THE Paralympics closed with an explosion of colour at the Maracana Stadium as Rio capped off a surprisingly successful games. A packed stadium witnessed a Brazilian musician Johnatha Bastos play the electric guitar with his feet after a eye-opening firework display whilst there was also a minute silence to remember the fatal crash of Iranian cyclist […]
THE PARALYMPICS have been marred by tragedy after a competitor in the men’s cycling road race died following a crash in the race. Iranian Bahman Golbarnezhad was rushed to hospital after a fall competing in the C4-5 event in Rio today. The rider suffered a cardiac arrest after hitting his head against a rock but despite […]
A BRAZILIAN paralympic footballer has scored two goals worthy of winning any game on any stage. Jefinho, who is blind, has become the star of the show in Rio with his outrageous two-goal salvo against China to reach the final. For his first, he controls the ball in the middle of the park before slaloming past four […]
THE force is strong with the British Paralympics team — as the son of a Star Wars villain won their 50th gold. Paul Blake brought up the half century in Rio with a comfortable win in the T36 400 metres. This is only the third time in Paralympics history the British team have reached the […]
THIS is the incredible Paralympics workshop where saws, drills and sewing machines make Rio gold dreams come true. Prosthetic legs balance on table tops, soles of feet are drilled into and wheelchairs are expertly repaired in the quest to be the best. The “surgeons'” HQ has 15,000 spare parts including knee joints, running blades and […]