WHEN Paralympic Powerlifter Ali Jawad takes centre stage at Rio 2016, he might take a brief second to wonder how is even there at all. It is fair to say he has had his fair share of bad luck. At London 2012 in his home town in front of family, friends and 6,000 British fans, […]
DAME SARAH STOREY became Britain’s Paralympic Queen on a gloriously golden evening in Rio. Just 40 minutes after Megan Giglia kick-started the GB gold rush in the Velodrome, Storey rewrote the sporting record books. The cycling speedster from Manchester won a record 12th Paralympic gold medal following her stunning victory in the women’s C5 individual […]
JONNIE PEACOCK has warned his Paralympic speed rivals: I won’t give up my crown without a fight. Sprinter Peacock is in defiant mood ahead of the T44 100m final — one of the most hotly-anticipated events of the Rio Games. The 23-year-old amputee has struggled with injury and form over the past 18 months, even […]
THE Rio Paralympics kicked off at the Maracana Stadium with a carnival atmosphere on Wednesday. Competitors describe the Games as the After Party to the warm up that is the Olympics. IMAGE: AP:Associated Press The Samba Circle performs during the opening ceremony IMAGE: Reuters And seventeen days after the Olympics closed, with the Paralympics embroiled […]
THE Paralympics kicks off another 12 days of exhilarating sporting action in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. It’s been just two weeks since another riveting edition of the Olympic Games came to a close – but they are roaring back to life with the Paralympics opening ceremony set to kick off. The 2016 Games in Rio […]