Blind student aiming for Paralympics
‘I dropped out of sport in school because I couldn’t see; now I’m aiming to be a Paralympian.’ Megan, 16 from Leeds was registered severely sight i…
Tag: Parasport
Making Japan Accessible For All
With the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics just around the corner, accessible travel in and around Japan is taking off. Increasingly, changes in attitude and t…
GB Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Squad Announced Ahead of World Championships
British Wheelchair Basketball has announced the GB women’s squad for the 2018 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships, which take place in Hamburg, G…
Boccia England athlete receives London Mayor Sports Aid Award At City Hall
Harrow Borough resident and Paralympic sport athlete; Reshad Saraj was selected to receive an award from SportsAid, and was invited to a special recept…
Jones doubles up as England seal three wheelchair marathon medals
Two races, two different sports, two medals – Jade Jones has certainly made sure to enjoy herself on the Gold Coast at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. …
Wilson leads home nations table tennis success
Ross Wilson conceded he was pushed all the way by close friend and teammate Kim Daybell before eventually sealing the Commonwealth Games para table ten…
James Arnott celebrates his maiden Commonwealth Games with a silver medal on the Gold Coast
James Arnott has done his country proud after celebrating his maiden Commonwealth Games with a silver medal on the Gold Coast. The sprinter took sec…
Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott claim gold in the women’s blind and visually impaired sprint
England's Sophie Thornhill and pilot Helen Scott have claimed gold in the women's blind and visually impaired sprint at the Commonwealth Games setting …
Special Olympics 2014
The Special Olympics European Summer Games are underway in Antwerp and Able are offering coverage from the Special Olympics GB team currently competing…
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…
End of Day 6: An Updated Parasport Medal Table. If there was such a thing.
As an update to our earlier post, this is what a parasport medal table would look like (if there was such a thing) at the close of play today, Day 6. …
Team Scotland – Interview: Sammi Kinghorn
The Women’s T53 wheelchair racing will be one of the highlights of the Games. Sammi Kinghorn is finding her best form at exactly the right moment. T…
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…
A Message from Team England’s Chef de Mission Jan Paterson
England’s Chef de Mission, Jan Paterson (second left), sent the following message, outlining her excitement about the state of disability sport and the…
Stewart Harris: <Br>What Happens Next?
Chief Executive of sportscotland, Stewart Harris (far left), shares his hopes for an inclusive legacy from the forthcoming Commonwealth Games with Able…
Good luck message from Shona Robison MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games and Sport Shona Robison MSP: It gives me great pleasure to extend my warmest wishes to all the athletes and t…
Team Wales: Interview – David Powell
The para bowls team has already practiced on the Kelvingrove greens in Glasgow. David Powell (front row, far right) is looking forward to his first Com…
Good Luck Message from Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland
First Minister of Scotland Rt Hon Alex Salmond MSP: I am delighted to have this opportunity to extend my very best wishes and good luck to all the ath…
Good Luck Message from David Grevemberg, Glasgow 2014 Chief Executive
The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will showcase the most inclusive Para-Sports programme to date. 22 medal events in five Para-Sports are fully inte…
Good Luck from Prime Minister David Cameron
Being a para-athlete takes an extra measure of grit and determination. Many of you have been told from a young age about the things you can’t do - and…
Good Luck Message from Sajid Javid MP
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for Equalities, Sajid Javid MP. I’m delighted that Glasgow is offering more para-sport me…
Where It’s At: <Br>The Glasgow 2014 Venues
One of the strongest points of the Glasgow 2014 hosting bid was the mix of new, purpose built venues and the usage of existing venues that have been re…
Feeling Good About Volunteering
I remember seeing the Olympic Park for the first time whilst reporting on London 2012 for Able. Even though I’d lived in London a few years ago, I, alo…
Altogether Now
Every Commonwealth Games since Manchester hosted in 2002, has had an integrated schedule, meaning that disabled athletes compete in the same stadia and…
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