Winter Paralympics Mar 9, 2022
Team Japan's captain at the Beijing Paralympics has excelled on the slopes so far, winning two gold medals and a silver in sit ski events at Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre.
Winter Paralympics Mar 8, 2022
Para skier promotes understanding of bladder and bowel impairments
Taiki Morii, a medalist at five Paralympic Games, has worked to destigmatize issues faced by people with spinal cord injuries.
Winter Paralympics Mar 8, 2022
Warm temperatures and man-made snow challenge Paralympians in Beijing
by Donican Lam
While many top-tier Paralympians competing at Yanqing have commented on the hardness and different texture of man-made snow, it has not proven a problem to those who enjoy such conditions.
Winter Paralympics Mar 8, 2022
Ukraine’s Paralympians 'are all thinking of home'
by David Waldstein
Ukraine has won eight medals — third most, behind China and Canada — after three days of competition, each one a chance to convey a message.
Winter Paralympics Mar 8, 2022
Wax prowess propelling snowboarder Masataka Oiwane on world stage
Considered an authority on snowboard equipment and maintenance among his teammates, Oiwane brought his own special board wax to the competition venue near Beijing.
Winter Paralympics Mar 7, 2022
Momoka Muraoka settles for silver as Anna-Lena Forster wins super combined
Muraoka topped the super-G phase of the competition, but Forster's aggressive ski in the slalom propelled her to victory.
Winter Paralympics Mar 7, 2022
Taiki Kawayoke captures gold in long-distance cross-country event
By winning the classical technique event, Kawayoke, a two-time Paralympian, earned his first-ever medal.
Winter Paralympics Mar 7, 2022
Unwanted snowboarders making most of opportunity at Paralympics
by David Waldstein
Until the moment Cecile Hernandez of France was handed an official racing bib and a time slot Saturday, she still feared that race officials would forbid her to compete. Only the day before, after months of legal wrangling, she sat in her room in the ...
Paralympics Mar 6, 2022
Paralympians' favorite coming-of-age book remains relevant in 2022
Akiko Nobe' "Sacchan's Magic Hand," released 37 years ago, has sold 700,000 copies and is a favorite of many para athletes who identified with the protagonist.
Winter Paralympics Mar 6, 2022
Paralympic Committee asks Beijing why anti-war speech was censored
IPC president Andrew Parsons used his Friday night platform to strongly denounce war, saying the "Olympic truce for peace" must not be violated.
Winter Paralympics Mar 6, 2022
Momoka Muraoka wins sitting super-G for second gold in Beijing
With three events remaining, Muraoka is aiming for five gold medals at Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Center, which would equal her medal total from the Pyeongchang Games in 2018.
Winter Paralympics Mar 5, 2022
Resilient Ukrainian athletes put war-torn nation on top of Beijing Paralympics medal table
The team claimed three golds, three silver and a bronze in the biathlon events, just days after arriving in the capital following an arduous journey their top official called a "miracle."