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Korat prepares to host event
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 03/01/2026
» Nakhon Ratchasima is gearing up to welcome athletes from across the region as the 13th Asean Para Games are due to take place later this month.
Paris Games open in blaze of hope and inclusivity
Sports, Published on 30/08/2024
» Paris: The 2024 Paralympics opened in Paris on Wednesday in a colourful and hope-filled ceremony, starting 11 days of competition in a city still riding the wave of the successful Olympics.
Winter Paralympics to close after Ukraine, China athletes star
AFP, Published on 13/03/2022
» BEIJING: The flame will be extinguished on Beijing's Winter Paralympics on Sunday after a week of stellar performances from the host nation and Ukrainian athletes reeling from Moscow's invasion.
Marathon golds decided as 'most important' Paralympics wrap up
AFP, Published on 05/09/2021
» TOKYO - Swiss wheelchair master Marcel Hug defended his marathon title on the final day of the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday, as organisers hailed the "most important edition" of the Games ever.
From rescues to romance: Top moments at Tokyo's Paralympics
AFP, Published on 05/09/2021
» TOKYO - A secret evacuation from Kabul, a new British record and a post-race proposal -- there was no shortage of memorable moments at Tokyo's Paralympics, held after a year-long pandemic postponement.
Bomb survivor Shepherd 'just having fun' at Paralympics
AFP, Published on 01/09/2021
» TOKYO - US swimmer Haven Shepherd lost her legs as a baby after her parents detonated a bomb intended to kill the whole family.
Germany's 'Blade Jumper' leaps into competition at Tokyo Paralympics
AFP, Published on 01/09/2021
» TOKYO - A German long jumper who leaps further than his Olympic counterparts and a US swimmer who survived a bomb detonated by her parents are among the stars competing at the Tokyo Paralympics on Wednesday.
First coach praises Paralympic champ on new world record
Chakkrapan Natanri and online reporters, Published on 30/08/2021
» KHON KAEN: Paralympic champion Pongsakorn Paeyo's old school coach has praised him for the hard work and determination that earned him Thailand's first gold medal at the Tokyo Games while setting a new world record.
Paralympic disability categories under fire over fairness
AFP, Published on 30/08/2021
» TOKYO - They're supposed to be about making parasports fair, but the category system central to disabled sports and the Paralympics, which classifies athletes according to their impairment, is increasingly under fire.
'Far from fragile': the battering rams of wheelchair rugby
AFP, Published on 28/08/2021
» TOKYO: The battered round wheels collide like Viking shields, as the combatants of wheelchair rugby dodge, battle, and score in a sport that players say upends preconceptions about disability.