Para sport & Paralympic News
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Top European Para triathletes go for titles
26.05.2016
The best Para triathletes in the region will get to size each other up ahead of Rio 2016.
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Sport Week: History of football 7-a-side
26.05.2016
Learn how the sport grew over the past 36 years on the international stage.
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Wheelchair basketball schedule confirmed for Rio 2016
25.05.2016
Competition tips off on 8 September, with games held in the Rio Olympic Arena and Carioca Arena 1.
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Guissone not complacent despite ticket to Rio
25.05.2016
Brazil’s top wheelchair fencer aims to delight home crowd at Americas Championships.
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Rio 2016 reveals 'look' of tickets for Olympic and Paralympic Games
23.05.2016
Tickets will now start to be distributed to fans around the world
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Sport week: Athletics venue at Rio 2016
20.05.2016
The sport will be contested in the Olympic Stadium during September’s Paralympic Games.
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Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Rio, Brazil
18.05.2016
The event in the Rio 2016 Olympic Stadium will double up as a Test Event for September’s Paralympic Games.
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McKenna Dahl: Best and worst moments
18.05.2016
The US shooter has been nominated to the team for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and describes the most memorable times of her career so far.
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Rio 2016 uniforms unveiled
16.05.2016
The Rio 2016 Organising Committee launched the uniforms staff and volunteers will be wearing at this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Paralympic draws for football 7-a-side revealed
09.05.2016
Ukraine highlights Group A, while reigning World and Paralympic champions Russia are in Group B.
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What makes the perfect…long jump?
08.05.2016
Germany’s Paralympic, world and European champion Markus Rehm explains what it takes to jump over eight metres.
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Uruguay’s Henry Borges set to make history at Rio 2016
08.05.2016
The 33-year-old judoka will become the first Uruguayan athlete to compete at three different Paralympic Games.
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Suriname’s Biondi Misasi aims to qualify for his third Paralympics
08.05.2016
The 100m T12 and long jump T12 athlete is confident he will compete at Rio 2016 and win his country's first Paralympic medal.
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Off the Beaten Track with Australia’s Evan O’Hanlon
07.05.2016
The T38 sprinter won two golds at London 2012 and will aim to win more at Rio 2016.
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German Paralympic outfits for Rio 2016 launched
07.05.2016
The new outfits from Adidas and Sioux will be worn during September’s Paralympic Games
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Pools announced for Rio 2016 sitting volleyball competition
06.05.2016
The pool stages in the men’s and women’s competitions will see repeat fixtures from the London 2012 gold medal matches.
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Wallace believes 100m world record will go before Rio 2016
06.05.2016
The US T44 sprinter thinks Richard Browne’s mark of 10.61 seconds could be lowered before September’s Paralympic Games.
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Groups drawn for goalball at Rio 2016
05.05.2016
Reigning men’s Paralympic champions Finland will face European title winner Turkey, women’s champions Japan drawn with world gold medallists USA.
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Paralympic stars join the part as Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay begins
04.05.2016
Track star Alan Oliveira and wheelchair tennis player Natália Mayara were amongst the first torchbearers.
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Sport Week: Para-archery venue at Rio 2016
27.04.2016
The competition will take place in one of Rio’s iconic, cultural venues.
