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Paralympics 2024 Day 1 highlights and schedule for Day 3 and 4
The Paralympics 2024 commenced in Paris with notable performances from India’s para-shuttlers. T Mu…
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Meet the Indian para-athletes aiming for glory at the Paris Paralympics 2024
Meet the Indian para-athletes aiming for glory at the Paris Paralympics 2024
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India Bags Gold: Avani Lekhara wins second Paralympics gold medal with record-breaking shooting
Avani Lekhara becomes the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic golds, while Mona Agarwal secure…
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Paris Paralympics: Nitish-Thulasimathi duo makes winning start in badminton mixed doubles
India's Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan had little difficulty overcoming country-mates Suha…
PTI
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After having my legs amputated, I thought I'd never compete again. I just won a medal at the Paralympics.
The three-time Paralympian and two-time medalist says his finance job is very similar to training f…
Stuart Lieberman
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Kartik Aaryan shed 20 kilos, gave up sugar to play the role of a paralympic gold medalist in 'Chandu Champion'
Bollywood star Kartik Aaryan, who will be soon seen in the upcoming sports drama 'Chandu Champion',…
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A Paralympic athlete might become the world's first disabled astronaut
John McFall, a 41-year-old British doctor, is one of the European Space Agency's first batch of tra…
Stephanie Stacey
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The official Paralympics TikTok account's portrayal of athletes with disabilities leaves people divided — some see it as "edgy and unique" and others find it offensive
Videos on the Paralympics TikTok account are drawing both criticism and support from users and athl…
Reena Koh
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Three-time national para-swimming champion Amartya Chakraborty passes away
The champion swimmer, who won around 30 medals at the national level, made his mark in the sub-juni…
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Disability sport in Ukraine has 'died' thanks to the Russian invasion, the country's Paralympic boss says
"The best athletes in the world in Paralympic sport don't know if they can continue," Valeriy Sushk…
Barnaby Lane
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Sumit Antil clinches India's second gold in Paralympics with a world record in javelin throw
The 23-year-old from Sonepat in Haryana, who lost his left leg below the knee after he was invol…
PTI
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India's discus thrower Vinod Kumar loses bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics after being found ineligible in for his disability classification
The 41-year-old BSF man, whose Army man father was injured during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, pr…
PTI
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Tokyo Paralympic Games — India’s Bhavina Patel enters table tennis final, gold medal match on Sunday
The 34-year-old Patel, who had surprised even the Indian camp in the Paralympics with her sensat…
PTI
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Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games' first FMCG partner, Thums up, salutes the strength and resilience of Paralympic Athletes in latest campaign
The campaign is conceptualised by Ogilvy India
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Eurosport India secures rights to broadcast Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games
Eurosport India shall be the exclusive pay TV partner in the SAARC countries
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17-time Paralympic medalist Oksana Masters says 'it's weird' to finally be recognized as one of the most dominant athletes across all sports
The Paralympic legend, who has competed across four adaptive sports, also discussed recently learni…
Meredith Cash
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A Paralympian explained why she chose to have her leg amputated after a fall that seemed mild escalated into chronic pain
Shona Brownlee, paralympic skier, told the BBC she had her leg amputated to alleviate debilitating …
Marianne Guenot
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A Ukrainian biathlete won bronze at the Paralympic Winter Games just a day after his house was destroyed by Russian shelling
Dmytro Suiarko finished third in the men's middle distance vision impaired biathlon in Beijing on T…
Barnaby Lane
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A Ukrainian Paralympian pulled out of her race after finding out that her father had been captured by Russian soldiers
Anastasiia Laletina was "very upset" and couldn't compete in the middle-distance sitting para biath…
Sophia Ankel
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Chinese translators offered a watered-down version of the Paralympic Committee president's anti-war speech during the Games' opening ceremony
China has avoided condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Its state broadcaster, CCTV, has also ke…