Paralympic athletes and sport chiefs call on the nation to build on Paris excitement Sport British Paralympic athletes and sporting chiefs have urged the nation to “take the excitement around Paris 2024 forward” and continue on an “upward trajectory” of backing disability sport. The curtain fell on 12 days of para-sport yesterday with a spectacular closing ceremony at the Stade de France in Paris. Paralympics GB finished second in the [...]
Great Britain match Tokyo Paralympics medal haul but down on Rio Sport Late success for Great Britain saw Paralympics GB match their medal haul from Tokyo at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Britain will bring home a total of 124 medals (49 gold, 44 silver and 31 bronze) with the number of gold and silver medals up on the Japanese Games but bronzes down. Paralympics GB, though, [...]
Six-time Paralympic champion David Weir retires from GB racing Sport Six-time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir this morning announced his retirement from Great Britain competition after finishing fifth in the T54 wheelchair marathon at Paris 2024. The Paralympic legend, 45, who first won gold in Beijing, said he would continue to race in the London Marathon. “I’m quite emotional as I know it’s my last [...]
The path towards a more equitable Olympic Games future September 7, 2024 Enhanced cooperation is essential amongst the governing bodies to ensure the Olympic Games have a more equitable future, write Benoît Pasquier and Alexander Needham of Charles Russell Speechlys. The essence of sport hinges on the principle of a level playing field and it is this very foundation that makes competition compelling. The evolution of the [...]
Disability inclusion should not end with the Paralympic closing ceremony September 7, 2024 British Paralympic champion swimmer Susie Rodgers argues the Games must drive global disability inclusion by shifting perceptions and breaking down the many barriers to equal participation. Every four years, the Paralympic Games offer a short but significant two-week window of increased disability awareness. As we cheer on athletes and celebrate their achievements, we must also [...]
Ed Warner: My trip to the Paralympics taught me that sport is bad for your health September 5, 2024 Our sport business columnist on the danger of watching the Paralympics, dynamic pricing, election season in Olympic land, and Scotland’s Commonwealth Games dilemma. Watching sport is bad for your health. Or can be. I’m glad I wasn’t strapped to a heart-rate monitor during the wheelchair rugby in Paris over the past week or I would [...]
‘It’s appalling’: Storey blasts Paralympic organisers after winning 18th gold September 4, 2024 Storey, 46, won the women’s C5 cycling time trial in Paris on Wednesday for a fifth consecutive Games.
Transgender athlete Petrillo will not race for gold at 2024 Paralympic Games September 2, 2024 Transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo will not race for gold on Tuesday after failing to progress through her T12 400m athletics semi-final on Monday at the Paralympic Games in Paris. The visually-impaired Italian, who previously won 11 national titles in the men’s category, qualified for the semi-finals of the women’s T12 400m. The 51-year-old, who transitioned [...]
Paralympics 2024: Day-by-day guide to events in Paris August 27, 2024 Over the next fortnight, the Paralympics promises 12 days of sporting drama from the pool, to the track, to the tennis court. Every single moment of the Games will be broadcast live for the first time. Here are the highlights from each day of Paralympic action, from Wednesday’s Opening Ceremony to the finale on Sunday 8 September. Day [...]
Paralympics GB names flagbearers for opening ceremony August 27, 2024 Wheelchair basketball player Terry Bywater and wheelchair tennis player Lucy Shuker have been selected as Paralympics GB’s flagbearers at the Paralympic Games opening ceremony. The athletes, who are competing at their fifth and seventh Games respectively, will be responsible for carrying the Union Jack at the event to mark the Games’ opening, taking place at [...]