PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Barrera excited about competing at Mexico 2017
Fresh from winning multiple titles at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan Am Games, Colombia’s swimmer aims high at this year’s World Para Swimming Championships.
Chuck Aoki: Games are over, what do we do now?
The US wheelchair rugby player reflects on one of the most difficult questions high-performance athletes think about.
Ellie Cole recalls Rio 2016, sets targets for Tokyo 2020
After making an impressive comeback in 2016, the Australian swimmer is already planning for her fourth Paralympics.
Wheelchair basketball lands in the House of Basketball
The exhibition stands alongside 40,000 objects representing basketball’s rich history.
Para athletics explained – visually impaired long jump
Find out from the Paralympic champion how he manages to be the best in the world despite having to wear a blindfold to jump.
Gangneung 2017: Italy stun South Korea in penalty shootout
Sweden and the USA also grab wins on day six of the World Championships.
Corey Peters: My three most memorable moments from 2017
New Zealand’s Para alpine skier won two silvers at the 2017 World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy.
Rocha Pinto named African Paralympic Committee President
Leonel da Rocha Pinto was re-elected for another term as the APC held their General Assembly in Angola.
Hug, Schär take Boston titles in new world best times
The Swiss duo took the respective men’s and women’s wheelchair race titles in the Boston Marathon.
Corey Peters targets Paralympic gold at PyeongChang 2018
New Zealand’s alpine skier seeks to outdo his performance from Sochi 2014, when he won silver in the men’s giant slalom sitting.