Canada's Ruth Sylvie Morel not done with wheelchair fencing after Paralympic finale
Canada's "grande dame" of wheelchair fencing wants more for her sport.
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'Sweet Sacrifice And Sleepless Nights': Sumit Antil On Defending Paralympic Gold Despite Back Injury
Carrying a back injury for more than a year, history-making Indian javelin thrower Sumit Antil's path to Paralympic glory was paved with a 'sweet sacrifice' and several sleepless nights. The 26-year-old faced a tough choice in the build-up to the Paralympics -- give up his favourite sweets or put his career at risk due to rapid weight gain and a back injury that troubled him before the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou last year where he won a gold. On the advice of his physio, Antil grudgingly gave up sweets, followed a strict training regimen and shed around 12 kilograms in just two months.
Russian athlete Tatyana Tomashova banned for 10 years
Russia's Tatyana Tomashova has been banned from athletics for 10 years and stripped of the silver medal she won in the women's 1,500m in the 2012 Olympics.
Paralympic newsletter: Canada wins another gold, plus Wednesday's medal chances
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Paralympics: Bronze medals for Róisín Ní Riain and Orla Comerford
There was success for Ireland on day six of the Paralympics as Róisín Ní Riain and Orla Comerford won bronze.
Olympic Runner Rebecca Cheptegei Suffers 75 Per Cent Burns After Partner 'Sets Her On Fire'
A Ugandan Olympian is in intensive care in a Kenyan hospital after being doused with petrol and set on fire allegedly by her partner, officials said Tuesday, the latest horrific incident of gender-based violence in the East African country. Long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, was assaulted after her Kenyan partner Dickson Ndiema Marangach reportedly snuck into her home in Endebess in the western county of Trans-Nzoia at around 2:00 pm on Sunday while she and her children were at church, police said. "Dickson, who had procured petrol, began pouring (it) on Rebecca before he set her ablaze," a police report said late Monday, adding that he was also injured by the flames.
Russia's Tomashova gets 10-year ban for 2012 doping violation
Russia's Tatyana Tomashova has been given a 10-year ban after she was found to have violated anti-doping regulations at the 2012 Olympics, as the fallout from that Games's shocking women's 1,500 metres final continues.
'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling slams transgender runner who competed in Paralympic Games
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