After the Second World War, in 1945, the hospital was full of badly injured soldiers. To give them hope, Dr Guttman started the Paralympics in 1948. They were held at the same time as the London Olympics; doctors gave out the prizes and nurses were employed as referees(裁判)....
According to the latest reports, China's Paralympians on this Tuesday (Aug. 31st) won eight more gold medals at the Tokyo 2020, keeping the countryatopthemedal standingswith 62 gold and 132 medals in total. Britain remains in ...
There are 215 Paralympians from Great Britain and Northern Ireland - 46% are female, which makes the Paris Games the most gender-balanced in history. The youngest is 13-year-old Iona Winnifrith who will compete in para swimming, and the oldest is 54-year-old para canoeist Jeanette Chippingt...
The Paralympics have started in Tokyo, and it’s easy to spot sports that are both in Paralympics and Olympics, such as basketball, volleyball, weightlifting, soccer, equestrian and cycling, to name just a few, and with various adaptions. Tuning in for the Paralympics? You will be after yo...
She started out against able-bodied adversaries but at the age of 16 she discovered Para judo. It’s only starting in 2002 that she took part in elite sports and joined the French team with a main objective of shining at the Athens Paralympic games of 2004, which were the first to ...
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Team Nigeria is parading 24 athletes who are competing in four sports at the Games – Para athletics, Para badminton, Para powerlifting and para table tennis. The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games which started on Aug. 28 will end on Sept. 8. ...
“Beira is just the best ever, and this last week, actually, she started clapping,” Perry said in an interview published earlier this month inTable Tennis England.“It’s just so much fun trying to teach her how to clap for the Games.And, she started saying ‘dadda’...
The Grand Palais hosted wheelchair fencing and taekwondo, Château de Versailles was home to equestrian, wheelchair tennis took place in Roland-Garros, the Para triathlon started and finished on the stunning Pont Alexandre III. The Games truly took place in the heart ...
The athlete from Sangli, Maharashtra started off with 14.72m to stand fifth after the first set of throws were down. He then got his best throw of the day in his second attempt, with the distance of 16.32m not only propelling him to top spot, but also breaking the Asian record. However...
started elation change participating 3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.) The twelve-day sporting 4,500 para athletes The opening ceremony took place I would like to join you in wishing all athletes the ability to transform society like The Games should have ...