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Great Britain’s journey to become speedway world champions after 32 years wait
Six years ago, the outspoken Tai Woffinden laid bare his frustration as Great Britain crashed out of the Speedway World…
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How crawling up Kilimanjaro equipped Phipps for Paralympics’ mission impossible
Great Britain’s ‘Tokyo gold medal-winning ‘murderball’ squad win inaugural National Lottery Paralympian of the Year award Phipps: “Every training session…
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Snowboarding icon James admits rival White’s ‘perfect’ score was frustrating
Australian snowboarder Scotty James has been very vocal against the awarding of perfect 100 scores, and with the Winter Olympics…
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Simone Biles hits back at Piers Morgan over Olympics ‘quit’ jibe
The revered US gymnast has clapped back at people like former Good Morning Britain host Morgan who was critical when…
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World’s second-tallest man helps Iran to gold in Paralympics sitting volleyball
Morteza Mehrzad – the world’s second tallest man at 8ft 1in – helped Iran win gold against the Russian Paralympic…
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Brazilian blind footballer scores brilliant solo goal to seal Paralympics gold
Brazil’s Paralympics team struck gold in the men’s five-aside football final against bitter rivals Argentina thanks to a moment of…
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GB’s Charlotte Henshaw seals full Paralympic medal sweep after kayak Tokyo gold
Team GB’s Charlotte Henshaw added a gold medal to her silver and bronze won in London and Rio respectively with…
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Swimmer with no arms smashes his own world record to win Tokyo 2020 gold medal
Chinese para-swimmer Zheng Tao produced an incredible display as he smashed his own backstroke world record to win another gold…
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Paralympic shot putter stripped of gold medal as international row erupts
A Malaysian Paralympic shot putter has been stripped of his gold medal and world record after two Ukrainian athletes complained…
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Hannah Cockroft sets new world record on way to sixth Paralympics gold in 100m
Cockroft, from Halifax, has now won medals at three consecutive Paralympic Games after racing clear of British team-mate Kare Adenegan…
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