BP: Igniting the Energy Within
BP has supported Para sport for nine years and was a major partner of the London 2012 Games and the World Para Athletics Championships London 2017. BP …
Tag: paralympics
Kadeena Cox Carries The Flag For ParalympicsGB In Rio Closing Ceremony
The 2016 Rio Paralympic Games closed last night in a ceremony that celebrated the spirit of the hosts as well as the athletes.
Last Full Day Of Paralympic Competition Touched By Tragedy
Whilst the Games has produced many moments of joy, including plenty from yesterday, the news of the death of Iranian cyclist, Bahman Golbarnezhad, casts something of a shadow over the last few hours of competition.
Day 9 Round Up – ParalympicsGB Smash London 2012 Medal Tally
In another incredible all-round performance the British team reached an impressive total of 126 medals.
Day 7 – Lucky Thirteenth for Storey
ParalympicsGB have passed their London 2012 total with gold medals on day seven on the track, in the pool and in the velodrome, making them the most su…
Day 6 Round-Up. ParalympicsGB Equal London 2012 Tally
Another six golds overnight in Rio means that ParalympicsGB remain second in the medal table and just one gold away from being crowned as the greatest British Paralympic team ever.
Three On Day Three
ParalympicsGB scored three gold medals on day three of the Games. Here's our round-up of all the action.
Paralympic Legend Lee Pearson selected to fly the flag for ParalympicsGB as Rio 2016 prepares for Opening Ceremony
Yes! Lee Pearson will be the #Paralympic flagbearer at the opening ceremony!
Top Paralympians gather in London for last chance to impress selectors
We sent Tom to the London Anniversary games to get the lowdown on the ParalympicsGB athletes ahead of #Rio2016.
Channel 4 Investing In Talent Initiatives
Two new major talent initiatives are being supported by an investment of £500,000 in order to ensure that 10% of the production team working on the cov…
Team GB Out For Revenge at National Paralympic Day 2014
GB set to face London 2012 bronze medallists in thrilling finale to National Paralympic Day Two years to the day since they lost to the Netherlands …
Winter Paralympic medallists join the National Paralympic Day line-up with one month to go
With just one month to go until National Paralympic Day 2014, Britain’s most successful winter Paralympians Jade Etherington and Caroline Powell and on…
Team England: Interview – Ollie Hynd
Ollie Hynd won three medals at London 2012 for ParalympicsGB. He’ll be going for England in the pool, competing in the Commonwealth Games SM8 200m indi…
Disabled People Enjoy Sporting Opportunities at ParalympicsGB Sports Fest
Over 500 people joined Paralympic athletes and 20 Paralympic summer and winter sports at Sports Fest in Manchester yesterday. The attendance figures m…
The Medium As Message: Disability and Television
Television lives by the idea that art imitates life. Perhaps more than any other medium, television is the eye revealing our soul. If that’s true we ca…
The Winter Paralympic Preview: Sochi 2014
It seems that every Olympic and Paralympic host nation these days has to go through the pre-Games tradition of jitters and controversy regarding readin…
Interview: Aileen Neilson – Paralympics GB Wheelchair Curling
With the Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia just weeks away, Able spoke with newly announced Skip, Aileen Neilson to talk about how the ParalympicsGB …