Paralympic Games
Major international sport event for people with disabilities
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The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
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Team GB & ParalympicsGB release Paris 2024 kitsTeam GB and ParalympicsGB release the kits their athletes will wear at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.BBC Sport - Published | |
GB newcomer Newman-Baronius equals world recordOlivia Newman-Baronius, 17, equals the S14 100m butterfly world record in her first major event to all but confirm her place at this summer's Paralympics.BBC Sport - Published | |
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Three into two won't go - the friends fighting for Olympic spotsA mouth-watering battle in the men's 200m freestyle is among the highlights as British swimmers bid to secure Olympic and Paralympic places in London.BBC Sport - Published | |
The former Mr England hoping to make ParalympicsPara-canoeist and 2017 Mr England winner Jack Eyers tells BBC Sport about his dream to reach this year's Paralympic Games in Paris.BBC Sport - Published | |
'I want to use my voice' - Olympic ChangeMakers will 'give back' to communitiesOlympic and Paralympic athletes aim to give back to their local communities once the Paris Games end as part of the new ChangeMakers scheme.BBC Sport - Published | |
Olympic ChangeMakers aim to 'give back' after GamesOlympic and Paralympic athletes aim to give back to their local communities once the Paris Games end as part of the new ChangeMakers scheme.BBC Sport - Published | |
McGuire wants fourth Paralympics after 'toughest period'Stephen McGuire aims to get back to his best - and a fourth Paralympics - after a broken leg led him to suffer the "toughest period of my career".BBC Sport - Published | |
Fachie 'thriving' after being 'tested' by motherhoodTwo-time Paralympic cycling champion Lora Fachie says becoming a mother has challenged her as an athlete in new ways.BBC Sport - Published | |
Para-athletes to be vetted for Ukraine war supportParalympic athletes will be vetted to make sure they have not supported the war in Ukraine or are contracted with the military, the International Paralympic Committee says.BBC Sport - Published | |
Rogers eyes Paris after being told career was overAfter a car accident in 2021, British swimmer Faye Rogers is hoping to make her Paralympic debut in Paris.BBC Sport - Published | |
Kearney makes Para-swimming reclassification complaintBritish Paralympic champion Tully Kearney makes a formal complaint to World Para Swimming over what she describes as an "insulting" classification process.BBC Sport - Published | |
Pistorius - the fallen hero and his futureWhat next for the former Paralympic champion as he is freed on parole 11 years after murdering his girlfriend?BBC Sport - Published | Oscar Pistorius to walk free - 11 years after murdering girlfriendFormer Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on Friday, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend.Sky News - Published |
Welsh sport highlights to look forward to in 2024The 2024 sporting calendar features the Olympics, Paralympics and Euro 2024... hopefully.BBC Sport - Published | How 'an adult's playground' changed Aggarwal's lifeBritish champion Anita Aggarwal on how Para-climbing provided a lifeline during a low point in her life - and may take her to the Paralympics.BBC Sport - Published |
Swimmer Tai on why her amputation was 'a great thing'Paralympic gold medallist Alice Tai says that she is driven to "destigmatise" disability after having her right leg amputated below the knee last year.BBC Sport - Published | French Alps named preferred 2030 Winter Games hostThe French Alps is named as the preferred host for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, while Salt Lake City is put forward for 2034.BBC Sport - Published |
Grit, Gumption, GloryIndian para athletes showcased their resilience and determination by winning a total of 111 medals at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China. Among them were Sheetal Devi, who shoots arrows with her..IndiaTimes - Published | Cyclist told she 'might not pull through' targets Paris ParalympicsAfter going blind following a rare reaction to food poisoning, cyclist Lizzi Jordan is now aiming for Paralympic success.BBC Sport - Published |
Stoke Mandeville new home of Paralympic flameThe flame will be lit at Stoke Mandeville from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games onwards.BBC Sport - Published | 'Too quick to cancel' - Lapthorne urges US Open re-thinkAndy Lapthorne calls for a solution after the US Open's decision not to hold wheelchair events in 2024 because of a scheduling clash with the Paralympics.BBC Sport - Published |
Butterfield aims to train through cancer treatmentJo Butterfield is determined not to let a breast cancer diagnosis derail her bid to become the first British athlete to win gold at both a summer and winter Paralympics.BBC Sport - Published | Sandilands gets top-tier British Athletics fundingBritish Athletics names 41 athletes in its Paralympic world class programme for 2023-24, world champion Ben Sandilands.BBC Sport - Published |
GB win five golds on first day of World rowing finalsGreat Britain's rowers win five gold medals at the World Championships on the first day of the finals in the Olympic and Paralympic boat classes.BBC Sport - Published | Britain's Sugar retains Para-canoe world titleBritish Paralympic champion Laura Sugar retains her KL3 title at the Para-canoe World Championships in Germany.BBC Sport - Published |
Britain in 'good position' before ParalympicsBritain's Para athletics chief Tom Paulson says the team are in a good place after the World Championships in Paris.BBC Sport - Published | Pembroke sets European record to win javelin goldBritain's Dan Pembroke adds the javelin world title to his Paralympic crown at the Para Athletics World Championships in Paris.BBC Sport - Published |
Nicholls aims for third Paralympics in new sportMel Nicholls says she became a para-triathlete by "accident" as she targets a spot in the 2024 Paris Games.BBC Sport - Published | 'I just want my life back after brain injury' Paralympic triathlete George Peasgood on staying positive and using sport to get his "life back" eight months after suffering a brain injury in a cycling accident.BBC Sport - Published |
'One day you feel fine and the next you cannot get out of bed' Paralympic champion Charlotte Henshaw on the challenges she faces training and competing while living with endometriosis.BBC Sport - Published | Christiansen 'felt guilty' over horse fundraiser Paralympic gold medallist Sophie Christiansen felt "a bit guilty" after seeking public money to help fund a horse for Paris 2024.BBC Sport - Published |
