All the updated news related to paralympics

All the news related to paralympics updated in real time

Found 271

forparalympics

Order by:

Adam Peaty calls for better sport funding amid Games and Euro success

Birmingham gold medallist Adam Peaty has called for better investment in sport as he urged the Government to capitalise on the success of the Commonwealth Games and England’s Euro 2022 triumph. The England swimmer, who won the Commonwealth Games 50 ...

04 Aug 2022 at 04:52

Gymnastics

Gymnastics congress moved to allow Russian and Belarusian officials to attend

The governing body of competitive gymnastics has announced it will move its annual congress out of Norway to allow officials from Russia and Belarus to attend. It comes after the Norwegian Gymnastics Federation withdrew as hosts for the ...

28 Jul 2022 at 02:30

Sport

Great Britain face tough battle to reach wheelchair curling final in Beijing

Great Britain face a battle to qualify for the semi-finals of the wheelchair curling after mixed results on day four of the Winter Paralympics. Skip Hugh Nibloe, Gregor Ewan, David Melrose, Meggan Dawson-Farrell and Gary Smith boosted ...

08 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Sport

Menna Fitzpatrick falls just short of third Winter Paralympics medal in Beijing

Menna Fitzpatrick narrowly missed out on a third medal at the Beijing Winter Paralympics on the penultimate day of the 2022 Games. ParalympicsGB’s most decorated athlete had already claimed silver in the super-G and bronze in the ...

12 Mar 2022 at 10:25

Sport

‘Best of humanity’ on show at Winter Paralympics – Dame Katherine Grainger

Dame Katherine Grainger believes the Beijing Winter Paralympics have displayed the “best side of humanity and sport” in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Athletes from Russia and Belarus were banned from participating by ...

13 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Sport

Ollie Hill claims historic bronze medal for GB in Paralympic snowboarding

Ollie Hill claimed Britain’s first ever medal in Paralympic snowboarding with bronze in the banked slalom. His first run of one minute 10.45 seconds was enough to secure a place on the podium just ahead of team-mate Owen Pick, ...

11 Mar 2022 at 10:25

Sport

Neil Simpson caps golden Games as GB flagbearer at closing ceremony

Golden boy Neil Simpson was Great Britain’s flagbearer alongside his brother Andrew at the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. The 19-year-old made history by claiming Britain’s first male Paralympic ...

13 Mar 2022 at 14:55

Sport

On this day in 2014: Kelly Gallagher and Charlotte Evans make Paralympic history

Visually-impaired skier Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans made Winter Paralympic history for Great Britain with a first ever gold in Sochi. The pair, who had been devastated after finishing dead last in the downhill ...

10 Mar 2022 at 07:25

Ade Adepitan on the impact disability representation can have on society

Ade Adepitan has said he felt like he and other disabled people were previously “fighting for their place in society” due to a lack of representation of the community on TV and in other forms of media. The former ...

08 Mar 2022 at 08:25

Sport

Paralympic skier Steve Arnold admits he had no ambitions to be an elite athlete

Wounded war hero Steve Arnold admits he never wanted to be an elite athlete as he sets out to emulate the exploits of fellow injured veterans on his Paralympics debut. Arnold’s life changed irreversibly in 2011 ...

25 Feb 2022 at 07:25

Sport

Ex-firefighter David Melrose: Wheelchair curling has ‘made me complete again’

Former firefighter David Melrose says wheelchair curling has made him feel “complete again” ahead of his Paralympics debut in Beijing. Melrose was left paralysed from the waist down after being struck by a ...

25 Feb 2022 at 07:25

Sport

A closer look at Great Britain’s hottest Winter Paralympics medal prospects

ParalympicsGB has selected 25 athletes across four sports for Beijing 2022. The team – GB’s biggest for a winter Games since Lillehammer in 1994 – will compete between March 4-13 in alpine skiing, Nordic ...

25 Feb 2022 at 07:25

Years
2026

Iconic Media is Ireland's largest independently owned regional newspaper and media group, with an unrivalled audience in print, online and mobile. We have 19 regional newspapers and 21 digital sites.

Iconic Digital Titles

Iconic Print Titles

Letterkenny Live

This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.