Paralympic Games
Major international sport event for people with disabilities
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The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, have been held shortly after the corresponding Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
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UK Sport invests record £330m for 2028 LA Games UK Sport says it will invest a record £330m in Britain's Olympic and Paralympic sports for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.BBC Sport - Published | |
Fortnum & Mason apologises for Paralympians party 'snub' Fortnum & Mason has apologised to Paralympians who were not invited to an after-party for Olympians after the King met Paris medallists at Buckingham Palace.Sky News - Published | |
Eight-time Paralympic champion Christiansen retires Eight-time Paralympic gold medallist Sophie Christiansen announces her retirement from Para-dressage.BBC Sport - Published | |
'One more race' - GB's Graham targets Worlds three-peat Great Britain's double Paralympic champion Fin Graham on trying to win his third consecutive World Championship title.BBC Sport - Published | |
You not only won medals but changed mahaul too, PM Modi tells ParalympiansIndiaTimes - Published | |
Paralympics 2024: PM Modi interacts with athletes, shares videoPrime Minister Narendra Modi praised India's Paralympic team for their outstanding performance at the Paris Games, where they secured a record-breaking 29 medals. The haul included seven golds, nine..IndiaTimes - Published | |
ParalympicsGB return from Paris 2024 Some of Britain's Paralympic stars arrive at St Pancras railway station after the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.BBC Sport - Published | |
Paralympians call for equal access to school sport Britain's Paralympic stars return home from Paris and call on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to insist that disabled children have equal access to school sport.BBC Sport - Published | |
Why language began a conversation at the Paralympics Paralympians have stressed they were "competing" at Paris 2024 rather than "participating", using social media to spread their message.BBC Sport - Published | |
Paralympians arrive back in UK after Paris Games - and make appeal on school sport The first Paralympians have arrived back in the UK after the Paris Games came to an end on Sunday.Sky News - Published | |
Being inspired by Paralympics then moving on is not enough Before the Stade de France transformed into a nightclub - the track becoming a giant dance floor - there was a plea from this corner of Paris to the world.Sky News - Published | |
Paralympics closing ceremony has Paris partyingThe Paris 2024 Paralympics Games closed with a sparkling ceremony on Sunday, rounding off a fantastic summer of sport in the French capital.BBC Sport - Published | |
Paris 2024 Paralympics closing ceremony under way The Paris 2024 Paralympics Games close with a sparkling ceremony on Sunday, rounding off a fantastic summer of sport in the French capital.BBC Sport - Published | Seven of the best stories from a brilliant Paralympics A look at seven of the best moments from a brilliant Paralympic Games in Paris.BBC Sport - Published |
GB win medals in all but one sport - best Paris 2024 statsBBC Sport rounds up some of the best stats from an "incredible" Paralympic Games in Paris.BBC Sport - Published | Welsh Para-athletes enjoy best medal haul in 20 yearsAs the curtain falls on Paris 2024, Welsh Paralympians are celebrating their best medal haul in 20 years.BBC Sport - Published |
What will be the legacy of an 'amazing' Paralympics? Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson assesses how Paris did as hosts of the Paralympics, the GB performance and what we can expect at Los Angeles in 2028.BBC Sport - Published | Henshaw and Sugar retain Paralympic titlesCanoeists Charlotte Henshaw and Laura Sugar both retain their Paralympic titles in impressive style in Paris.BBC Sport - Published |
Defeated Davies insists he is still the world's best Aled Sion Davies is "gutted" at missing out on gold at a fourth consecutive Paralympics, but insists he is still the world's best.BBC Sport - Published | Weir retires from Great Britain competition Six-time Paralympic champion David Weir retires from GB competition after finishing fifth in the marathon in Paris.BBC Sport - Published |
Maskill and Bush to be GB's flagbearers Poppy Maskill and Matt Bush will be Great Britain's flagbearers for the Paralympics closing ceremony on Sunday.BBC Sport - Published | |
