Tag: Paralympics
about 2 years ago
thestar.com

Opinion | The Paralympics go where the Olympics wouldn’t with ban of Russians, Belarusians

“It was a very, very volatile environment in the (Athletes) Village,” IPC president Andrew Parsons says after his org...

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over 2 years ago
telegraph.co.uk

In pictures: The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

In pictures: The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

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over 2 years ago
thestar.com

‘I felt like I had failed.’ Aurélie Rivard turned bitter disappointment into five medals at Tokyo...

She will go home with gold in the women’s 100-metre freestyle S10 and the 400-metre freestyle S10; silver in the 100-...

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over 2 years ago
telegraph.co.uk

Tokyo Paralympics 2021 live: Action from day 10 as Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid go for gold in me...

ParalympicsGB's Sophie Unwin and her pilot Jenny Holl have claimed silver after just pipping Sweden's Louise Jannerin...

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Boccia star David Smith scores historic win as ParalympicsGB continues adding to medal table

The 32-year-old took ParalympicsGB’s 30th gold medal of the Games in the precision ball sport, which is similar to bo...

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over 2 years ago
independent.ie

‘I slept with the medal under my pillow’ – Ellen Keane (26) on Paralympic glory

Irish Paralympian Ellen Keane said she cannot believe she has won a gold medal, as she feels she has been “walking th...

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over 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Bethany Firth claims Paralympic silver medal with second-placed finish in S14 200m freestyle final

Seaforde's Bethany Firth has added to her incredible Paralympic medal haul with silver in the S14 200m freestyle in T...

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Gold medal rush in Tokyo as ParalympicsGB secures cycling, swimming and dressage victories

Afghanistan war veteran Jaco van Gass scored ParalympicsGB's second cycling gold medal in a thrilling C3 3,000 indivi...

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over 2 years ago
dailymail.co.uk

JJ Chalmers has reunion with pilot who flew him from Afghanistan

The TV presenter, was serving in Afghanistan when he was injured by an improvised explosive device in May 2011. Pictu...

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over 2 years ago
thestar.com

Canadian wheelchair basketball star Patrick Anderson is back from retirement, and from the never-...

“It’s been 500-or-something days since we played a game,” the 42-year-old says. “We’re ready for the games.”

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Athletes urged to show world their ‘skill and determination’ as Tokyo 2020 Paralympics start

A near-empty Japan National Stadium was transformed into a Para Airport in a symbolic display of having wings and tak...

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Team GB Paralympians prepare for crowd-free Games as excitement builds in Covid-hit Tokyo

Taking place in Japan in the shadow of coronavirus, 227 athletes across 19 of the 22 Paralympic sports are eager to l...

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Olivia Breen could win a medal in Tokyo by aiming for personal bests, says her sport therapist

George Rentoul said he will be working with double world champion to fulfil her goal of competing in the 2024 Paralym...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Irish Paralympian Patrick Flanagan's wheelchair broken during flight to Tokyo games

Swimmer Patrick Flanagan from Longford stopped over at Heathrow, where he found out his chair was ruined

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Leading Olympic and Paralympic sponsor casts doubt on viability of Tokyo 2020

Bridgestone boss warns that unless the games can be proven to be Covid-secure, they should not go ahead

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about 3 years ago
thestar.com

Vaccines are on the way for Canada’s athletes, who continue to train for Tokyo under ‘stressful’ ...

On Thursday, Canadian athletes and officials got welcome news that Pfizer and BioNTech would donate Covid-19 doses to...

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about 3 years ago
dailymail.co.uk

Jennifer Arcuri claims 'she slept with Boris at his martial home'

The US tech entrepreneur, who took a selfie in the kitchen of the £3.35million Grade-II townhouse, left just minutes ...

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about 3 years ago
dailymail.co.uk

Jennifer Arcuri claims she and Boris Johnson had 'four-year affair'

Jennifer Arcuri, 35, has said that she 'fell in love' with the now Prime Minister, 56, during their alleged relations...

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