The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that a team of six refugees will be sent to compete in the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
From Russia with Drugs
Image Credit: [New York Times] The International Paralympic Committee has lifted the ban on Russian athletes, placed on them for doping. Russia have been told they can rejoin the Paralympic community next month, after the […]
Silver for Leeds Student Daybell
Fifth year medical student Kim Daybell has come away from the Easter break with much more than a chocolate bunny. He has a silver medal. Daybell swapped West Yorkshire for the Gold Coast to compete […]
Daybell takes bronze at Slovenian Open
Francesca Bullock Kim Daybell, a 20 year old medical student at Leeds University and a member of the GB Para table tennis team, took bronze in the men’s class 10 singles at the Slovenian Open […]
The Interview: British Paralympian Swimmer Giles Long
Over a pint and a study of pub taxidermy, Giles Long tells LS Sport’s Lucy Holden about world records, rock bottom and making a splash at the Paralympics. I’m lost in King’s Cross and have […]
Post London 2012 blues
Sunday night saw the close of what has universally been accepted as the greatest Paralympic Games of all time. With a record 2.7 million tickets being sold, and nearly all events being sold out […]
Leeds welcomes home Paralympic heroes
Leeds was delighted to welcome the return of four local Paralympians at a celebration on the steps of Civic Hall on Thursday. A passionate crowd filled Millenium square and listened as each Paralympian spoke about […]