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Collaged photo featuring four athletes - a female athlete after a Para canoe competition, a female Para taekwondo athlete kicking her opponent during a match, a female wheelchair basketball player smiling and holding the Dutch flag, and a male Para swimmer on the podium smiling with a gold medal around his neck

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Paris 2024: Stars celebrate one-year anniversary

We caught up with Paris 2024 Paralympic medallists Amy Truesdale, Bo Kramer, Charlotte Henshaw, and Simone Barlaam in a special TikTok Live to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the historic Games.

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Paralympic stars to watch at the Para Canoe World Championships in Milan

Paris 2024 Paralympians and the sport’s rising stars are set to compete in 12 medal events at the Para Canoe World Championships, taking place in Milan, Italy, from 20 to 24 August 2025

A male Para canoe athlete reacting with a roar after a race

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Brahim Guendouz: whizz in the kitchen and on a kayak

Since he first jumped in a kayak, Algerian Paralympic canoe champion Brahim Guendouz knew he had found the place he was meant to be

A woman in a canoe holds her oats with one hand and lifts the other hand in the air, making a peace sign

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Best Para canoe moments of Paris 2024

Former Team GB Para swimmer Charlotte Henshaw won two gold medals at Vaires-sur-Marne Stadium

A Para powerlifter in a Team Nigeria uniform sits up on a lifting bench and raises her arms in the air in celebration

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Top medal moments on Day 11

Para powerlifter Oluwafemiayo breaks world record not once, but twice, to win women's over 86kg gold

A man in a racing wheelchair and a silver helmet competes on a purple track

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Marathon wraps up Para athletics on final day of the Paralympics

The final medals in Para athletics, powerlifting, canoe and wheelchair basketball will be awarded on Day 11 before Paris 2024 comes to an end with the Closing Ceremony

An Australian male rower wearing a yellow shirt, sunglasses and a green hat, celebrates a rowing win by punching the air in his boat

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Australian Curtis McGrath continues golden legacy

Australian Curtis McGrath has won his third consecutive gold medal in the men’s kayak

A female Brazilian athlete celebrates with her country's flag in front of her new world record of 53.55 on the screen

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Top medal moments on Day 10

Rayane Soares da Silva of Brazil smashes 29-year-old record on the track

A man in a Team Australia uniform sits in a kayak and prepares to put his oar back in the water

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Para canoe gets underway on Day 9

Day 9 of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games features the start of the Para canoe competition and sitting volleyball medal matches, as well as thrilling wheelchair basketball semifinals

Male Para canoeist Peter Pal Kiss flexes his bicep in celebration

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Para canoe action starts with big names defending their titles

Australia's Curtis McGrath and Hungary's Peter Kiss are among the ones to watch in the water

Male Para canoeist Curtis McGrath raises his arms in celebration

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New dad McGrath hopes to make sick baby son proud

Australian Para canoeist Curtis McGrath became a father about a month before the Paralympics

Scott Martlew competed at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

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How Para canoeist Scott Martlew made Paralympic history

Scott Martlew made history at Rio 2016 as the first Para canoeist to represent New Zealand at a Paralympic Games. He goes to Paris 2024 hoping to make it on the podium in the men’s KL2 class