All this to-ing and fro-ing is making us dizzy! ‘WeirGate’ took an unexpected twist today when Team Australia withdrew their successful appeal for a re-run of the men’s 800m whelchair final. In a letter signed by the head coach and silver medallist Kurt Fearnley they …
Just as soon as we talk about the success of one of our city’s Paralympians in Beijing, it all gets a bit more complicated. Londoner Dave Weir, in his third of five different events he’s competing in, managed to win the 800m wheelchair final today …
Working at my first ever Paralympic Games in Beijing, this Londonista heard and understood the maxim: ‘Heroes are born at the Olympics; Heroes come to the Paralympics.’ The Paralympics are the equivalent of the Olympics for athletes with physical, mental, and sensorial disabilities (so you’ll …
Beijing’s Paralympic Games kick off shortly, hot on the heels of the Olympic Games where Team GB (and those Londoners within its ranks), did us proud. The Paralympics are a very different kettle of fish. Britain has traditionally done very well at these games, and …
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