After initially announcing that the Afghanistan Paralympic Committee couldn’t secure the safe departure of two athletes from Kabul, developments in recent days made it happen.
The first-time Paralympian, a 20-year-old who was diagnosed with autism as a young boy, set a world record in the preliminary round.
“My life’s not about winning, it’s about taking on new challenges like I did with triathlon,” Snyder said.
The Egyptian player has no arms but that didn't stop him from mastering the sport.
Hearing about the sport and experiencing it first hand, it was hard not to get pulled in by the appeal of a sport which is truly...
Rapid-fire pronouncements in a variety of languages offered clues about the tactics and second-by-second evaluations from coaches.
The vision-impaired Karasawa explained: “The fellow runner is the eyes of the athlete and the strategic brain, making his role an important one for how to...
What the Paralympics seek from spectators is the rejection of prejudice and the awakening of a sense of social harmony.
The 40-year-old from Amman who owns a pair of silver medals from 2008 and 2016, raises his profile with victory in the men’s under-49 kg final.
Class 3.0 player Daisuke Ikezaki scores 24 tries to power gold-medal hopeful Japan.
Fond of competition, Greco told Paralympics Australia in 2019 that her favorite quote is the following: “You don’t know what you’re capable of until you’re in...
The fast-paced sport, featuring established stars and promising challengers, provided plenty of excitement on the first day of competition.