From the US and Canadian ice hockey rivalry to Marie Bochet’s dominance for France and Millie Knight’s potential for ParalympicsGB, 10 things to look out for at PyeongchangMeet the Britons going for gold in PyeongchangNot only is Mike Schultz the world’s top-ranked snowboard-cross and banked slalom boarder, he competes using prosthetics that he designed and manufactures in a workshop behind his house in St Cloud, Minnesota. His hi-tech creations will also be used by some 30 other athletes at the Games including the reigning world and overall World Cup snowboard champion Brenna Huckaby, whose prosthetic leg is purple to match her trademark dyed hair. Related: ParalympicsGB’s Kelly Gallagher: It’s a special atmosphere to be part of Related: 'They'll think I'm...
World Para Athletics Championships begin at 2012 Paralympic venue, with Kadeena Cox and Abdellatif Baka among those changing the conversationAlmost five years since London 2012 introduced the wider public to the delights of disability sport, the city’s world-class athletics venue is the setting for what is being lauded as another major push in the right direction for the Paralympic movement. When the World Para Athletics Championships begin at the London Stadium on Friday morning, the memories of Jonnie Peacock’s lightning runs, David Weir’s awesome endurance and Hannah Cockroft’s unstoppable charges for the line will come flooding back, inducing a warm glow of nostalgia and hope for the stories that will be written over the next 10 days of competition.Great Britain’s...
There was much to feel good about in Manchester on Monday but the questions faced by cycling – the sport that most embodies the great British medal rush – after recent revelations continue to dampen the moodBritain’s triumphant Olympians and Paralympians partied beneath sunny skies as they deservedly took the acclaim of the crowds in Trafalgar Square.But during the first leg of their 48‑hour victory lap on Monday, it was not just the traditional Manchester weather that threatened to rain on Team GB’s parade but the bad vibes emanating from the structure in the east of the city that up to now has been championed as the symbol of all that is good about the great National Lottery-fuelled charge up...