Latin America’s first Paralympics will be remembered as the peoples’ Games where the people of Rio turned out in their droves to support athletes of all countries. Rio 2016 arguably did more for the ...

As of 2024 the torch relay for the Paralympics will begin at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The ninth Stoke Mandeville Games were held outside the UK for the first time in 1960, coinciding with the ...

The Games were officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, before Royal Marine Joe Townsend brought the Paralympic Flame into the stadium. Great Britain 5-a-side footballer David Clarke ...

The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games, the ninth winter Paralympics, took place in Turin, Italy in a move that saw the Paralympics come back to Europe for the first time since Lillehammer twelve years ...

You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The Paralympic Games are a multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities, including mobility ...

Casey Murphy is a NJ writer specializing in swimming and diving. The first Summer Paralympic Games were held in Rome in 1960, featuring eight sports, with swimming being one of the original eight.

The number of track and field events held at the Paralympic Games is staggering. Due to the number of impairment ... participated in track and field Paralympic competition since the first edition in ...

The win comes 12 years after Stutzman earned his sole Paralympic medal (silver) at the 2012 London Games. The U.S. women’s ...

Israeli rower Moran Samuel captured her first career Paralympic gold ... “It’s a privilege to be here in this bubble at the Paralympic Games, and to finish with a gold medal — and ...

After earning four medals at the 2016 Rio Games and five in Tokyo, U.S. athletes combined for eight para triathlon medals on Monday morning in Paris, including three golds. Hailey Danz topped the ...