PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Austria to hold football 7-a-side workshop
Austria are hoping to establish a football 7-a-side team in time for next year’s European Championships.
Medals will be last item on Mamalos' mind in Aleksin
Greece’s Pavlos Mamalos has built quite a following heading into next week’s IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships in Aleksin, Russia.
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Desert Challenge 2013 preview - IPC Athletics Grand Prix
Big American names set to compete in Arizona this weekend.
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Chuck Aoki: Do able-bodied people belong in para-sport?
American wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki wants to know what you think about able-bodied people involved in the Paralympic Movement.
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New Zealand squad revealed for Road Worlds
A 10-strong team will represent New Zealand at this year’s Para-cycling Road World Cup and Road World Championships.
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Dutch claim Germans are beatable in Frankfurt
The Netherlands and Germany have met in the final of every women’s wheelchair basketball European Championships since 1989.
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Stuart Lieberman: 15 most marketable para-athletes
Following Alan Fonteles Oliveira’s inclusion in SportsPro’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes, here are 15 other Paralympians who IPC Editorial Co-ordinator Stuart Lieberman believes have the potential to make such a list in the future.
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New Zealand announces shooting team for IPC World Cup
London 2012 medallist Michael Johnson to lead team of five.
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Van Rhijn breaks 400m world record at Dutch Open
The Netherlands’ Marlou van Rhijn now holds world records in the 100m, 200m and 400m distances in the T43 class.
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Swimmer Silverman voted April’s IPC Athlete of the Month
Paralympian wins after putting on a show at Spring CanAms.
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Russia ready to raise bar in Aleksin
With 31 of the 137 athletes, Russia will have the largest delegation at next week’s 2013 IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.
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Can Aussies continue success in Montreal pool?
After finishing second to China in swimming at London 2012, Australia are hoping for a large medal haul at the IPC Swimming World Championships.
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ASEAN Para-Games to feature 12 sports
The ASEAN Para-Games will take place in Naypyitaw, Myanmar from 14-20 January 2014.
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Singapore’s Tan to help develop para-equestrian
Para-equestrian Laurentia Tan has joined the FEI’s Solidarity Ambassador programme to help others establish national structures to develop the sport.
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Grosseto 2013 review: Caironi smashes 100m and 200m T42 world records
Switzerland's Marcel Hug and Great Britain's Hannah Cockcroft also impresed in scorching conditions at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix event in Italy.
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Oliveira world’s 17th most marketable athlete
Brazilian Paralympic sprinting champion Alan Fonteles Oliveira was named to SportsPro magazine’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes list.
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Meeting records and world leads tumble
First IAAF Diamond League event of 2013 takes place in Doha
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Azerbaijan judokas target further success in Rio
With support from the president and government Azerbaijan is targeting more medals in 2016
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Channel 4 lands BAFTA for London 2012 Paralympics coverage
Broadcaster continues to win awards for London 2012
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IPC Shooting World Cup heads to Turkey
Several Paralympic medallists will look to be on target for the second stop of the 2013 IPC Shooting World Cup in Antalya, Turkey.