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Paralympics champion Sumit Antil breaks world record, leads India's 30-medal haul in Asian Para Games

India's Sumit Antil bettered his own javelin throw F64 world record to win gold, leading India's 30-medal haul on Day 3 of the Hangzhou Asian Para Games. India's total medal count after three days stood at 64 (15G, 20S, 29B).

The Hindu

The next Scottish Paralympic curler may not yet have played the sport

THE next star of Scottish Paralympic curling may not yet have ever played the sport before, according to a top curling official.

The National (Scotland)

Anna Grimaldi finds herself on the world stage

26-year-old from Dunedin can become only the third New Zealand Paralympian to have won three consecutive gold medals in track and field, writes Peter Thornton

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Millie Knight to compete in Karate World Championships after skiing retirement

At 15, Knight became the youngest British athlete to compete in a winter Paralympics.

The Independent UK

Tickets for 2024 Paralympics include day passes granting access to multiple venues and sports

Fans will be able to roam from venue to venue and soak up multiple sports with day passes that are among 2.8 million tickets going on sale from Monday for the 2024 Paralympics in Paris

The Independent UK

Paralympics mourning Aussie pioneers Coombs, Freeman

Australian Paralympic pioneer Kevin Coombs has died in the same week as fellow Hall of Fame member and gold medal-winning athlete Tracey Freeman.

AAP

Russia is set to avoid a full ban from the 2024 Paralympics in Paris

Russia appears to have avoided a full ban from next year’s Paralympics in Paris after the International Paralympic Committee’s members voted against suspending the country's membership

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Para Asian Games a litmus test with Paralympics round the corner: Pramod Bhagat

The Hindu

Asian Games a litmus test for us with the Paralympics round the corner, says Pramod

Pramod Bhagat

The Hindu

On this day 2016: Kadeena Cox makes history with cycling gold at Rio Paralympics

Cox’s velodrome triumph saw her emulate Isabel Barr’s Seoul 1988 success as she added to the T38 100m bronze she had claimed on the athletics track.

The Independent UK

Para sport must regain momentum after going ‘backwards’ since 2012, says Hannah Cockroft

The London 2012 Paralympics saw the likes of Cockroft and Jonnie Peacock become household names but the para sport movement hasn’t moved forward since

The Independent UK

2024 Paris Paralympics: City marks one-year countdown to start of games

Olympic fever is growing in the French capital. Paris will host the 17th edition of the Paralympic games for the first time from August 28 to September 8, 2024, just 17 days after the Olympics's closing ceremony. FRANCE 24's James Vasina talks to Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic…

France 24

One year before Paralympics, Paris trying to make city more accessible to those with disabilities

Paris has one year to go before hosting the Paralympic Games and is faced with a significant challenge: the accessibility of its public transit

The Independent UK

Disabled access in Paris a worry one year out from Paralympics

Olympic Games organisers are in a race against time to improve disabled access in host city Paris with just a year to go before the start of the 2024 Paralympics. The clock is also ticking on efforts to finish building the required sporting venues and facilities to accommodate some 4,500…

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The prestigious venues where the Paris Paralympics will be held

Paris hosts the summer 2024 Paralympic Games two weeks after the Olympic Games. Events will be held at prestigious venues such as the Stade de France, Roland-Garros, Champ-de-Mars, Grand Palais and the Eiffel Tower. Competitions will also be held in the wider Paris region and in Châteauroux.

The Guardian - UK

ParalympicsGB seeks activist footing to help aid progress for disabled people

Progress has stalled for disabled people in British society, said the chief executive of ParalympicsGB, Dave Clarke

Cycling Weekly

The remarkable story of Ricardo Ten - Spain’s one-limbed cycling star

The former swimmer is targeting a seventh Paralympics, this time as a cyclist

The Guardian - UK

I was the most injured female survivor of 7/7 – and I wouldn’t change a thing about my life

Martine Wright almost died in the London bombings, but since then, she says, she has experienced great luck. She describes the journey to parenthood, a pilot’s licence and the Paralympics

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The Independent UK

Luxury group LVMH joins top-tier French sponsors of the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics

The world’s biggest luxury group, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, has announced a sponsorship deal with the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics

The Hindu

Indian para archers earn two more quotas for 2024 Paris Games

Ind. para archers earn 2 more quotas for Paris Paralympics; Harvinder, Pooja qualify in recurve, Rakesh, Sarita, Sheetal & Shyam Sundar in compound. 16-yr-old Sheetal, armless, shot with feet & set 3 world records.

The Hindu

Indian para-athletes record best-ever finish at World Championship, earn 17 quota places for Paris Games

India's best-ever show at World Para Athletics Championships w/ 10 medals & 17 quota places for 2024 Paralympics. Sumit Antil won gold & world record, Ajeet Singh & Rinku Hooda 1-2 in javelin, Sachin Khilari gold in shot put, Nishad Kumar silver & Asian record in high jump.

The Independent UK

Likes of Hannah Cockroft and Jonnie Peacock can inspire ‘talent coming through’

The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team collected 29 medals in Paris.

The Guardian - AU

Brisbane Olympics drone show cancelled after hundreds fall into Melbourne river during Matildas display

Event marking nine years until Olympics and Paralympics stopped after 350 drones fell into Yarra River on Friday

Daily Mirror

I was pushed to the limit on Celebrity SAS - now I want to become world champion again

Jonathan Broom-Edwards is the reigning Paralympic and world T44 high jump champion and is hoping to defend the latter title at this month's World Para Athletics Championships

Evening Standard

Adopted Ellie Simmonds reveals birth mother discovered who she was watching Paralympics

The gold medal winning Paralympian and former Strictly Come Dancing star was put up for adoption when she was just 10 days old

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