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Paralympic Games

08/09/2024
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08 Sep

Roderick Townsend of the United States kisses his wife Tynita Townsend, with their son Rodney Townsend, between Rodrick's jumps in the T47 Men's High Jump at the 2024 Paralympics, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024 in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Caleb Craig)

Black U.S. Paralympians hope to see a more diverse team in the future

Gold medal-winning high jumper Roderick Townsend and U.S. flag bearer and sitting volleyball star Nicky Nieves took different routes to the Paris Paralympics.

Britain's Sarah Storey celebrates on the podium after winning the women's C4-5 road race during the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in Clichy-sous-Bois, France. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

British cycling star Sarah Storey wins her 19th Paralympic gold

Sarah Storey says every race is different. Yet the outcome always seems the same – gold medal. The British cycling star has won the women’s C4-5 road race for the fourth straight time for her 19th gold medal at a Paralympic Games.

Hunter Woodhall from the U.S. celebrates after winning the men's 400 m. T62 final at the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Hunter Woodhall wins Paralympic sprint title to join his wife as a gold medalist

One month after Tara Davis-Woodhall’s Olympic title in the long jump, her husband Hunter Woodhall, a double amputee, won his own Paralympic gold medal.

General view during the Blind Football Men's Semi-Final Match between Brazil and Argentina at the Eiffel Tower Stadium at dusk at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Paris, France, Thursday Sept. 5, 2024. (Adrian Dennis/OIS/IOC via AP)

2024 Paralympics schedule Sept. 7: wheelchair basketball and blind football top final weekend

It’s almost time to say goodbye. After years of planning and months of hype, the Olympic and Paralympic journey of the city of Paris is almost over as the 2024 Paralympic Games enter their final weekend.

A Christian school appeals its ban on competing after it objected to a transgender player

A Vermont Christian school that is barred from participating in the state sports league after it withdrew its girls basketball team from a playoff game because a transgender student was playing on the opposing team has taken its case to a federal appeals court.

Argentina players celebrate after winning the semifinal blind football match between Argentina and Brazil at the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Argentina ends Brazil’s dominance in blind football and advances to Paralympic final against France

The streak is over for the Brazilian men’s blind football team. The Brazilians had never lost in 20 years of Paralympic competition — until rival Argentina beat them 4-3 in a penalty shootout to reach the final.

FILE - Sarah Story of Britain competes in her women's road cycling C5 category time trial at the 2012 Paralympics games, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, at Brands Hatch motor racing circuit near London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

What to watch at the Paris Paralympics on Friday

The finish line is getting closer at the Paralympics Games with only three days of competition left. But sports fans can still feast until Sunday.

Matt Stutzman from the U.S. competes in the Mens Individual Ranking Round during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathalee Simoneau)

Athletes who have competed in multiple Paralympics say reaching equality will take more work

Before 2012, Matt Stutzman couldn’t get a job. Then, he became a Paralympian. It changed his life for the better, as it has for other veterans of the Games.

FILE - Alison Levine, a Paralympian who competes in the sport of boccia, parades with fellow athletes in the Paralympics Opening Ceremony from Team Canada in Paris, Wednesday Aug. 28, 2024. Levine and teammates are dressed in uniforms designed by Lululemon with adaptive fashion in mind. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

Fashion is slowly embracing the needs of disabled people. It’s happening for some Paralympians, too

Slowly but surely, the fashion world at large is beginning to respond to the needs of disabled people. It’s beginning to happen at the Paralympics, too.

France's Brianna Vide competes against China's Chui Yee Yu during the women's foil wheelchair fencing Category A Repechage Round 4 at the 2024 Paralympics, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Paralympics 2024: How does wheelchair fencing work?

Wheelchair fencing at the Paralympic Games is held at the Grand Palais, blending history with intense competition.

Pierre Bigot, a local sous chef, dries spinach in the kitchen of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee's High Performance Center's kitchen on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. The USOPC brought in staff from Colorado and also hired local chefs to work in the kitchen. (AP Photo/Nathalee Simoneau)

Paralympians face nuanced nutrition challenges. Dietitians seek solutions

While the basics of nutrition remain consistent, many para athletes and their dietary teams face nuanced challenges when it comes to nutrition strategy.

Palestinian athlete Fadi Aldeeb poses for a photograph outside the athletes' village at the Paralympic Games in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ciaran Fahey)

War at home is taking its toll on the only Palestinian athlete at the Paralympic Games

Fadi Aldeeb got the competing out of the way early at the Paralympic Games. He’s been using the rest of the time to talk.

FILE - Brazil's Jefinho, left, kicks the ball as Iran' goalkeeper Meysam Shojaeiyan blocks, during a men's group A preliminary soccer 5-a-side match, at the Paralympic Games event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

2024 Paralympics schedule Sept. 5: Crunch time for teams and medals handed out in 12 sports

The Paralympics Games are reaching their stretch run, as medals will be awarded in 12 sports on Thursday and tournaments get down to their last few matches.

Italy's Beatrice Maria Vio Grandis reacts after winning the women's foil wheelchair fencing bronze medal match at the 2024 Paralympics, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Italian fencing star Bebe Vio settles for bronze at Paralympic Games

Italian fencing star Bebe Vio has to be content with the bronze medal at the Paralympic Games after China’s Xiao Rong ended her dream of a third consecutive gold in wheelchair fencing.

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021 file photo, Italy's Beatrice Maria Vio, left, celebrates after winning over China's Zhou Jingjing during their the wheelchair fencing women's foil Individual category B gold medal match in Chiba, at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

2024 Paralympics schedule Sept. 4: Can Italian fencer Bebe Vio defend her title yet again?

Paralympians will compete for medals in a host of sports on the seventh day of competition at the Paralympic Games on Wednesday.

Paralympic athlete Ugo Didier, of France, celebrates at the podium after winning the Men's 400 Freestyle -S9, during the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

French fan support at Paralympics gives athletes hope for future of disability sport

Win or lose, the French fans are turning out and supporting the more than 4,000 Paralympians competing in Paris, especially their own team.

Rebecca Hart of the U.S. competes in the equestrian grade III individual event at the Palace of Versailles, taking home the gold medal at the 2024 Paralympics, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Kileigh Kane)

Hart beats Baker to Paralympic dressage gold as USA wins three equestrian medals

Rebecca Hart won the dressage gold medal aboard Floratina at the Paris Paralympics and the United States won two other equestrian medals.

Shaun Anderson of South Africa competes during the men's individual W1 quarter final para archery competition of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at Invalides, in Paris, Sunday Sept. 1, 2024. (Roger Sedres/Team South Africa via AP)

Can’t? Don’t say that to Paralympic archer Shaun Anderson

There’s one thing you should never say to South African archer Shaun Anderson. He has competed at three Paralympics following two life-altering accidents.

2024 Paralympics schedule Sept. 3: Fencers and equestrians make competition debut

On the sixth day of the Paris Paralympics, medals are at stake in wheelchair fencing, archery, athletics, equestrian, swimming, shooting, and table tennis.

Miles Krajewski, left, and Jayci Simon, from the U.S., high-five during the gold medal match against Naili Lin and Fengmei Li, from China, during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. China won the match in straight sets. (AP Photo/Avni Trivedi)

Team USA’s first para badminton medalists aim to capitalize on momentum: ‘Why not dream big?’

Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon came to Paris as the U.S.’s first para badminton players and left as the country’s first Paralympic medalists in the sport.

Australia's Ella Sabljak celebrates after winning the wheelchair rugby bronze medal match between Australia and Great Britain at the 2024 Paralympics, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Medals for women in wheelchair rugby at Paralympics, pregnant archer wins gold and triathlon begins

Ella Sabljak helped Australia win the bronze medal in wheelchair rugby at the Paris Paralympics then turned her thoughts to growing the sport.

From left, Oksana Kozyna, Svitlana Shabalina, and Oleksandr Chyrkov of Ukraine pose for a portrait at Arena Porte de La Chapelle during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Avni Trivedi)

Ukrainian badminton player chasing first Paralympic medal with an unexpected guest in the stands

Ukrainian para badminton player Oksana Kozyna was shocked when her former teacher surprised her at her first Paralympic Games.

FILE - Italy's Valentina Petrillo trains in Pieve di Cento, near Bologna, Italy, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

2024 Paralympics schedule Sept. 2: Archers, swimmers and boccia players going for gold

On the fifth day of the Paris Paralympics, medals will be handed out in eight sports. One of those is Boccia, where players throw or roll leather balls as close as they can to a small ball called a jack.

FILE - Alex Palou, of Spain, prepares to drive during a practice session for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Alex Palou survives early electrical issue to take IndyCar points lead into season finale

Alex Palou somehow recovered from a nearly catastrophic electrical issue to salvage his championship hopes Sunday in a chaotic race with IndyCar title implications at the Milwaukee Mile.

Irans's Morteza Mehrzadselakjani, fourth from right, stands with his teammates on the men's sitting volleyball team as the Iranian national anthem plays before their preliminary game against Brazil during the Paralympic Games in Paris, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. Iran won the game in straight sets. (AP Photo/Avni Trivedi)

Iranians loom over Paralympic sitting volleyball competition

With one of the world’s tallest people on the team, Iran is chasing its third Paralympic gold medal in sitting volleyball.

Chuck Aoki from the U.S. carries the ball during the U.S. vs Japan wheelchair rugby preliminary match during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has launched a new project titled “Team USA Creators” to capture behind-the-scenes content at the Paralympics. Ten total athletes and influencers were selected to attend the event, have fun and raise disability visibility. Wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki is the only athlete competing and creating at these games. (AP Photo/Avni Trivedi)

Team USA content creators raise visibility of Paralympic sport

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has launched a new project titled “Team USA Creators” to capture behind-the-scenes content at the Paralympics.

Liza Corso from the U.S., left, works her way through the pack and on to a bronze medal during the 1500 meter T13 race at the Paralympic Games in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Avni Trivedi)

American collegiate Paralympians capitalize on new marketing opportunities through NIL

This is the time when athletes in the Olympic and Paralympic Games can take advantage of their visibility during the games to make deals with sponsors to earn more income and support their training.

Catherine Debrunner, of Switzerland, celebrates after winning at Women's 5000m - T54 final at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

South Korean shooter completes medal set after gold at Paralympics

South Korean shooter Jinho Park completed a full set of Paralympic medals after winning the men’s 10-meter air rifle standing SH1 final in Paris.

An Ottobock employee works in the Ottobock repair center at the Paralympic Village in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Tom Nouvian)

Pit stops at Ottobock provide just-in-time repairs to Paralympians’ equipment

For many Paralympic athletes, equipment isn’t simply a tool for mobility, but also an extension of the self.

France's Audrey Cayol, foreground right, and Christophe Carlier attempt to block Canada's Patrick Anderson's shot, left, during the men's wheelchair basketball preliminary match between France and Canada during the Paralympic Games in Paris, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Canada won the game 83-68. (AP Photo/Avni Trivedi)

Canada and its star Patrick Anderson begin comeback in wheelchair basketball at Paralympics

Patrick Anderson has been described as the Michael Jordan of wheelchair basketball. The Canadian star is on the brink of retirement, having publicly discussed his exit from the sport following the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.

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