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Nigeria retains dominance in power-lifting at Rio 2016 paralympics

Nigeria retains dominance in power-lifting at Rio 2016 paralympics

Nigeria once again showed its prowess in the sport just like it did at London 2012, With the conclusion of the power-lifting event at the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Team Nigeria won so far at the at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil. The sport contributed six of the country’s eight gold medals. Despite not matching its…

Natasha Baker wins for Great Britain at Rio Paralympics 2016

Natasha Baker wins for Great Britain at Rio Paralympics 2016

On day 8 at the Rio Paralympics Britain have won 4 gold medals, following a trio of canoe successes, with Natasha Baker’s dressage title.

Clinched the KL1 canoe title on her return to the Paralympics, Jeanette Chippington won 12 swimming medals between 1988 and 2004.

26, Baker, and her mount Cabral defended the Class II crown which they…

Paralympics 2016 : Marylanders Win Gold in Rio Paralympics

Paralympics 2016 : Marylanders Win Gold in Rio Paralympics

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As athletes compete in the Paralympic games, Maryland is once again being well-represented in Rio.

Snyder won the S11 400-meter men’s freestyle a day after taking silver in the 100 backstroke, The Baltimore Sun, reports. Baltimore’s Brad Snyder, has five Paralympic medals across two games. Snyder is a former Navy swim…

Indian Archer Pooja finishes at 29th in Rio Paralympics 2016

Indian archer Pooja finished the ranking round in Paralympics at the 29th spot with a total of 513 points in the Recurve archery event of the Rio Games on Saturday.

Pooja started the event with a complete of forty seven points from her initial six arrows as she scored 9, 8,8, 8, 7 and 7.

In the second set the Indian improved her performance as she side another fifty points to her score once…

Malaysian Gold medalists will be rewarded with a new Kia Sportage

Malaysian Rio Paralymics 2016 Gold Medalist will get brand new Kia Sportage.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian athletes who win gold at the city Paralympics 2016 are going to be rewarded with a brand new Kia Sportage, Naza Corporation Holdings chairman and chief officer, SM Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin aforesaid.

“I am very pleased with our Malaysian Paralympians who are going to be bringing their gold medals…

Rio Paralympics Day Two All Events ,Feeds and sports updates

Records continued  to fall on the second day of competition at the Rio Paralympic Games on Friday, starting with the gap 2 events. initial in Power lifting then in sport 2 Paralympic Records fell directly. Wheelchair Basketball

Rio Paralympics Day Two All Events ,Feeds and sports updates

On the court, nice GB was ready to retreat to on the right track with a giant win over the weak Argentinians.…

Rivard wins Canada’s first Paralympic gold

Rivard wins Canada’s first Paralympic gold

RIO DE JANEIRO — At the Paralympic Games, Swimmer Aurelie Rivard won Canada’s first gold medal, and she did it in commanding fashion.

On Friday, In a world record time of 27.37 seconds, The 20-year-old from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu won the S10 50-metre freestyle, about an hour after Canada won its first medals of the Games — 2 silvers in track cycling.

Riva…

Singapore swimmer Yip Pin Xiu clinches gold at Rio Paralympics 2016

Singapore swimmer Yip Pin Xiu clinches gold at Rio Paralympics 2016

On Saturday, In the Women’s (S2) 100m backstroke, Yip Pin Xiu broke her own world record and clinched a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

Ahead of Ukraine’s Iryna Sotska (2:21.98s) and China’s Feng Yazhu (2:18.65s), The Singapore swimmer took only 2:07.09s to touch the wall. Yip, who has been suffering from muscular…

Rio Paralympics 2016: Helen Scott & Sophie Thornhill win time trial gold

Rio Paralympics 2016: Helen Scott & Sophie Thornhill win time trial gold

British pilot Helen Scott and Para-cyclist Sophie Thornhill won gold in the women’s B 1,000m time trial on day 2 of the Rio Paralympics.

They set a Paralympic record of 1 minute 6.283 seconds to beat Haleigh Dolman and Dutch duo Larissa Klaassen.

T44 competitor Reid, 31, jumped 5.64m but was beaten by France’s Marie-Amelie…

Messi joins Spanish Paralympic blind team for kickabout

Messi joins Spanish Paralympic blind team for kickabout

The Spanish national 5-a-side blind football team….. and unsurprisingly the Argentine maestro excelled, Lionel Messi and his Barcelona colleagues linked up.

The Blaugrana players involved were given blindfolds and shown the tricks of the trade by their counterparts, who taught them how to connect with the ball, via a device, which makes a…

Paralympics: Tunisia To Defend Golds in Rio

Paralympics: Tunisia To Defend Golds in Rio

he 15th edition of the Paralympic games opens later today and will run for eleven days until 18th of September. The Tunisian flag was raised in the Paralympic Village of Rio de Janeiro during the opening ceremony yesterday night. Tunisia’s Paralympic athletes are on the starting blocks in Rio de Janeiro today, defending the gold, silver and bronze…

2016 Rio Paralympics : Here’s What to Look Forward to at the Paralympics

2016 Rio Paralympics : Here’s What to Look Forward to at the Paralympics

Here are 10 Athletes/Events to look out for over the next 11 days, in no particular order. As a place to start, though, and a way of putting a face on the Paralympic Games.

1.Wheelchair Rugby. Ah, yes, my beloved “murderball”. It makes “Mad Max: Fury Road” look like….well, “Mad Max Fury Road” with wheelchairs. It is a game…

Canadian basketball team women’s started with a bang in Paralympics

Canada’s women’s basket ball team had a great start at Rio Paralympics 2016, the top-ranked women’s wheelchair basketball team started the Rio Paralympics by defeating Great Britain 43-36 in the morning.

  Canada is off to a great start in #wheelchairbasketball, defeating Great Britain in their #Paralympics opening match https://t.co/5GzCuHMe8g

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) September 8, 2016

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Start of the 2016 Paralympics: Schedule, live stream

Start of the 2016 Paralympics: Schedule, live stream

The Paralympics feature 4,300 athletes from 161 nations and a team comprised of refugee athletes. He was notified about 5 weeks ago by the Rio Olympic organizing committee that there was no money left to run the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Philip Craven said. The organizers suffered financial problems heading…

Despite problems, no sports or countries were cut

Despite problems, no sports or countries were cut

There have been no cuts to the sports, Paralympic organizers say, no delegations were forced to drop out, all will be contested as planned.

Craven said, “All the teams will be here.”

Also Read : More gold for Navy veteran Brad Snyder after accepting blindness

The ruling was upheld by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport. For alleged…

Rio Paralympics 2016 : More gold for Navy veteran Brad Snyder after accepting blindness

Brad Snyder the Navy veteran seeks to get more gold after accepting blindness , Snyder lost his sight to an IED in Afghanistan five years to the day before the Rio Paralympics opening ceremony.

On Sept. 7, 2012, a year to the day once an impermanent device took his sight in Islamic State of Afghanistan, Brad Snyder stood atop a ambo in London and detected “The Star spangled Banner.”

The former…