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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 skiing, snowboarding and curling. Here, the ...

25 Feb 2022 at 07:25

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Great Britain to send team of 25 athletes to Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing

Great Britain will send a team of 25 athletes to the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. ParalympicsGB has confirmed its biggest team since Lillehammer in 1994 after announcing 20 skiing and snowboard competitors alongside the five wheelchair ...

22 Feb 2022 at 11:25

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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 their ...

08 Mar 2022 at 16:25

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Chef de mission: ParalympicsGB were adamant Russia and Belarus shouldn’t compete

Chef de mission Phil Smith says ParalympicsGB were adamant Russian and Belarusian athletes should not be allowed to compete at Beijing 2022 due to the “horrific” events in Ukraine. Athletes from those countries have been banned from the ...

03 Mar 2022 at 15:55

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Gregor Ewan to contest third Paralympics after making GB curling squad

Paralympic bronze medallist Gregor Ewan has been named in Great Britain’s five-strong wheelchair curling squad for Beijing 2022. Ewan, who was part of the team which finished third at Sochi in 2014, has been selected for his third ...

04 Jan 2022 at 16:25

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All ParalympicsGB athletes at Winter Games expected to be vaccinated

The British Paralympic Association expects all British athletes travelling to Beijing 2022 to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and has warned the team cannot be “complacent” in dealing with the virus. Between 20 and 25 ...

05 Jan 2022 at 11:25

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Transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo into women’s 200m semi-finals in Paris

Italian transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo has qualified for the semi-finals of the women’s T12 200m at the Paralympics in Paris. The 50-year-old, who transitioned in 2019, finished last in the fifth and final heat on ...

06 Sept 2024 at 10:17

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Great Britain take silver as United States retain wheelchair basketball title

Great Britain’s quest for a historic first Paralympic wheelchair basketball gold fell narrowly short as the United States completed a ‘three-peat’ in the men’s final in Paris. Bill Johnson’s British side had impressively ...

07 Sept 2024 at 22:42

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Richard Whitehead says Paralympians should be in the spotlight for longer

Two-time Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead believes disability is “lagging behind” other minority groups and needs more than just fleeting moments in the spotlight. With 99 days until the start of the 2024 ...

21 May 2024 at 15:24

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British Army veteran Jaco van Gass hopes to deliver more Paralympic success

Double Paralympic cycling champion Jaco van Gass is determined to secure more glory for Great Britain after revealing he wanted his adopted country to lose in Paris less than 12 months ago. The former soldier,...

28 Aug 2024 at 09:00

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Gavin Walker to captain Great Britain’s wheelchair rugby team at Paralympics

Tokyo gold medallists Gavin Walker and Stuart Robinson will lead Great Britain’s wheelchair rugby team for their Paralympic title defence at Paris 2024. ParalympicsGB made history in Japan three years ago by ...

24 Jun 2024 at 08:00

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Great Britain taking team of 215 to compete at the Paris Paralympics

Great Britain has named a 215-strong team for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games with a record representation of female athletes. The Paris Paralympics will be held between August 28 and September 8 with ...

20 Aug 2024 at 11:41

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