Katarina Roxon selected for 5th Paralympic Games, breaking Canadian female record
Sixteen years after making her Paralympic debut, Katarina Roxon is still smashing expectations on the world stage.
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Deepthi Jeevanji Wins Gold With World Record Time In World Para Championships
India's Deepthi Jeevanji clinched the gold medal with a world record time of 55.07 seconds in the women's 400m T20 category race at the World Para Athletics Championships on Monday. Deepthi smashed American Breanna Clark's earlier world record of 55.12 seconds set during last year's edition of the championships in Paris. Aysel Onder of Turkey was second with 55.19 seconds while Lizanshela Angulo of Ecuador was third with 56.68 seconds on the fourth day of competitions. Deepthi had qualified for the final after winning her heat race in an Asian record time of 56.18 seconds on Sunday.
Paraplympics-No reason to sanction Israel, Games should promote peace, says IPC head
PARIS : Wars and conflicts should not influence participation in the Games, which need to convey a message of hope and support, and Israel should not be sanctioned, Andrew Parsons, the head of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said.
India Wins Silver And Bronze On Day 3 Of World Para Athletics Championships
The Indian team picked up its first medals in the World Para Athletics Championships with high jumper Nishad Kumar and 200m runner Preethi Pal winning a silver and bronze respectively at Kobe in Japan on Sunday. Kumar, a Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist, cleared 1.99m to finish second in the men's T47 high jump final and pick up India's first medal on the third day of competitions. American Roderick Townsend won the gold with a jump of 2.05m. Another Indian in the fray, Ram Pal finished sixth with his season's best performance of 1.90m.
'Nervous energy' for Canadian athletes balancing stress, excitement with Paris Paralympics 100 days away
Travis Murao calls it "crunch time" and his favourite time of the year.
Manu Bhaker Emerges Most Successful Shooter in Olympic Selection Trials
Olympian shooter Manu Bhaker emerged as the most successful athlete in the Olympic Selection Trials (OST) Rifle/Pistol, winning the women's 10m air pistol OST T4 match on the concluding day of the exercise in Bhopal on Sunday. Overall, this was Manu's fourth win in the trials across two events, the other being the women's 25m sports pistol. Manu shot 240.8 in the OST T4 10m air pistol final at the MP State Shooting Academy ranges, leaving Hangzhou Asian Games champion Palak a huge 4.4 points behind in second. Rhythm Sangwan took the third spot.
'An experience to remember': Singapore's Maximilian Maeder hungry for more after second straight world title
SINGAPORE: Maximilian Maeder simply relishes competition.
Oleksiak wins 50m freestyle, McIntosh qualifies in fifth event at Olympic swim trials
Summer McIntosh and Penny Oleksiak headline the Olympic swim team nominees going to Paris this summer.