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Momoka Muraoka driven by desire to show potential

Winter Paralympics Mar 9, 2022

Momoka Muraoka driven by desire to show potential

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.

Para skier promotes understanding of bladder and bowel impairments

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.

Warm temperatures and man-made snow challenge Paralympians in Beijing

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.

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Winter Paralympics Mar 8, 2022

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Wax prowess propelling snowboarder Masataka Oiwane on world stage

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.

Momoka Muraoka settles for silver as Anna-Lena Forster wins super combined

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.

Taiki Kawayoke captures gold in long-distance cross-country event

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.

Unwanted snowboarders making most of opportunity at Paralympics

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 ...

Paralympians' favorite coming-of-age book remains relevant in 2022

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.

Paralympic Committee asks Beijing why anti-war speech was censored

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.

Momoka Muraoka wins sitting super-G for second gold in Beijing

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.

Resilient Ukrainian athletes put war-torn nation on top of Beijing Paralympics medal table

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."

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