Para sport & Paralympic News
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Wheelchair tennis: Day eight preview
16.09.2016
Wimbledon-winning doubles partners face off in mouth-watering men’s singles wheelchair tennis final on Centre Court.
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Athletics: Day nine preview
16.09.2016
Great Britain’s Hannah Cockroft and South Africa’s Charl du Toit will go for their latest golds.
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Athletics: Day eight preview
15.09.2016
Scott Reardon, Tatyana McFadden and Marlou van Rhijn will take to the tracks on 15 September, going for glory at Rio 2016.
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France’s fencers win dramatic epee gold
15.09.2016
With scores tied after added time it took a virtual coin toss to separate France and China in the men’s epee team final.
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Snyder sets one of seven swimming records
15.09.2016
Canada’s Benoit Huot also won his 20th career Paralympic medal, likening it to a ‘Hollywood movie’.
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Brazil to go for football-5 gold against Iran
15.09.2016
A full round-up of all the day’s headlines from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
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Wins for Australia, Canada, USA and Japan
15.09.2016
Countries advance their medal hopes in wheelchair rugby at Rio 2016.
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Van Rhijn wins second consecutive 200m T44 gold
15.09.2016
Australia’s Scott Reardon won his first Paralympic title in the men’s 100m T42.
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France return to wheelchair tennis doubles success
15.09.2016
Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer return their country to their winning ways from Beijing 2008.
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Zahra Nemati takes Paralympic gold
15.09.2016
The Iranian archer, who competed at last month’s Olympic Games, won the women’s individual recurve open title.
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IPC Academy Inclusion Summit underway
15.09.2016
Sir Philip Craven, IPC President, opened the two day summit in front of an audience of more than 200 people.
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Great day for Great Britain as three golds pour in
15.09.2016
Two more individual titles and the team gold, as there was joy for Brazil with bronze for Sergio Oliva.
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Alcott “astonished” by two-sport double gold success
15.09.2016
Awesome Aussie would not change a thing after remarkable double gold success at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
- Paralympics Day 8: Live updates from Rio 15.09.2016 Welcome to our live updates from the pick of the action across the venues. Keep checking back for the latest developments.
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Wheelchair fencing preview: Day four
15.09.2016
Hungary and France are favourites in the first of the wheelchair fencing team competitions, but China are the ones in form.
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Aruba set to make their Paralympic debut
15.09.2016
Swimmer Jesus de Marchena Acevedo will be the country’s sole representative and will compete in the men’s 100m freestyle S7 on 16 September at Rio 2016.
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Hug grabs gold he has been longing for at Rio 2016
15.09.2016
The Swiss 'silver bullet' turns golden after four silver and two bronze from four Paralympic Games.
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Three-way rivalry to return after early swim session
15.09.2016
Matheus Souza, Brad Snyder and Bozun Yang all showed strong form in the early session and will battle for 100m freestyle S11 gold tonight.
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Winners revealed for Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award
15.09.2016
Ibrahim Hussein (IPA, Syria) and Tatyana McFadden (USA) have been selected as recipients at Rio 2016.
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Great Britain dominate the waters in canoe’s Paralympic debut
15.09.2016
Jeanette Chippington, Emma Wiggs and Anne Dickins won Team GB’s three golds at the Lagoa Stadium.
