She was also one of two recipients of the the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award, given to athletes who best exemplify the spirit of the Paralympics. Source: NBC Sports; Rio 2016 The Iranian sitting ...

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 ...

International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven made the announcement that the people of Rio and Brazil would be awarded the Paralympic Order during his address to the Closing Ceremony ...

Hollingsworth was speaking to ATR at British House in Rio’s Shopping Metropolitano as Paralympics GB look set to better their medal haul of 120 from four years ago at their home Games in London.

It was the perfect display of how equality in sport should look, and a message that those behind the Paralympic Games (taking place in Rio de Janeiro ... Committee, the Paralympics is powering ...

Each and every day of the 2024 Paris Paralympics, NBCOlympics.com will keep you updated with the biggest stories ... After earning four medals at the 2016 Rio Games and five in Tokyo, U.S. athletes ...

Now the Greek delegation in Rio creates moments of national pride with the achievements of the Greek athletes with disabilities.The president of the Greek Paralympic Committee George Foundoulakis ...

Masters is excited to celebrate a triumphant first day of her seventh Paralympics. The para cyclist also plans to donate a portion of her prize to “No Child Forgotten,” which aids children impacted by ...

Hong Kong swimmer Tang Wai-lok, 19, has taken gold in the Paralympic Games in Rio, winning the men’s 200 metre freestyle. Not only that but he scored a new record of one minute and 56.32 seconds ...

THERE is no doubt that the exploits of four para athletes at the Rio Paralympics last year have given the sport a much-needed boost. In Rio, Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli (men’s shot putt T20), Abdul ...