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China
China dominates 2024 Paralympics with 222 total medals
China has once again asserted its Paralympic supremacy, topping the medal table at the 2024 Paris Games with 222 medals, including 95 golds....
Ryan General
Home
Filipino American swimmer claims USA’s first Paralympics 2024 gold
Filipino American para swimmer Gia Pergolini made history in Paris on Friday, becoming the first Team USA athlete to win gold at the 2024 Pa...
Jackie Chan to carry torch at Paris 2024 Paralympics
Jackie Chan was named as one of the torchbearers of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The Hong Kong actor will carry the torch on Wednesday. ...
Bryan Ke
Sports
Video of Paralympic gold medalist selling tissues for a living draws outrage
Malaysian netizens called on the government to support former para-athletes after a former Malaysian Paralympic champion was spotted selling...
Michelle De Pacina
India closes 2020 Paralympic Games with historic 19-medal finish
India concluded its Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 campaign with its biggest medal haul to date, taking home a record of 19 medals. All-time h...
Japanese dad, whose 13-year-old had bone cancer, writes heartwarming letter to US Paralympian
American Paralympic high jumper Sam Grewe took to Twitter on Tuesday to share a touching letter he received from a Japanese man. Touching m...
Malaysian Paralympian stripped of his gold medal for being three minutes late
Southeast Asians have banded together to support a Malaysian Paralympic athlete who scored the best in his event but was disqualified to rec...
Carl Samson
Asian American Paralympian Ian Seidenfeld carries family legacy by winning table tennis gold in Tokyo
Asian American table tennis player Ian Seidenfeld is now a gold medalist like his father after beating Peter Rosenmeier at the 2020 Tokyo Pa...
Avani Lekhara makes history as India’s first woman to win gold at the Paralympics
Shooter Avani Lekhara made history on Monday when she became India’s first female athlete to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games....
Chinese Paralympic athlete Zhou Xia sets world record in the women’s 100-meter race in Tokyo
Chinese Paralympian Zhou Xia, who had to overcome muscular atrophy as a result of a car accident, broke the world record in the women’s 100-...
Thy Nguyen
‘Please hold my hand and help me’: Afghan athletes arrive safely in Tokyo for Paralympics after evacuation from Kabul
After a public plea for help, Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli arrived safely at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, the Int...
Japanese swimmer Miyuki Yamada breaks record as the nation’s youngest ever Paralympic medalist
Miyuki Yamada broke Japan’s record as the youngest ever Paralympic medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. Making a splash: Yamada is ...
Haven Shepherd, Team USA’s teen swimmer and suicide bombing survivor, is ready for the Paralympic Games
Haven Shepherd, a suicide bombing survivor, is ready to take on the world. On Friday, the 18-year-old swimmer will be representing Team USA...
Swimming star Yip Pin Xiu becomes first Singaporean to win four Paralympic gold medals, praised by Prime Minister on Facebook
Singaporean swimmer Yip Pin Xiu is the first Southeast Asian athlete to take home the gold at the 16th Summer Paralympic Games, upping her t...
‘Best setter’ in sitting volleyball opens up about leaving behind her son as she aims for the gold in Tokyo
Sitting volleyball star Kaleo Kanahele Maclay opened up about what it’s like to leave her 3-year-old son at home while she aims for th...
Japanese American wheelchair rugby player makes history by being part of the first duo to lead the Tokyo Paralympics
Wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki made history alongside paratriathlete Melissa Stockwell as the first duo to lead the Paralympics. Making...
Paralympian Justin Phongsavanh is unhindered by paralyzing incident, shatters world record and aims for gold in Tokyo
Meet Justin Phongsavanh, the 24-year-old record-breaking Paralympian who is set to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games for Team USA. ...
News
Paralympian Scout Bassett opens up about her life, anti-Asian discrimination
Paralympian Scout Bassett recently opened up during an interview about her life growing up in the U.S., her training for the upcoming Tokyo ...
Feature
Badminton Player Prepares for Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
This article was originally published on Shuttlers. Meet Tim Wong Chun-yim, a 30-year-old professional disabled badminton player who is now ...
Motivation
Japanese Paralympian Playing Violin Using Her Prosthetic Arm Will Most Definitely Inspire You
Meet Manami Nomura, a Paralympian nurse who is inspiring many people online with her breathtaking performance with a violin using her prosth...
Asia
China’s Most Decorated Paralympic Athlete Dies After Tragic Car Crash
Huang Wenpan, China’s most decorated athlete from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games with five gold medals, died on the way to the hospital after...
Paralympic Athletes are Allegedly Mutilating Themselves to Win Medals
The 2016 Paralympics kicks off in Rio de Janeiro soon, but organizers still face obstacles needing confrontation like how the finances aren&...
Editorial Staff
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