Paralympics


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An international multi-sport event in which participants are elite athletes with physical or visual impairments including paraplegia and quadriplegia, amputations, and cerebral palsy

Paralympics

Sports medicine An international sports competition in which participants are elite athletes with physical or visual impairments, representing 4 intl federations for the blind, paraplegics and quadriplegics, amputees, people with cerebral palsy. Cf Special Olympics.
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'There are very important Paralympics qualifiers taking place in the coming months but we fear we would not be able send our teams for these events as PBSF is suffering from severe financial crunch,' PBSF President Ch.
PBSF in desperate need of sponsorship for Paralympics qualifiers
"Exactly one year is left for the Paralympics. It is a big milestone for the players.
App launched to help Paralympians to look up accessible places in Tokyo
A decade later at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, Jhajharia won a second gold in the same event- bettering his own world record with a throw of 63.97 metres.
Paralympics: Jhajharia wants to make it a hat-trick in Tokyo
Paralympics, Gateway to Gold is a nationwide athlete identification and development strategy that introduces Americans with Paralympic-eligible impairments to Paralympic sport and leads them into the athlete pipeline for the U.S.
GLASA Hosts Clinic for U.S. Paralympic Track and Field Hopefuls
Nobody could win with the performance I gave in the second round," she said after finishing the race.Despite proving she is the most versatile, visually impaired female skier in the world, and despite having a total of nine gold medals from several winter Paralympics, Farkasova was disappointed.
Slovakia has its historically most successful Paralympics
"They should take the opportunity as Paralympics hosts to increase the number of wheelchair accessible vehicles in their public transport.
PyeongChang Paralympics less accessible to wheelchair users
The Paralympics teams are mixed, unlike at the Olympics where there are separate male and female teams.
'Wheelchairs curling, more cooler!' says Mr. T
The Paralympics offers athletes with disabilities worldwide to compete in a sporting event equivalent to the Olympics.
The Inspiring Athletes Of The Paralympics
The 32-year-old from Bangor became the first British skier to take gold at either an Olympics or Paralympics when she won the Super-G event for the visually impaired at Sochi 2014.
Kelly back for more
The 2014 Sochi Paralympics had previously been the biggest, with 547 athletes from 45 countries.
Pyeongchang to host largest Winter Paralympics
It may be a shot with a slim chance of even hitting the rim, but the Pilipinas Warriors are setting their sights on a Paralympics stint.
Pilipinas Warriors set sights on Paralympics
An Iranian cyclist participating in the Paralympics died Saturday of a heart attack he suffered after a crash during the cycling road race.
Iran cyclist dies at Paralympics

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