Paralympics

The first step for swimmer Ali Truwit was overcoming her newfound fear of the one place she had always felt safe—the water. Because the sound of water, any sound involving ...

JOHANNESBURG—Former South Africa paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, last week ...

Ukrainian Paralympic athletes have pushed through their fears and won their biggest haul of gold medals in Beijing ...

The 10-day Winter Paralympics opened Friday in Beijing, while athletes from Russia and Belarus were forced home. The Paralympics ...

BEIJING—Russian and Belarusian athletes were barred from the Winter Paralympics in Beijing on the eve of the Games ...

Russians and Belarusians at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing will compete as “neutral athletes” because of their countries' ...

Commentary The Olympic Games are bad enough: you can tell just how bad by the regimes that have ...

A seven-time Paralympic medalist who was permanently blinded while serving the U.S. military in Afghanistan clinched the first-ever ...

TOKYO—Two athletes from Afghanistan have arrived in Tokyo to compete in the Paralympics, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) ...

TOKYO—Australian cyclist Paige Greco earned the first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympics, winning the 3,000-meter pursuit on ...

TOKYO—The Paralympics began Tuesday in the same empty National Stadium—during the same pandemic—as the opening and closing ceremonies ...

TOKYO—Tokyo Olympic organizers are holding out hope that the Paralympic Games might allow some fans. Organizers and the ...

For Melissa Stockwell, 39, joining the military had always been a lifelong aspiration. "I knew as a child ...

Paralympians are some of the world's most competitive athletes, and there are many popular events, including skiing and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO—The Paralympics will go ahead in Rio next month but organizers say deep budget cuts mean ...

In September 2016, 4,350 Paralympic athletes will arrive in Rio de Janeiro to compete for medals across 23 ...

Prosecutors are charging Oscar Pistorius, paralympian double amputee, with the pre-meditated murder of his girlfriend, famed model and ...

Former Formula 1 race car driver Alex Zanardi of Italy won the gold medal in the men’s individual ...

The torch arrived in London and the flame was lit to mark the start of the Paralympic Games ...

On Aug. 29, the 14th Paralympics begin in London. The media coverage and ticket sales looks to be ...