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(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos urged the Philippine Sports Commission and other sports stakeholders to continue breaking barriers and make sports a unifying force in the country. The President made the call during the awarding of incentives to the medalists of the 4th Asian Para Games in the Palace on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Under Republic Act No. 10699, or the National Athletes and Coaches Benefits and Incentives Act, all national athletes who won in […]
French President Emmanuel Macron tried out wheelchair basketball as he urged the public to support the 2024 Paralympic Games on Sunday. “I really want to encourage all our compatriots to buy tickets,” Macron said on the eve of the opening of the ticket office for the 2024 Paralympic Games. Earlier, Macron played a few minutes of wheelchair basketball alongside Tony Estanguet, the chief organiser of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and International Paralympic Committee chief Andrew […]
by Lisa MARTIN Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Russian and Belarusian athletes were on Thursday banned from the Beijing Winter Paralympics over the war in Ukraine, with organisers bowing to international pressure and threats of a boycott. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) had just a day earlier said athletes from the two countries would be allowed to compete as “neutrals” in the Games, which start on Friday. It said that was the “harshest […]
by Andrew MCKIRDY TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — US wheelchair racing legend Tatyana McFadden said she was “on cloud nine” after winning her 18th Paralympic medal on Saturday, four years after blood clots almost ended her career. McFadden took bronze in the women’s T54 5,000m to extend her streak of finishing on the podium in every Paralympic race she has entered since 2008. But she said just competing in Tokyo was a victory in itself, having […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The Paralympic flame arrived in Tokyo on Friday as virus cases hit fresh records nationwide just four days before the Games begin. Japan’s daily infections topped 25,000 for the first time on Thursday, with the number of severe cases also higher than ever as the nation battles a fifth wave driven by the more contagious Delta variant. As Tokyo prepares to host the top sporting event for athletes with disabilities, organisers […]
by Shingo ITO TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — At a Tokyo cafe, Michio Imai greets a customer, but not in person. He’s hundreds of kilometres away, operating a robot waiter as part of an experiment in inclusive employment. Dawn cafe’s robots are intended to be more than a gimmick, offering job opportunities to people who find it hard to work outside the home. “Hello. How are you?” a sleek white robot shaped like a baby penguin […]
by Sean Chang TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwanese athletes Vincent Kuo and Ivy Huang each discovered an electric talent for wheelchair dancing on their own — but it was when they were paired up together that the sparks really flew. Part of the island’s last generation of polio survivors, they have spent years perfecting their dance routines. Currently ranked world number two, the recently-married couple are in Germany this weekend to compete in the […]
by Julian GUYER Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – Russia have been warned they will be barred from July’s World Para Athletics Championships in London and the 2018 Winter Paralympics unless “something dramatically changes” regarding doping. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) issued a blanket ban on all Russian competitors at last year’s Rio Summer Paralympics. IPC president Philip Craven on Monday said Russia also faced the very real possibility of being excluded from London this […]
by Sebastian Smith and Jessica Lopez RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP)– Rio said farewell to the 2016 Paralympics Sunday in a closing ceremony showcasing Brazil’s passion for music and celebrating what many consider to have been a surprisingly successful Games. The famous Maracana football stadium was packed, with the Paralympians themselves seated across the field, as proceedings kicked off with fireworks. Among the first performers was Jonathan Bastos, a Brazilian who was born without arms […]
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius has again taken the stand to testify in his own defense at his murder trial. Pistorius has admitted shooting his girlfriend dead, but has said it was an accident. The Paralympic and Olympic sprinter faced a second day of cross-examination by the chief prosecutor, Gerrie Nel on Thursday, in a trial that has drawn widespread international media attention. Nel began Thursday’s proceedings by accusing Pistorius of being selfish in his […]
The 2014 Winter Paralympics have begun in Sochi, Russia. Just one Ukraine athlete participated in the opening ceremony, amid simmering tensions over Crimea. After all 45 teams had taken part in the opening ceremony at the Fisht Stadium on Friday, the Games were officially opened by Russian President Vladimir Putin: “I declare the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games open,” he said. Ukraine was among those nations that participated in the opening ceremony, but warned it could […]
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s Paralympic chief said on Friday his team would quit the Winter Paralympic Games if Russia invaded his home country, adding that he hoped the competition would be able to spread peace instead. Russia is holding the Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi at a time when it is being criticized for its actions in Ukraine’s southern region of Crimea, where the West accuses Russia of seizing military and government institutions. […]
