I can’t help but feel delighted about Oscar Pistorius’s victory in the Men’s 400m T44 Final last night. I actually confess to feeling nervous before the start, which is when I realised how much I personally wanted him to win. The original “Blade Runner” has been such a fantastic ambassador for the Paralympic movement and [...]
By: “Gayle Falkenthal for Communities at WashingtonTimes.com” South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius provided the grand finale to a glorious 10 days of competition at the 2012 London Paralympic Games Saturday with a world record winning time in his signature event, the men’s 400 meter T44 final. It’s been a dream Games for Pistorius, the unofficial [...]
By Cole Moreton for London 2012 The thrilling achievements of the Paralympians have caused us to see them as role models, not victims. They have changed our lives. I was on my feet in the Olympic stadium, yelling at the top of my voice, when I thought of her. Sharon, a friend from a long [...]
From The Mirror – Sport ‘Britain’s Usain Bolt’ blitzed past his rivals, including South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius, to roars from the capacity crowd. Golden boy Jonnie Peacock sprinted into the history books last night when he won 100m gold. The 19-year-old – dubbed Britain’s Usain Bolt – blitzed past his rivals, including South Africa’s Oscar [...]
By Jacquelin Magnay – Olympic Stadium Jonnie Peacock was so stunned when he crossed the finish line of the Paralympic amputee 100 metres final he looked immediately to the scoreboard for confirmation. Had he really just demolished a class field including the former world record holder Oscar Pistorius, young gun Blake Leeper and the 200m victor [...]
From The Wall Street Journal – September 4th LONDON—Standing outside the Paralympics table-tennis arena at the ExCel Centre here Sunday, spectator Andrew Ure said he’d been enjoying the games, but also had “a lot of questions about it in my mind.” For instance, what’s the difference between class 32 and 34 in athletics? In the [...]
Here is a link to the San Francisco Chronicle for an amazing selection of images showing highlights from Day 4 of the Paralympic Games including this cracker of Australia’s Kelly Cartwright competing in the Women’s Long Jump F42/44. These links tend to be short-lived so please let me know if you hit a blank page!
From CBS News Having spent years fighting for the right to race his own blades, Oscar Pistorius is now complaining about a rival’s artificial limbs after a stunning loss at the London Paralympics on Sunday. The “Blade Runner” had never been beaten over 200 meters in Paralympic competition until Brazilian sprinter Alan Oliveira came storming [...]
I confess to being bamboozled by some of the categorisation used in the Paralympics so, for those as confused as me, here is the BBC Sport A-Z of Paralympic Classification with more information thrown in for good measure!: The 2012 Paralympics in London involves 20 sports but not all disability categories can compete in each [...]
By: Laura Smith-Spark for CNN – 2/9/2012 London (CNN) — A day after setting a world record in the 200 meters qualifying heat, South African double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius goes for the gold in the event final at the London Paralympics on Sunday. He’ll face a number of capable challengers, including other top qualifiers Brazilian [...]
Here, courtesy of Huff Post Sports, The Internet Newspaper, is a wonderful selection of images taken at the London 2012 Paralympic Games inclucing this gem of Richard Whitehead celebrating after his amazing victory in the men’s 200m T42 Final. Please click HERE for the link to see more. (You’ll need to scroll down the page [...]
When the faces of the people who died in the 7 July bomb attacks in London were broadcast the world over, during the Olympic Opening Ceremony, Martine Wright could have been forgiven for shuddering. She came closer than most to being in that sad roll of honour. On that day seven years ago she had [...]
Well – we’re off! They’ve started. After a phenomenal Opening Ceremony the London 2012 Paralympic Games is under way. We’d love to hear your thoughts about the ceremony. What did you think? How did it compare to the Olympics Opening Ceremony? Here, courtesy of CNN, is a link to some pictures from the ceremony for [...]
MILLBROOK — The first time Donna Ponessa’s equestrian coach, Wes Dunham, saw her on a horse about two years ago, he told her to sit up straighter. Ponessa, who has multiple sclerosis and is paralyzed from the chest down, said she didn’t think she could ride unless she hunched slightly forward. “I can’t breathe if [...]
Monday, 09 January 2012 By Tom Degun January 9 – Visually impaired Northern Ireland sprinter Jason Smyth (pictured) has vowed never to turn his back on the Paralympics despite the fact that he is closing in on a place at the London 2012 Olympics. The 24-year-old from Derry announced himself to the world by claiming [...]
By Elizabeth Hudson BBC Paralympic sports reporter On 21 January 2008, American teenager Mallory Weggemann’s life changed forever. Two months short of her 19th birthday, she walked into a clinic in her native Minnesota for the third of three epidurals to help ease the back pain she had been suffering. But something went wrong with [...]
Thursday, 05 January 2012 By Tom Degun January 5 – Representatives from the British Paralympic Association (BPA) have returned from their first official visit to Rio de Janeiro as part of their preparation for the 2016 Paralympic Games. The delegation, led by BPA performance director Penny Briscoe, travelled to the future host city to scout [...]
By Ashlee Tulloch Bryall McPherson was a promising young tennis player, until circumstances forced her to hang up her racquet four years ago. Now she is making waves as a world class swimmer. If she is not in the pool training six times a week, McPherson is studying at university, hip-hop dancing or line umpiring [...]
Jerome Singleton says that his 100m showdown with Oscar Pistorius will be a highlight of the London Paralympics. The American sprinter beat the South African double amputee at last year’s World Championships in New Zealand. He is now hoping to do the same again in the Paralympic final on 6 September. “It’s going to be [...]
SOLDIER Nick Beighton, who lost both legs in an explosion while on patrol in Afghanistan, is dreaming of Paralympic glory as he chases a place in the Great British rowing team. Captain Beighton, of Radbrook Green in Shrewsbury, was injured in a blast in the notorious Helmand province in October 2009. But after being encouraged [...]
TWO years ago he had his leg amputated – now he plays tennis for Britain and will carry the Olympic torch next year. Edward Holt, 19, of Waltham, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma – a rare cancerous tumour that affects teenagers. He spent a full year in hospital having chemotherapy and on New Year’s Eve, 2010, [...]
When an Ontario woman was severely injured in a car crash, she returned to horseback riding as a means to recover from the traumatizing ordeal. Now Jody Schloss has advanced her passion to the equestrian world’s biggest stage as a member of Canada’s Paralympic equestrian team. “I have been riding since I was 11. It’s [...]
WITH 2012 just around the corner, two of Kirkby’s Paralympic hopefuls are busy preparing to make waves for Britain at next year’s Games. Sam and Oliver Hynd both hope to represent their nation at the London Paralympics, with both brothers under very different pressures to achieve success. As part of their build-up to what the [...]
A TEENAGE swimmer has received a big boost in her efforts to become a Paralympic gold medallist. Rebecca Lawes was awarded a grant from the disability charity Papworth Trust to help her train for the Rio games in 2016. The 18-year-old Impington Village College sixth-former was born with cerebral palsy and has moderate learning difficulties. [...]
Monique van der Vorst, 27, has completed an amazing athletic transformation from Paralympic athlete to road racing cyclist with the top Rabobank women’s professional team. Van der Vorst lost the use of her legs as a teenager in an operation to her ankle that went terribly wrong. At the time of her recovery she was introduced [...]
By Tom Degun December 4 – The London 2012 Paralympic Games have received a major funding boost after the National Lottery confirmed their grant of £66 million ($103 million/€77 million) for the competition as part of the overall Public Sector Funding package. As part of the public funds already agreed in the bid commitment, the [...]
LESS than a quarter of disabled people and just 11 per cent of Britons overall are excited about the Paralympics, a poll has shown. Apathy towards the Games is rife, according to the ComRes poll commissioned by disability charity Scope, with less than a third of disabled Britons and 18 per cent of the nation [...]
Different in her own way, Jessica may be small but she is a huge inspiration… **************************************************** SCHOOLGIRL Jessica Rogers is determined to swim in the Paralympics – despite being approximately 2ft tall. The determined 14-year-old was born with a rare condition that left her with no lower spine and meant her legs had to be [...]
Published on Monday 14 November 2011 09:51 A DISABLED rider who trains out of stables in Papplewick has become a world and European equestrian champion — after overcoming an allergy to horses! Sophie Wells (21), who rides from the Angela Weiss Stables on Mansfield Road, now has her sights set on the Paralympic Games. In [...]
By Stuart Bathgate Published on Tuesday 15 November 2011 00:00 Blind sprinter is determined to win gold SPRINTERS do not tend to reach their peak until their late 20s, but at 21, Libby Clegg is already a world champion and among the favourites to win 100 metres gold in London next summer. If she keeps [...]
DBF: This is surely what the Paralympics should be all about? PARALYMPICS: Disabled schoolchildren in and around the Borders have been enjoying recent Paralympic festivals, having been given the opportunity to try out a variety of different sports. Two events for children with learning, sensory and physical disabilities have already taken place – at Queens [...]
TWO OLYMPIC-inspired events in South Holland have been awarded grant funding. The Ruby Hunt Centre in Donington and the Big Bloomers group in Sutton Bridge shared almost £300 from a cash pot set up to fund projects inspired by next year’s Olympic and Paralympic games in London. The Ruby Hunt has been given £125 for [...]
From the Wiltshire Times WARMINSTER teenager Jack Wiskin was the toast of Twickenham last week after being honoured for his sporting achievements in 2011 at the Aviva School Sport Matters Awards. The 16-year-old Larkrise School pupil was highly commended in the Excellence in Disabled Sport category and received his award from Paralympic gold medallist Danny [...]
A SUPERMARKET in South Shields is backing a teenage swimming sensation as he bids to achieve his Olympic dream. Matthew Wylie, 15, is hoping to compete in next year’s London Paralympics. The teenager, who has cerebral palsy, has been selected to be part of Asda’s Sporting Chance programme – and is now its Athlete of [...]
From the Buck Free Press BEACONSFIELD goalball ace Anna Sharkey admits Britain’s participation at next year’s Paralympics is out of the team’s hands. Sharkey and her British teammates were desperate for a good performance at the recent European Championships to support their bid for a host nation place at next year’s Games. But ninth out [...]
A PARALYMPIC and Olympic inspired swimming gala will take place in Sleaford next year thanks to grant funding. The University of the Third Age (U3A) has been awarded £120 to run an Olympic Swimming Gala after receiving £120 to hire a swimming pool for the event to be held in April 2012. The gala will [...]
Larne borough has been chosen to host the Olympic Flame in the run-up to the 2012 Games in London. The flame will pass through Glynn, Larne town, Drains Bay, Ballygally, Glenarm and Carnlough on Sunday, June 3 and the Games organisers are encouraging local people to plan ahead to become involved in the UK-wide event. [...]
By Ian Morgan – Hereford Times JOSIE Pearson is making a track-and-field bid for a Great Britain place at next year’s Paralympics in London. The 25-year-old has taken up the discus and thrown just 12 centimetres short of a world record. “I started to do some throwing at the beginning of the summer and threw [...]
Published on Wednesday 9 November 2011 16:10 A FORMER professional footballer from Milton Keynes is in with a chance of making a Great Britain Paralympics football team for London 2012 – five years after suffering extensive head injuries in an horrific car crash that killed one of his friends. And he’s doing it without being [...]
SIMON MUNN is a big man – in or out of his wheelchair. And that is one of the main reasons why the British basketball team picked him for the Paralympics in the first place 19 years ago. As London 2012 creeps closer, Munn is now heading for his sixth Paralympic Games in a team [...]
“I sort of feel like I deserve to be here,” muses Martine Wright, before pausing, steeling herself and starting again. “I definitely feel like I’m meant to be here.” The conviction in her voice is arresting and a slightly fragile self-assurance makes her story riveting even in the mouth of the dullest teller. “Here” for [...]
Words by Jeff Schmuck Switchback Entertainment’s Mike Douglas and Jeff Thomas, producers of Salomon Freeski TV, are proud to present the short version of their critically acclaimed film, The Freedom Chair. The Freedom Chair, which just last week won Best Mountain Sports Film at the Banff Mountain Film Festival, documents the trials, tribulations and triumphs [...]
A PARALYMPIC hero has launched an Olympic inspired programme to encourage youngsters to fulfil their potential. Be the Best you can Be! was kick started at Galleywood Youth Centre by former Paralympic champion, Danny Crates. The initiative has been developed to inspire young people to recognise and fulfil their potential and supports the London 2012 [...]
* Please click HERE to see a slideshow of the 12 designs * The London 2012 Olympic Committee unveiled its 12 official Olympic and Paralympic posters, created by the UK’s top contemporary artists. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) commissioned 12 artists (six for the Olympics and six for the [...]
Jewelry designer Lin Cheung evokes Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, with textured imagery. By: Belinda Lanks – Senior Editor at Co.Design Historically, Olympic medals haven’t been the medium of daring, Olympic-caliber design. Take Omer Arbel’s design for the 2010 Vancouver Games. Originally, he proposed a two-piece medal, which would be held together by concealed [...]
November 07, 2011 5:27 PM BRIAN GOMEZ THE GAZETTE Allison Jones sat on the track of the velodrome that will be used for the 2012 Paralympics in London. For a few captivating moments, she saw herself at the starting line, she heard the roar of the frenzied crowd and she got a glimpse of herself [...]
Written by Shannon Quirk 1998 set precedent for snowboarders worldwide when it landed a spot as an Olympic sport. Over ten years later, the fight today is by a select group of athletes trying to prove their worthiness of a medal, in the Paralympics. Over 600 million people worldwide struggle with physical disabilities — it [...]
By Ryan Bangs, Sportsbeat SCOTT Moorhouse fell literally flat on his face during his first competitive foray into sprinting - but he has no shame in concentrating just on the javelin from now as a result. The 22-year-old took to the 100m starting blocks for the first time ever at the CP National Championships last [...]
Not much startles the Australian wheelchair rugby team – that helps when playing a sport affectionately known as “Murderball”. But the side dubbed the Steelers were left feeling very anxious indeed when Qantas grounded their fleet, threatening to turn their Paralympic dream into a nightmare. Much to their relief, their flight to Seoul on Wednesday [...]
Para-Equestrians bidding to compete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games can now apply for funding as part of a brand new grant scheme to help with training expenses. Eurovestech plc, the pan-European development capital fund, has put up a €25,500 grant to support 15 equestrian athletes around the world as they prepare for London 2012. [...]
Nearly one in seven people is disabled, according to a new international survey from the World Health Organization and the World Bank — and today, more and more individuals with disabilities — physical, intellectual and others — are doing things that would not have been thought possible in previous generations. Damain Lopez Alfonso is a talented cyclist [...]
With less than 1000 days to go before the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, one of Russia’s top paralympians, swimmer Olesya Vladykina, is using her incredible life-story to inspire others to overcome their disabilities. Olesya Vladykina struck gold, and set a new world record in the women’s 100 meter breaststroke at the 2008 Paralympic Games [...]
Published on Tuesday 7 June 2011 08:56 DEWSBURY wheelchair basketballer Peter Finbow is the first to admit that Great Britain’s revenge mission didn’t go to plan at the BT Paralympic World Cup – but he’s still convinced it will be accomplished come September’s European Championships. The 35-year-old underwent two shoulder operations in 2009 and as [...]
May 30 2011 Lisa Adams LOVE made Kirsty Wallace determined to walk down the aisle at her wedding after being paralysed from the waist down in a horrific accident. And it was that same determination that made her a star of the Team GB wheelchair basketball team that won the World Cup last week. Now, the [...]
Dorchester middle-distance runner Paul Blake insists his pursuit of London 2012 glory has not been blown off course despite a fifth-place finish on his BT Paralympic World Cup debut. The 21-year-old made an explosive start to 2011, grabbing 400m gold and 800m silver at the IPC World Championships in New Zealand in January but in [...]
MANSFIELD swimmer Charlotte Henshaw insists she’s taking nothing for granted despite striking a major psychological blow ahead of the European Championships in Berlin. The 24-year-old grabbed 100m breaststroke gold at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, seeing off a top-quality field in the process. Henshaw touched home in 1:39.33 minutes, ahead of Paralympic gold [...]
Tuesday, 31 May 2011 By: Tom Degun A week-long stay in Manchester recently saw me spend the majority of my time holed away in the cosy media centre at the BT Paralympic World Cup. But one wet and windy morning, which to me appears to me to be the norm for Mancunians, saw me venture [...]
CORSHAM swimmer Steph Millward is ready to take on Europe’s best after BT Paralympic World Cup glory in Manchester. Millward lit up the final day of competition as she claimed gold in the 100m backstroke in 1:11.13 ahead of Australian Ellie Cole and compatriots Louise Watkin and Claire Cashmore. And she followed that up with [...]
Published on Wednesday 1 June 2011 08:03 FYLDE flyer Shelly Woods will be picture perfect for the London 2012 Paralympics. The 24-year-old wheelchair racer, from St Annes, is set to pose for young artists during drawing classes set up to mark the 2012 Games. The free three-day summer school will be held for 14 to [...]
A Warwickshire paralympic dressage hopeful has told of her delight at finding a new horse to train with, after her own became lame. Ruth MacCarthy, 26, of Wellesbourne, has been unable to train for the 2012 Games since January after her horse Whisper ruptured a ligament. An owner has now given her his horse on [...]
An amputee who was encouraged by a Paralympic star to fulfil her dreams of running again finally got to meet her hero. Danielle Bradshaw, 12, who had her damaged leg amputated last year set her sights on competing at the Rio Games in 2016 after hearing about Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius. The schoolgirl met the [...]
Great Britain’s women cruised to their first BT Paralympic World Cup title with a 63-52 victory over Germany in Manchester. Britain, including Haverhill’s Caroline Maclean, busted open the game late in the second quarter when they used an 8-0 run to go 36-21 up at the break, and they never looked back against a team [...]
The GB men’s wheelchair basketball team secured the bronze medal at the BT Paralympic World Cup, defeating Brazil by 63-43 in the third place play-off. By Gareth A Davies They undoubtedly missed veteran playmaker Jon Pollock, who was sidelined three days before the event with a shoulder injury. Teenager Harry Brown was drafted in to [...]
Sprinter Oscar Pistorius ran his fastest time in a new BT Paralympic World Cup 400m record time at the Manchester Regional Athletics track at Sport City. Fast, but not fast enough for his Olympic and Paralympic dual dream next year. By Gareth A Davies Rain on Thursday night was replaced by strong gusts on Friday, [...]
In 2012 blade runner Oscar Pistorius aims to make history by becoming the first disabled athlete to compete in both Olympic and Paralympic Games. Keme Nzerem went to meet him. With a clutch of gold medals to his name South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is known as the blade runner. Oscar Pistorius was born 24 [...]
DEAN Miller is looking forward to testing himself against the very best when he competes in the Paralympic World Cup tomorrow. London 2012 hopeful Miller will race in the 800m (T36 and T37 combined class) in front of Channel 4 TV cameras in Manchester – and he knows it’s going to be a difficult challenge. [...]
The GB men’s Wheelchair Basketball team secured the bronze medal at the BT Paralympic World Cup, defeating Brazil by 63-43. The home team started out slowly and trailed throughout the first quarter. But they came out fighting in the second quarter and took the lead in the first two minutes. Terry Bywater had a great [...]
KIDDERMINSTER’S Paralympic swimming star Claire Cashmore describes the past month as the worst of her life as her time at university comes to a close and can’t wait for a stress-free summer in comparison – starting now. The 22-year-old has been in good form in the pool so far this year, scooping double bronze at [...]
The South African ‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius is hoping to sprint his way closer to achieving his Olympic dream when he competes in Manchester today. The double leg amputee is taking part in the BT Paralympic World Cup, an event in which he is unbeaten since it began in 2005. But it is the Olympic [...]
There was the feeling of a coming of age about this victory for Great Britain women’s wheelchair basketball team, crowned champions of the BT Paralympic World Cup for the first time today. They thumped Germany 63-52 in the final. By Gareth A Davies It was not the margin, but the manner of victory that was [...]
Organisers are determined that London’s other 2012 Games will engage the public and bring the athletes deserved recognition What does the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester this week have to do with a pop concert on London’s Clapham Common featuring the girl group The Saturdays? Improbably enough, they represent different strands of a concerted attempt [...]
By Gerard Meagher NEWQUAY swimmer Jonathan Fox has been smashing records left, right and centre of late – and he’s vowed to break new ground at this summer’s European Championships in Berlin. The 19-year-old has rewritten the record books in the 50m and 100m backstroke events in recent months and has the world best for [...]
The South African, known as the ‘Blade Runner’, is hoping to educate people about disability while continuing his journey to the London 2012 Games A lean and sculpted Oscar Pistorius politely pushes aside a breakfast basket piled high with croissants and pastries. He stretches out his legs for the day and gazes at the London [...]
CHARLOTTE Henshaw’s three-way tussle for 100m breaststroke supremacy is set for another twist at the BT Paralympic World Cup – and the Mansfield swimmer is relishing the battle. The 24-year-old has had her fair share of ups and downs so far in her career, as she slugs it out with fellow Brit Liz Johnson and [...]
Great Britain women suffered their first defeat at the BT Paralympic World Cup as they were edged out 43-42 by Japan. Britain had led almost the entire game, but after Mari Amimoto put Japan on top with three minutes to go, Britain missed a handful of chances to reply and went down to their first [...]
Ireland has announced its team for the IPC Swimming European Championship which will takes place from 3 -10 July in Berlin. The nine strong team features many swimmers who will not only be hoping to challenge for medals in the German capital but also qualify for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. David Malone, Ireland Team [...]
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius is preparing for London 2012 with hopes to compete in the main 2012 games as well as the Paralympics. Consistently clocking times below the “A” standard is the goal for Pistorius as he eyes up qualification for next year’s London Olympics. The 24-year-old, who has four Paralympic titles to his [...]
As British Paralympic stars compete in the World Cup, one basketball player, who is an amputee, tells Channel 4 News why life is “easier” for him than soldiers who have lost their legs in war zones. More than 240 athletes from 34 countries are competing in this week’s BT Paralympic World Cup, including “blade-runner” Oscar [...]
Croatia’s double World champion swimmer Mihovil Spanja says his rivalries with Great Britain’s Jonathan Fox and Germany’s Christoph Burkhard are one of his main driving forces in the pool. At July’s International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming European Championships in Berlin and this week’s BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, the 27 year old Croat will [...]
By Gerard Meagher, Sportsbeat, in Manchester HELEN Freeman fired Great Britain to their second straight victory at the BT Paralympic World Cup – this time seeing off world silver medallists Germany in style in Manchester. ON FIRE: Great Britain head coach Garry Peel talks to his side during their impressive victory over Germany at the [...]
By Gerard Meagher, Sportsbeat SITTING volleyball player Charlie Walker has called on the British public to look beyond the sun and sand at London 2012 – suggesting his sport is among the hidden gems of the Paralympics. At Beijing 2008, Great Britain didn’t even enter the sitting volleyball competition but thanks to UK Sport investment [...]
By: Gareth A Davies Great Britain’s women got their 2011 BT Paralympic World Cup wheelchair basketball campaign off to a fantastic start with victory over Canada but their male counterparts had a frustrating opener with defeat at the hands of France. The women had a storming opening game with a 47-43 victory; an important result [...]
AS a Geography and Sports Science student, Emma Hollis knows her way around the world – but the thing she wants most is waiting just a stone’s throw away in the Olympic Park. Hollis, 19, who is in her first year at Loughborough University, can pretty much see the London 2012 Aquatics Centre, where she [...]
Paralympic gold medallist and world-record holder Oscar Pistorius today visited the Olympic Stadium to see for himself where he may be competing in under 500 days time. Oscar Pistorius, a BT Ambassador, was given a tour of the Olympic Stadium ahead of his appearance at the BT Paralympic World Cup which starts today. Oscar Pistorius, [...]
By: Gareth A Davies Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee sprinter, is convinced he will achieve the International Association of Athletics Federation’s crucial 400 metres qualifying time for the World Championships within a month. Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee sprinter, is convinced he will achieve the International Association of Athletics Federation’s crucial 400 metres qualifying time for [...]
BOCCIA isn’t the first disability sport that springs to everyone’s mind, but after strutting his stuff at the BT Paralympic World Cup Swansea’s David Smith believes all that will change. The 22-year-old has already built an impressive trophy cabinet despite his young years, none more so cherished than his team gold won at the 2008 Beijing [...]
The GB women got their 2011 BT Paralympic World Cup off to a fantastic start with victory over Canada but GB men had a frustrating opener with defeat at the hands of France. The women had a storming opening game with a 47-43 win over Canada; an important result against a team seeded three places [...]
Great Britain’s Paralympic and World Champion swimmer Eleanor Simmonds is set for a summer of testing examinations both in and out of the pool – sitting her school exams in Spain before defending her European titles in Berlin, Germany in early July. The 16 year old from Walsall, who is currently in Majorca on a [...]
By: Gareth A Davies Gareth A Davies has been a sports journalist for The Daily Telegraph since 1993. He is Boxing and MMA Correspondent. Has been intrigued by fight and combat sports from a young age. Personal sporting passions are rugby, cricket, and martial arts. Also covers the Paralympic Games. Hates getting his hair cut. [...]
WITH wedding bells still ringing in her ears, Kirsty Wallace will be hoping to make it a double celebration later this month when she makes her international wheelchair basketball debut at the BT Paralympic World Cup. Wallace will be making her first appearance as part of a 12-strong Great Britain women’s team that will take [...]
The seventh annual BT Paralympic World Cup was launched today as members of the GB Wheelchair Basketball men’s and women’s teams took over the Manchester Arndale Centre to stage a celebrity demonstration event. Over the coming week, 23-28 May, some of the world’s best elite Paralympic athletes will descend on Manchester for the BT Paralympic [...]
Published Date: 21 May 2011 By Gerard Meagher EDINBURGH sprinter Libby Clegg believes this month’s BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester offers the perfect opportunity to prove she can secure double gold at London 2012 next year. Clegg, 20, has been steadily rising through the ranks since claiming 100m silver at the 2008 Paralympics in [...]
TWO-time Paralympic gold medallist Nigel Murray is the first to admit that boccia is not exactly the sexiest of sports – but he’s vowed to get the British public’s juices flowing at London 2012. The 46-year-old has a trophy cabinet brimming with major honours, including world and European gold medals, while he recently took his [...]
BEN RUSHGROVE believes he will have a target on his back at the BT Paralympic World Cup – but he insists he won’t be running scared. WANTED MAN: Ben Rushgrove knows his rivals will be out to get one over on him at the BT Paralympic World Cup The 23-year-old will return to the track for the [...]
GREAT BRITAIN rugby league legend Martin Offiah has swapped his boots for wheels in Manchester to launch the BT Paralympic World Cup. The 45-year-old got his chance to take part in an exhibition wheelchair basketball match at the Arndale Centre where the Paralympic World Cup kicks off for real next week. He was joined by Channel 4′s That [...]
By Kevin McCallum 12:08PM BST 22 May 2011 Oscar Pistorius opens the sliding doors of a room in his house in the east of Pretoria, whistles and all hell breaks loose. Pistorius has shown that while two legs may be good, no legs are better for him. Yet in his house, four legs rule the [...]
Duncan White meets the swimmer and the former coal-miner who are on course to make a splash in London Going into my first final in Beijing, the nerves hit me so bad. I was 13 and it was my first final of the Paralympics, in the Individual Medley. I turned to Billy and said: ‘Why [...]
Jonathan Liew tries his hand at boccia and meets his match in Beijing gold medallist Zoe Robinson. Of all the sports that have, at some stage or another, managed to sweet-talk their way on to the Olympic programme, one of the oddest was ‘Indian clubs’. A gymnastics event that required its participants to swing two [...]
Haverhill wheelchair basketball player Caroline Maclean believes Great Britain are more than capable of bringing an end to their European bronze age – and with London 2012 just a year away, she thinks there’s no time like the present. The 36-year-old is set to compete in her fourth Paralympics in the capital next year, hoping [...]
Gareth A Davies reveals how a train accident helped to turn Nathan Stephens into an international athlete Barrie and Helen Stephens always look skywards and thank the Lord, come April 11 every year. It happens to be the birthday of their son, Nathan Stephens, a 23-year-old with the potential to become a superstar at the [...]
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