NEWS FROM THE AMERICAS

woman throwing a javelin

Ishona Charles cherishes life even in worst moments

Canadian female goalball player makes a diving block

Goalball Paralympian Nancy Morin passes away

Woman riding a horse

New training approach key to sport’s success in the USA

Colombian powerlifter Fabio Torres

Fabio Torres on a selfless mission

US female wheelchair basketball player shoots the ball while being double teamed

Wheelchair Basketball

‘Pressure’ brings out best of US star Murray

A female powerlifter preparing to lift the bar

Worlds medallists and Team Blue win inaugural Online Series

Patricia Pereira

Para swimmer Patricia Pereira banned for anti-doping rule violation

Brazilian man competing in the road race

Brazilian Para cyclist Soelito Gohr commits anti-doping rule violation

Salvadoran powerlifter Herbert Aceituno holds his gold medal at Lima 2019

Herbert Aceituno lifts El Salvador's hope

a female with prosthetic legs being raised into the air holding onto a robot arm

Amy Purdy snowboards down memory lane with ‘journalist’ Andrew Parsons

a female wheelchair tennis player clenches her fist on the court

Wheelchair Tennis

Angélica Bernal envisions growth of wheelchair tennis in Colombia

Fireworks explode during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at Maracana Stadium

Re-live the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony

Paola Mosquera con dos colegas médicas

From pool to ER, Paola Mosquera aces challenge with ease

Eduardo Avila

‘Judoman’ Eduardo Sánchez seeks to end career on high

Matias Pino of Chile

Chile's Matias Pino loses Parapan American Games medals for doping violation

A woman looking at another person

Oksana Masters finds way to handle spotlight