Hjert, look to improve on their sixth-place finish from London 2012.