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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World’s best set to line up at L’Hospitalet meeting
31 May 2019 | Recent Reports
World champions Markus Rehm, Aled Davies and Martina Caironi are among an elite field set to line up at the 14th International Meeting of L'Hospitalet in Spain on Sunday. Around 250 athletes from up to 12 countries are confirmed for the World Para Athletics ratified...
New lengths for Low in Nottwil
31 May 2019 | Recent Reports
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
31 May 2019 | Recent Reports
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
31 May 2019 | Recent Reports
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
31 May 2019 | Recent Reports
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
31 May 2019 | Recent Reports
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
31 May 2019 | Recent Reports
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
31 May 2019 | Recent Reports
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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