Olympic/Paralympic Sport
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By: Wesley Botton
The 117-strong South African team will leave for Uganda on Friday July 4 in an attempt to regain the Fasu African Student Games title they won two years ago. more...
New Events At The Olympic Games
By: Peter Reeves
Each Olympics the International Olympic Committee announces new races, disciplines and sports for the competition programme and this year is no exception. more...
By: Meredith Barnes
Eventing is a three-day Olympic sport wherein horse and rider teams compete in three different disciplines: Dressage, Cross Country, and Show Jumping. The same team must more...
Shvetsov Defends Comrades Title
By: Wesley Botton
Former Olympic marathoner Leonid Shvetsov broke away early on Sunday June 15 to smash the Comrades Marathon course record. more...
Paralympic Profile: Asya Miller
By: Andrew Leibs
With five national championships and two Paralympic medals, the only curve goalball throws at 10-time US team member Asya Miller is explaining what it is. more...
Paralympic Profile: Mark Lucas
In: Olympic/Paralympic Sport (general)
By: Andrew Leibs
While countries and businesses build five-year plans, Mark Lucas-Executive Director of the United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA)-lays out 10. more...
By: Andrew Leibs
This timeline traces the development of disabled sports from recreational therapy to the Paralympic Games, the pinnacle of athletic competition for the disabled. more...
By: Andrew Leibs
This article provides a brief history of goalball, a 3-on-3 indoor Paralympic sport that has become the premier team sport for blind athletes. more...
Eugene Hosts Track & Field Trials
By: Aurae Beidler
This year, the U.S. Olympic Trials for Track & Field will be held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon for a record fourth time, branding the city as Track Town USA. more...
In: Olympic/Paralympic Sport (general)
Information for fans looking for official Beijing 2008 Olympics competitions and results. Also, data on world rankings and published world and Olympic records. more...
Melanie Schlanger in Time-Trials
In: Olympic Swimming
Melanie Schlanger is one of at least four Australian women to compete in the 100m freestyle time-trials for Beijing 2008. Only two women are selected per individual race more...
In: Olympic/Paralympic Sport (general)
By: Ryan Szporer
Leaving Montreal for the harsher Canadian North thirty years ago, MLA Wendy Bisaro has thrived with a career in the Legislative Assembly and international competition. more...
Oscar Pistorius' Olympic Bid Fails
By: Sachin Seth
The "fastest man on no legs" had his request to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics declined, because his carbon-fibre prosthetics allegedly give him an unfair advantage. more...
Waddell's Olympian Comeback Bid
In: Olympic/Paralympic Sport (general)
By: Brenda Ann Burke
Selecting between Olympic victor Rob Waddell and multiple world champion Mahe Drysdale for New Zealand's single sculls berth at Beijing has been a dramatic process. more...
