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Table tennis athlete Alexa
Szvitacs of Hungary in action
Photograph: Iván
Alvarado
Reuters
Tokyo Paralympics 2020: day one
– in pictures
The best images from the first
day’s action in Tokyo,
including cycling, fencing,
swimming, table tennis
and wheelchair rugby
G
Wed 25 Aug 2021
12.31 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2021/aug/25/
tokyo-paralympics-2020-day-one-in-pictures
A massage and physiotherapy
session
from Team Kenya’s
physiotherapist Josephine Kaburu.
Asiya lost her legs and several
fingers
after she was hit by a train
when she was two years old.
Photograph: Luis Tato
AFP/Getty
Images
The Kenyan rower in training
for the Paralympic Games – in pictures
Asiya Mohammed will become the
first female Kenyan rower
to attend an Olympic Games
after earning a ticket
for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
G
Mon 23 Aug 2021
07.00 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/aug/23/
the-kenyan-rower-in-training-for-the-paralympic-games-in-pictures
David Weir:
'Having children has changed my
viewpoint on life hugely.'
Photograph: Tom Jenkins
for the Guardian
David Weir: My family values
The British Paralympic gold-medallist
attributes his determination to having three older brothers
who never let him give up,
and says having
his own children has been a godsend
Interview by Abigail Flanagan
G
Friday 10 April 2015 13.00 BST
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/10/
david-weir-my-family-values-paralympic-gold-medallist
Philippine's Andy Avellana
competes in the Men's High Jump F42 final athletics event
during the London 2012 Paralympic Games
at the Olympic Stadium
in east London, on Sept. 3.
Photograph: Glyn Kirk
AFP/Getty Images
Boston Globe > Big Picture > Paralympics 2012
September 5, 2012
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/09/paralympics_2012.html
Athletics - Men's 100m - T44 Final - London 2012 Paralympic
Games Video
YouTube > Paralympic Games 7 September 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcdUsMULNzo
Paralympics
UK / USA
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2021/aug/26/
tokyo-paralympics-2020-day-two-in-pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2021/aug/25/
tokyo-paralympics-2020-day-one-in-pictures
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/24/
1030630925/olympics-paralympics-special-olympics-difference
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/24/
1030606628/the-tokyo-paralympic-games-have-the-most-athletes-
and-the-most-women-in-history
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/08/
592046315/why-1-u-s-snowboarder-competing-in-his-first-paralympics-
is-helping-his-competit
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/06/
paralympics-carly-tait-lifeline-car-disability-benefit-cuts
Paralympics 2014
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2014/03/sochi_
2014_paralympics.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/
sports/olympics/paralympics-at-peace-as-wars-wind-down.html
Paralympics 2012
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/paralympics-2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-h-word/2012/sep/05/
paralympics-deaflympics
Boston Globe > Big Picture
Paralympics 2012
September 5, 2012
Competing at many of the same London venues
as participants in
the summer Olympics,
more than 4,000 athletes from 164 nations
are taking part in the Paralympic
Games.
The athletes compete in 20 sports
that have various classifications,
depending on an athlete’s level of impairment.
The Games conclude Sept. 9.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/09/
paralympics_2012.html
Boston Globe > Big Picture
Training for the 2012 games
August 9, 2011
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/08/
training_for_the_2012_games.html
Boston Globe > Big Picture
2010 Winter Paralympics
March 17, 2010
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/2010
_winter_paralympics.html
Paralympics 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/sep/05/
olympics2008.disability
paralympian UK
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/aug/23/
the-kenyan-rower-in-training-for-the-paralympic-games-in-pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/aug/20/
a-paralympic-athletes-long-journey-to-tokyo-podcast
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/03/
disability-accessible-toilets-paralympian-train
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/sep/04/
paralympics-boost-disabled-sport-gold
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/nov/04/
taylor-wessing-photography-prize
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/sep/05/
olympics2008.disability
paralympian USA
https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/23/
1019752269/tokyo-olympics-paralympics-medal-win-pay-ioc
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/08/
592046315/why-1-u-s-snowboarder-competing-in-his-first-paralympics-is-helping-his-competit
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2007-04-11-
sullivan-award_N.htm
International Paralympic Committee IPC
https://www.paralympic.org/
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2007-04-11-
sullivan-award_N.htm
paralympian cyclist USA
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetorch/2016/09/01/
492223434/a-paralympian-cyclist-gears-up-for-rio
wheelchair fencer UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/sep/05/thailands-
unbeatable-fencer-expected-win-gold
rower UK
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/aug/23/
the-kenyan-rower-in-training-for-the-paralympic-games-in-pictures
visually impaired skiers
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/
sports/olympics/at-paralympics-visually-impaired-skiers-and-their-guides-form-a-team.html
paralympic swimmer USA
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2007-04-11-
sullivan-award_N.htm
World Para-Athletics Championships
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/06/
superhumans-tag-disabled-athletes-world-para-athletics-championships
Deaflympics UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-h-word/2012/sep/05/
paralympics-deaflympics
77th AAU Sullivan Award
USA
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2007-04-11-
sullivan-award_N.htm
disabled
disability and sport
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/disability-sport
disabled sport UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/sep/04/
paralympics-boost-disabled-sport-gold
blind athletes USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/
sports/blind-athletes-treat-pole-vault-like-any-other-hurdle.html
blind runner USA
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/29/
1030638626/david-brown-blind-runner-sighted-guide-tokyo-paralympics
Jessica Long
gave 18 world record-breaking performances last year.
Photo provided by U.S. Olympic Committee
Paralympic swimmer Long wins Sullivan Award
From staff and wire reports
UT
11 April 2007
https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2007-04-11-
sullivan-award_N.htm
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