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Indian para-athletes are making history at the Asian Para Games in Japan, winning 62 medals across 11 sports. Paralympic champions and rising stars are proving that determination knows no boundaries.
Some of America's brightest cycling stars will ride alongside fans at a California fundraiser supporting the next generation of athletes. The Bicycles & Bluegrass Benefit brings together Olympic gold medalists, Paralympic champions, and world title holders for an unforgettable weekend.
New Zealand's Nicole Murray and Rory Mead are racing for medals at the Para Cycling World Championships in Alabama this weekend, both in career-best form. Murray brings 19 career medals while Mead arrives fresh off three podium finishes in Europe.
Young athletes are shattering world records and rewriting the history books at the 2026 Para Pan Pacific Championships in California. Eighteen-year-old swimmer Alessandra Oliveira Dos Santos led the charge with a stunning performance that knocked nearly a full second off her own world record.
British comedian Ricky Balshaw won Paralympic silver in equestrian dressage, then ditched a sales job to make audiences laugh about disability without the inspiration gloss. He's proving humor can live in the awkward spaces most of us are too careful to explore.
Canada welcomes the world's best Para athletes this week with major competitions in Montreal and Toronto. Paralympic champions will compete in canoe, wheelchair basketball, and swimming events across the country.
Canada's women's wheelchair basketball team claimed second place at the Ottawa Invitational, a key warmup before hosting the World Championships in September. Paralympic bronze medallist Leanne Taylor also placed fourth at the Para Triathlon Series, just 10 months after giving birth.
A two-time Paralympic gold medalist who became the first blind woman to swim the English Channel is helping break down barriers for visually impaired swimmers in Brighton. Her work proves that with the right support, open water swimming can be accessible to everyone.
Two-time gold medalist Melanie Barratt, the first blind woman to swim the English Channel, is helping break down barriers stopping visually impaired people from experiencing the joy of sea swimming. A new initiative in Brighton is making open water accessible to everyone.
A new aviation bill backed by Paralympic champion Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson could transform air travel for disabled passengers by giving authorities power to fine airlines that lose or damage wheelchairs. The legislation comes after the athlete's own wheelchair was lost and returned weeks later cut in half.
Canadian Winter Olympians and Paralympians received a hero's welcome at the Governor General's residence in Ottawa. The athletes celebrated their victories while inspiring the next generation of winter sports stars.
Two-time US Open champion Erin Routliffe credits her Paralympic medalist sister Tess as her greatest motivation. The New Zealand tennis star hopes they'll both compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics together.