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Hunan hosts inaugural wheelchair marathon

102 participants take part in the inaugural wheelchair marathon hosted by Central China's Hunan province on Thursday in Wulingyuan, a World Natural Heritage site in Zhangjiajie. They propelled their manual wheelchairs along a 5-kilometer route. [Xinhua] 102...

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New lengths for Low in Nottwil

The Swiss rain failed to dampen Australian Vanessa Low’s ambitions as she registered a massive world lead of 5.26m in the women’s long jump T61 on Saturday at the Nottwil Grand Prix. Low, who leapt a world record of 5.05m at the Dubai Grand Prix earlier this year,...

IOC releases Evaluation Commission 2026 report

One month ahead of the host city election, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released the report by the Evaluation Commission for 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games which featured IPC Governing Board member Muffy Davis. The report provides a thorough...

Romanchuk and Lakatos re-write record books

Top wheelchair racers Daniel Romanchuk and Brent Lakatos re-wrote the record books at the Nottwil Grand Prix on Sunday, rounding off the Swiss meeting in spectacular style. USA’s Romanchuk knocked more than 0.5 seconds off his previous world record in the men’s 5000m...

Ukraine close Poznan World Cup strong

Serhii Yemelianov continued his reign as the undisputed king of the men’s KL3 and New Zealand’s Scott Martlew broke through for his first major international gold on the final day of the Para Canoe World Cup in Poznan, Poland, on Saturday. Ukraine’s Rio 2016 gold...

Jorge Lanzagorta talks blind football and films

Mexico’s national blind football team captain Jorge Lanzagorta has been on an incredible journey in a short period of time. But as well as being one of his team’s most prolific players, Lanzagorta is also a celebrated filmmaker. With a degree in communications, the...

Sara Andres leaps to world record at L’Hospitalet

Double world bronze medallist Sara Andres set a new long jump world record on Sunday, one of a number of impressive performances at the annual L’Hospitalet meeting near Barcelona. The 32-year-old, who competes in the T62 class established last year, leapt 3.97m to...

Great Britain surprise wheelchair rugby winners

Great Britain recorded one of their most impressive wheelchair rugby victories, seeing off the world’s three top-ranked teams to win the Four Nations in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. In a phenomenal tournament that saw all four countries finish on three wins and three...

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