A mixed-team sport played by male and female athletes with some degree of paralysis in all four limbs. Played in specially ...
The Paralympics may have shone a spotlight on disability and sport, but daily life for most disabled people in France remains a challenge, especially in Paris. Novosports, a sports club, is working ...
While 2024 marked a Summer Games year, Americans in winter sports are coming off collectively, arguably, their best season on ...
After seeing the beauty of these Games defaced by the spectacle of Valentina Petrillo, a 51-year-old father-of-two, taking ...
Mary Hums, a sport administration professor at the University of Louisville who has worked at four Paralympic Games, told CNN Sport that a lack of prominent role models can impact people taking up ...
The Western New York Wreckers will host a wheelchair rugby tournament called The Wrecking Ball Oct. 12 and 13 at the Pinnacle ...
Coverage has also been high for this year’s Paralympics, with more events televised than ever before. These changes are also ...
Mel Pemble, who's expected to contend for the podium in her Summer Games debut in cycling, also appeared in the 2018 Winter Paralympics as an alpine skier before switching sports. Two other ...
Many will be familiar with Olympic disciplines like swimming and rowing returning in their Paralympic forms, but the Games will also feature several sports that do not appear at the Olympics at all.
And it’s really hard to do by yourself.” The American collegiate sports system is a fruitful pipeline for the Olympic and Paralympic movements, a fact touted by leaders of the country’s two ...
By Elena Bergeron Reporting from Paris In the 22 Paralympic sports in which athletes compete alongside a guide or assistant, successful collaborations are often marked by their quiet.
Here's a handy guide to how they work in each sport. Classification can be a controversial aspect of the Paralympics, with some athletes even accused of "class doping." Read more about the fraught ...