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Gold medalist Iryna Bui (center) silver medalist Oleksandra Kononova (left) and bronze medalist Liudmyla Liashenko celebrate after the women's biathlon middle distance standing event at the 2022 Winter Paralympics on Tuesday.

Ukrainian athletes are dominating the Paralympics, despite the uncertainty at home

Mar 08, 2022
They swept the podium in two separate biathlon events on Tuesday and are second in the medal count. But the troubles at home are never far from their minds.
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The 2022 Winter Olympics
People attend the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games 100 Day countdown event at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing, China, on Nov. 24, 2021.

China is a Paralympics star, but its people with disabilities face high hurdles

Feb 28, 2022
China has dominated the medal count at the last five Paralympic Games. That's in stark contrast with the low level of disability access in Chinese society.
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Peter Genyn of Team Belgium won gold in the Men's 100-meter T51 final on day 10 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

His Wheelchair Was Found Damaged Before The Race. Then He Set A Paralympic Record

Sep 04, 2021
Belgian athlete Peter Genyn says his wheelchair was damaged in an act of "pure sabotage." A team raced to fix it in time for the final, where Genyn won gold.
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Sports
Tara Davis celebrates with boyfriend and Paralympian Hunter Woodhall at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials on June 26 in Eugene, Ore.

Meet Olympic Power Couple Hunter Woodhall And Tara Davis

Aug 26, 2021
One notable member of Team USA's Paralympic delegation is Hunter Woodhall, a sprinter with two medals under his belt. His girlfriend, Tara Davis, competed in the Tokyo Olympics this summer.
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Sports
The Australian team parades around the Acqua Acetosa Ground in Rome on Sept. 18, 1960, during the opening ceremony for the Paralympic Games.

When Did The Paralympics Start? Here's A Brief History Of The Games

Aug 25, 2021
Sports for athletes with an impairment have existed for more than a century, but it wasn't until after World War II that the official Paralympics began to take shape.
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Sports
A general view of action during a New Zealand Wheelchair rugby practice session ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Yoyogi Sports Arena on August 22, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

A Record Number Of Out LGBTQ Athletes Will Compete In The Tokyo Paralympics

Aug 23, 2021
At least 28 publicly out Paralympians will be competing in the summer games in Tokyo, more than double the number that took part in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, according to the website Outsports.
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World
Tokyo's Rainbow Bridge is bathed in purple light on Thursday as part of the WeThe15 campaign. Launched ahead of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, the movement calls for an end to discrimination against people with disabilities.

More Than 125 Landmarks Around The World Will Be Bathed In Purple For A Night

Aug 19, 2021
Rome's Colosseum, the London Eye and the Empire State Building and other iconic buildings will be lit in purple on Thursday, to highlight visibility and equal treatment for people with disabilities.
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Live Updates: The Tokyo Olympics

Paralympian Medalists Will Finally Earn As Much As Olympians At The Tokyo Games

Jul 23, 2021
The USOC decision put them at parity with U.S. Olympians, who receive $37,500 for a gold medal, $22,500 for silver and $15,000 for bronze.
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Sports
Joe Delagrave (c) is co-captain of the USA Wheelchair Rugby team. The squad was practicing at a recent training camp in Birmingham, Ala. at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training site.

The Tokyo Olympics Are On — For Now — As Athletes Train Through The Uncertainty

Mar 02, 2021
The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics were delayed a year by the coronavirus pandemic. Now, there's as much uncertainty as there was a year ago. The athletes are doing their best to focus on their training.
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The Picture Show
Panos Triantafyllou (left), in his fencing uniform and mask, trains with Vasilis Ntounis, his fellow Paralympic athlete and close friend.

Greek Paralympic Fencer Hopes To Show What's Possible In A Wheelchair

Mar 01, 2020
Meet Panos Triantafyllou as he trains in Athens for this year's Paralympics, and Faidros Panagopoulos, the man behind a Greek company for custom-built wheelchairs.
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The Torch
Russia's Paralympic athletes who compete in South Korea will do so under a neutral flag, part of the team's punishment for doping infractions. Here, Russian athletes are seen in the closing ceremony of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, where the

Russia's Paralympics Team Is Banned From South Korea's Winter Games

Jan 29, 2018
If they pass scrutiny, some Russian athletes will be able to compete in a handful of sports, under a neutral flag. The Russians dominated at the last Winter Paralympics, held in Sochi.
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The Two-Way
Schoolmates give Anu, 7, hugs after she wore her new prosthetic sports blade on the playground at her school in Birmingham, England.

'Is That Your New Pink Leg?!': A Girl Is Embraced As She Shows Off Her Prosthesis

May 04, 2017
Footage of a girl wearing a new sports blade at her school in Birmingham, England, goes viral, inducing effects that range from involuntary "Awwws" to spontaneous tears.
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The Two-Way
The "Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA" network, set to launch next year, will focus on U.S. athletes and show live competitions on the path to the Olympics. Here, U.S. athletes pose during the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in August.

The Olympics, Year-Round: New TV Channel Will Come To U.S. In 2017

Dec 15, 2016
The Olympic Channel, which launched as a digital outlet after this summer's Rio Games, will become an American TV network in the second half of 2017.
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Goats and Soda
Devendra Jhajharia of India competes in the javelin throw at the 2016 Paralympic Games. The gold medal winner lost his left arm in an accident when he was 8.

What's The Secret To India's Paralympics Success?

Sep 16, 2016
Its athletes have won two golds, one silver and one bronze so far — an unexpected burst of excellence.
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The Two-Way
The China team enters the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Paralympic Games at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The games feature more than 4,300 athletes from 161 countries.

Paralympics Open in Rio Under A Financial Cloud

Sep 07, 2016
The games featuring disabled athletes required last-minute help from the Brazilian government and a surge of ticket sales to ensure the event's financial viability.
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The Torch
Bronze medalists Jennifer Schuble (right), Sam Kavanagh (center) and Joseph Berenyi of the United States stand on the podium for the Mixed C1 to 5 cycling team sprint finals at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

A Paralympian Cyclist Gears Up For Rio

Sep 01, 2016
Nearly 300 Americans are heading to Rio de Janiero to compete in the Paralympics that begin Sept. 7. For Jennifer Schuble, it's her third time and the cyclist hopes to win gold yet again.
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The Torch
International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven, speaking at a news conference in Rio on Friday, said there would be cutbacks to next month's Paralympic Games in Brazil. Up to 10 countries may not be able to participate, he said.

Paralympic Games Face Cutbacks Due To Brazil's Financial Woes

Aug 19, 2016
The Paralympics Committee says up to 10 countries may not be able to send athletes as planned. The committee is working with the Brazilian government to secure more money before the games next month.
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The Torch
Sir Philip Craven, president of the International Paralympic Committee, announces Sunday that the entire Russian Paralympic team will be barred from next month's games in Rio de Janeiro. "The anti-doping system in Russia is broken," he said.

Russia's Entire Paralympic Team Is Banned In Doping Scandal

Aug 07, 2016
Russia's para-athletes were caught up in the same scandal as the country's Olympic team. "The anti-doping system in Russia is broken," says the head of the International Paralympic Committee.
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The Torch
Russian President Vladimir Putin (front and center in dark suit) meets the country's Paralympic team in Moscow after it returned from the London Paralympic Games in 2012. The International Paralympic Committee plans to announce Sunday whether Russia's pa

Will Russia's Paralympic Team Be Banned In Doping Scandal?

Aug 06, 2016
The International Paralympic Committee will announce its decision Sunday. Some media reports say that the entire Russian squad is likely to be barred.
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The Torch
Runners compete in the marathon at the 2012 Paralympics in London. The International Paralympic Committee said Friday it is investigating reports of widespread doping among Russia's disabled athletes and is considering banning the entire Russian team fro

Now Russia's Paralympic Athletes May Be Banned Amid Signs Of Doping

Jul 22, 2016
The Paralympic Committee said it's investigating 35 "disappearing positive samples" among disabled Russian athletes. The committee plans to announce by Aug. 1 whether it will ban Russia.
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Goats and Soda
Rio has hosted competitions that include athletes with physical impairments (above: the open water swim at Copacobana beach for the Rei e Rainha do Mar). But there's never been an event on the scale of the Paralympics.

On A Scale Of 1 To 10, Brazil Gets A Zero For Disability Access

Apr 08, 2015
Brazil is hosting not just the Olympics in 2016 but also the Paralympics. And activists for the disabled say Rio de Janeiro has a long and potholed road ahead of it to get ready for the games.
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Paralympian Marlon Shirley Never Stopped Competing

Sep 12, 2012
Marlon Shirley says missing a leg never stopped him from wanting to compete at a higher level. Shirley is the previous world record holder in the 100-meter amputee race.
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Paralympic Skier Ricci Kilgore-Ailes

Mar 15, 2010
Ricci Kilgore was 19 and aiming for the Summer Olympics in pole vault, when a car accident crushed that dream. But that didn't stop Ricci.
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