Winter Paralympics: North Korea to send team following talks

It will be the first North Korean delegation to attend a Winter Paralympics. Only two athletes ... North Korea sent a controversial senior general, Kim Yong-chol, to the closing ceremony of ... Read More

North Korean skiers dream of Paralympic success

North Korea is set ... of two North Korean athletes - both students - taking part at Oberried. The World Cup gives them a chance to be registered on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC ... Read More

SEOUL 1988 PARALYMPIC GAMES

The 1988 Paralympics marked ... while judo made its Paralympic Games debut. The Seoul 1988 Opening Ceremony took place in front of 75,000 people The Opening Ceremony, held on 15 October, took place at ... Read More

Russians, Belarusians barred from Paralympics Opening Ceremony

Athletes from Russia and Belarusia who are competing under a neutral banner at the Paralympics in Paris will not be permitted to take part in the opening or closing ceremonies, according to ... Read More

Retired Paralympic fencer Benny Cheung shares how things have changed for Hong Kong’s disabled athletes

But years before he made history ... He did that and more to reach the Paralympics in 1996. In the Tokyo Paralympics that ended earlier this month, Hong Kong’s athletes won five medals, after ... Read More

Paralympics open in empty stadium--just like Olympics

The rest of the 4,403 Paralympic athletes in Tokyo--a record number for any Paralympics--will be telling their stories until the closing ceremony. “I feel like I'm meeting movie stars,” said ... Read More

Tokyo Paralympic Games

Harmonius Cacophony was the theme for the games’ last act and the International Paralympic Committee used the ceremony to launch the We the 15 campaign to advance disability rights People with ... Read More

3 Things Audiences Can Learn From The Paralympic Games

But it’s not always clear what, exactly, the Paralympics are supposed to mean, especially to spectators. So it’s worth thinking about them a bit, well before the opening ceremonies. Read More

Paralympics organizers bar Russians and Belarusians from opening and closing ceremonies in Paris

Russian and Belarusian athletes have ... in this year's Paralympics opening ceremony in Paris, even if they are approved to compete as neutrals. The International Paralympic Committee set limits ... Read More

How to watch and stream the Tokyo Paralympic Games on NBC - NBC Olympics

Primetime broadcasts on NBC will feature the top stories and moments of the Paralympics ... of the Opening Ceremony on Tuesday, August 24, and live coverage of the Closing Ceremony on Sunday, ... Read More

Paris 2024: All you need to know for Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games will begin on Wednesday, 28 August with the opening ceremony ... Russian athletes had been barred from the 2016 Rio Paralympics over historic doping allegations before ... Read More

Russian, Belarusian athletes won't take part in Olympic opening ceremony

A decision on whether those athletes will be allowed to take part in the Aug. 11 closing ceremony will be taken “at a later stage,” the IOC said. This is a breaking news story and will be ... Read More