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Paralympics·Live Watch live coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games opening ceremony, featuring a parade of around 4,400 athletes from 182 delegations. Pat Anderson, Katarina Roxon lead Team Canada into the Place de la ConcordeCBC Sports · Posted: Aug 28, 2024 7:58 AM EDT | Last Updated: 21 minutes ago 2024 ParalympicContinue Reading

Paralympics Basketball player Pat Anderson and swimmer Katarina Roxon, who have competed at a combined nine Paralympics, will lead Canada’s delegation at Wednesday’s opening ceremony at 1:20 p.m. ET at Place de la Concorde, the largest square in Paris. Wheelchair basketball player, Para swimmer to lead 126-member team WednesdayCBC SportsContinue Reading

Paralympics Creative director Thomas Jolly has some lofty goals for Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, when the heart of Paris will once again become the stage for a stunning artistic display. Show at Champs-Elysées, La Concorde promises similar display as Olympics Tom Nouvian · The Associated Press ·Continue Reading

In 2004, wheelchair sprinter Chantal Petitclerc collected six gold medals in Athens — five of the Paralympic variety, and one in an Olympic test event. That same year, Perdita Felicien won the 60-metre hurdles at the world indoor championships, but stumbled on a hurdle in her Olympic final in Athens and finishedContinue Reading

Paralympics Two weeks after French star swimmer Leon Marchand extinguished the Olympic flame to close the Paris Olympics, the spotlight is now on its Paralympic counterpart. Flame lit in Stoke Mandeville, English village considered birthplace of Paralympic Games Barbara Surk · The Associated Press · Posted: Aug 24, 2024 11:37Continue Reading

Paralympics It may seem easy to abide by anti-doping controls — how hard can it be to not take performance-enhancing drugs? — but there are a wide variety of reasons why anti-doping education and testing is complicated. How do you make a testing methodology that is accessible to both able-bodiedContinue Reading

Valentina Petrillo fell in love with athletics as a seven-year-old while watching Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea win gold in the 200 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. “I said I wanted to be like him,” said Petrillo, a transgender woman who was raised as a boy. “I wanted to put onContinue Reading

Amy Burk always wanted to play sports. Her first love was basketball, but she quickly realized that because of her visual impairment, she would not be able to keep up. And so she turned to goalball, a sport specifically designed for the visually impaired. Eventually, the Charlottetown, P.E.I., native made TeamContinue Reading

Paralympics Athletes on the Refugee Paralympic Team are looking to send a message of hope as they strive for the podium at the 2024 Paralympic Games that begin in Paris next week. 8 Paralympians, 1 runner guide will compete in 6 sports Patrick Hermansen · The Associated Press · Posted:Continue Reading