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No coach for self-funding Paralympics star in world championships
Paralympics bronze medalist Josephine Medina has been without a coach while preparing for this year’s World Para Table Tennis Championships in Slovenia—a tournament she qualified for by spending her...
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‘Crazy journey’: From double shark attack to Paralympic snowboarder
Sean Pollard was surfing in Australia in 2014 when he was attacked by two great white sharks, losing his left arm and right hand and only just escaping alive. But far from wallowing in his misfortune,...
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Wheelchair competition gets going at US Open
NEW YORK — David Wagner is attempting to win his fourth U.S. Open singles title and his ninth in doubles. The United States’ most decorated wheelchair player begins his run Thursday in the U.S. Open...
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Free from jihadist grip, Iraqi weightlifters target medals
Two years ago, the Islamic State group offered two successful Iraqi weightlifters a choice — either they compete in the Rio Paralympics, or stay in Mosul, then controlled by the jihadists. An easy way...
View ArticleParalympics: Athletes offered grants worth $2 million to offset COVID-19
TOKYO—The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Thursday an unprecedented grant package worth 1.8 million euros (1.63 million pounds) to compensate losses from the coronavirus. With the...
View ArticlePH Paralympic Committee looking forward to busy year amid uncertainty
Talks have been swirling that the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics is in peril of being called off, a sorry sight that will directly affect the hosting of the Paralympics. For its part, however, the...
View ArticleSome PH delegates for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics test positive for COVID-19
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Paralympic Committee on Sunday announced that some members of the country’s Paralympic team for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games have tested positive of COVID-19....
View ArticleChilean paralympian gets her own Barbie as doll-maker diversifies
SANTIAGO – A wheelchair-bound Chilean paralympian who set a 2019 world record for shotputting has become the latest subject of a Barbie created by American toy firm Mattel, as part of the company’s...
View ArticleGrateful nation
Tokyo bid a colorful farewell to the Paralympics on Sunday after 12 days of stereotype-defying, record-shattering performances despite a year-long pandemic delay. International Paralympic Committee...
View ArticleBanned Russian athletes to leave Beijing after deciding against appeal
BEIJING—Russia’s contingent at the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing plan to leave China after being banned from participating because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Paralympic...
View ArticleRio Paralympic organizers struggle to sell tickets
Brazil's top organizer for the coming Rio Paralympics tells AFP that empty stadiums are a worry, amid struggles to sell tickets 100 days from kickoff. But he promises an inspirational sporting event.
View Article‘Blind Messi’ sees Paralympic gold for Argentina
Silvio Velo has been blind since birth, but you wouldn’t know it watching him thread a football through an opponent’s legs, pick it up on the other side and fire it home for a goal. Velo, who has been...
View ArticlePolio victim lifter eyes another medal finish in Paralympics
Powerlifter Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta will have a bigger motivation when she aims to reach for the medal podium again in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio De Janeiro. Bound on her wheelchair, the 42-year-old...
View ArticleRussia banned from Paralympics over doping
Russia was kicked out of the Rio Paralympic Games on Sunday over "state-sponsored" doping revealed in an inquiry last month.
View Article‘Precarious’ Rio Paralympics faces more cuts
The Rio Paralympics next month is in a "precarious" state and faces more cuts to let it go ahead, the head of the International Paralympic Committee said Monday.
View ArticleParalympics: troubled Rio opens Games to samba beat
Rio de Janeiro opened the Paralympic Games on Wednesday with samba, parading wheelchairs, giant balloons -- and political protests -- at the famed Maracana stadium.
View ArticleParalympic Pele: Brazil hails blind soccer star
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—Born with glaucoma, Jeferson da Conceição Gonçalves, known as “Jefinho,” was completely blind by age 7, three years before he learned to play soccer. He had seen images of Pelé...
View ArticleParalympic fencers: lethal wheelchair ‘warriors’
The Paralympic wheelchair fencers enter the arena to the strains of the James Bond theme tune, but even 007 probably couldn’t duel while stuck in a chair. Many skillful athletes are overcoming a lot of...
View ArticlePilipinas Warriors set sights on Paralympics
It may be a shot with a slim chance of even hitting the rim, but the Pilipinas Warriors are setting their sights on a Paralympics stint.
View ArticleRussia facing ban from Paralympics for 2018 Games
LONDON — Russia faces the strong possibility of being excluded from a second Paralympics over its state-sponsored doping scheme. The International Paralympic Committee said on Monday it remains...
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