Tag: Paralympics
Paralympics 2024: Palesha Goverdhan delivers first-ever medal to Nepal
Like Bangladesh, Nepal has until now been part of a sporting anomaly: that of never having won a medal at the Olympic or Paralympic Games. And while the 160 million…
Paralympics: Zakia Khudadadi and refugee women blaze trails in Paris
Zakia Khudadadi, by winning a bronze medal on Thursday 29 August in para-taekwondo, has not only made history in Paralympic sport. In addition to being the first ever para-athlete to…
Paralympics: Zakia Khudadadi, Afghan refugee, became a symbol of all possibilities
This Thursday was the first day of events at the Paralympic Games. The first medals were awarded and the refugee team won its second medal in the history of the…
They have competed in the Olympic Games and will also compete in the Paralympics.
After competing in the Olympic Games, these two athletes will once again be competing in Paris for the Paralympic Games. How is this possible? For Melissa Tapper and Bruna Costa…
Archer Jean-Pierre Antonios started his career at the Paralympics | Sports in a nutshell
Archer Jean-Pierre Antonios shot 633 points in the ranking round and was 10th. The Paris Paralympics will take place from August 28 to September 8. transmits race broadcasts and follows…
Tähti and Kangasniemi carried the Finnish flag at the opening of the Paris Paralympics Sport
The opening of the Paris Paralympics kicked off the giant event late Wednesday in Paris. Finland marched at the opening of the Paralympics as the 52nd country in French alphabetical…
Tähti and Kangasniemi as Finland’s flag bearers at the opening of the Paralympics | Sports in a nutshell
Wheelchair winder Leo-Pekka Tähti and rider Laura Kangasniemi will carry the Finnish flag at the opening of the Paris Paralympics on Wednesday. The opening ceremony starts at 21:00 Finnish time…
Paralympics 2024: the costumes adapted for the performers of the opening ceremony
The Paralympic Games begin this Wednesday with the lighting of the cauldron at the end of the opening ceremony. The show will take place on the Champs-Élysées and the Place…
More than two million tickets to the Paralympics have been sold Sports in a nutshell
The Paris Paralympics start on Wednesday. According to the race organizers, ticket sales have been brisk. More than two million tickets have been sold for the Paris Paralympics, which start…
Paralympics: why athletes with intellectual disabilities are so underrepresented
The approximately 4,400 disabled athletes are preparing to participate in the 17th edition of the Paralympic Games, which are being held in Paris until September 8. Among them, those with…