MILAN — Would you ever call a WNBA player an NBA player? For Chuck Aoki, that’s the comparison he uses when he is called an Olympian. It’s not a flattering title for Paralympians, who already face a ...

How structured support, combined with enhanced social acceptance, early identification of talent & personal grit, is ...

The road to the Paralympics is uniquely Brittni Mason’s own. While attending Eastern Michigan University, someone reached out to Mason's coach and asked if one of their athletes would be interested in ...

Objective Elite para athletes report a high incidence of sports injuries. Research suggests that athletes’ strategies to manage adversities may influence the sports injury risk, but knowledge about ...

The U.S. Paralympic Ski Team will compete this Saturday in the men's and women's downhill para alpine medal races in Cortina, Italy at the 2026 Winter Paralympics. Races will begin bright and early, ...

2024 was the year of Para sports: The 2024 Paris Paralympic games had record-breaking media coverage and viewership, Para athletes finally earned the same pay for medals as their Olympian counterparts ...

As part of efforts to expand and strengthen the number of sport technical officials within the Paralympic Movement, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has awarded grants worth EUR 770,000 to ...

In 2020, the IOC proposed a universal methodology for the recording and reporting of data for injury and illness in sport. Para sport is played by individuals with impairment, and they have a unique ...

Medals for para-sport events in the Commonwealth Games, such as para-cycling tandem sprint, count towards national medal tallies. Tim Ireland/PA Wire But para-sports haven’t always been part of the ...

The Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018 is the largest major sporting event to integrate para-sports. But the inclusiveness of the Games only highlights the challenges of the everyday lived experience ...

For Chuck Aoki, that’s the comparison he uses when he is called an Olympian. It’s not a flattering title for Paralympians, who already face a coverage deficit. What media coverage Paralympians receive ...