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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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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 successive ...

04 Jan 2022 at 16:25

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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 Friday morning but ...

06 Sept 2024 at 10:25

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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 swept aside all ...

07 Sept 2024 at 22:55

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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 Paralympic Games in Paris,...

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, who was one of the ...

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 becoming champions ...

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 females making up 46 per ...

20 Aug 2024 at 11:41

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Seven-time Paralympic gold medalist Hannah Cockroft named in Paris 2024 squad

Seven-time Paralympic gold medalist Hannah Cockroft is among four reigning champions named in Great Britain’s initial athletics squad for Paris 2024. High jumper Jonathan Broom-Edwards, shot putter Aled Davies and javelin ...

21 Jun 2024 at 08:00

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Amy Truesdale and Matt Bush win historic taekwondo golds for Team GB

Amy Truesdale and Matt Bush wrote their names into the history books by grabbing Great Britain’s maiden Paralympic taekwondo golds on a milestone evening in Paris. Truesdale triumphed in the women’s K44 +65kg event when ...

31 Aug 2024 at 21:55

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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson’s struggles to Paris ‘absolute disgrace’ – GB chief

ParalympicsGB chef de mission Penny Briscoe branded Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson’s struggles to reach Paris 2024 an “absolute disgrace” and feels the episode encapsulates the daily difficulties endured by disabled ...

28 Aug 2024 at 14:15

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