2008
21
Sep
There has never been a Paralympics that has not been hailed the best ever.
The first time I heard the phrase delivered “live” in the stadium was at Atlanta, which was almost certainly the worst ever.
On Wednesday evening in Beijing, President of the International Paralympic Committee Sir Phillip Craven did not let me down, delivering [...]
2008
17
Sep
The high-spirit United States beat Australia 53-44 to win their third Paralympic gold in wheelchair rugby here on Tuesday.
The U.S. team won their first two gold medals since the wheelchair rugby was introduced to the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics as a demonstration sport. They took the bronze in Athens four year ago.
Having a redemption of [...]
2008
17
Sep
Oscar Pistorius completed his gold-medal haul at the Paralympics on Tuesday, winning the 400 meters to go with sprint victories in the 100 and 200.
The South African double amputee known as “The Blade Runner” finished in 47.49 seconds, a world record for his disability class.
Jim Bob Bizzell of the United States won the silver medal [...]
2008
13
Sep
Iranian weightlifter Hamzeh Mohammadi grabbed the gold medal in the 60-kg category in Beijing’s Paralympics with an effort of 202.5 kg.
Mohammadi’s medal is Iran’s first gold in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.
Athletes from Russia and Egypt ranked second and third, respectively.
Mohammadi underwent doping test after winning the gold and he was awarded 30 million rials by [...]
2008
13
Sep
Natalie Du Toit of South Africa won her fourth gold medal in swimming at the Beijing Paralympics, taking the 400-meter freestyle on Friday in a world-record time for her disability group.
Du Toit, who lost a leg in a 2001 motorcycle crash, finished in 4 minutes, 43.81 seconds — 0.15 better than the mark she set [...]
2008
13
Sep
China swept two of the three gold medals on offer on the fourth competition day of powerlifing at the Beijing Paralympic Games here on Saturday.
Veterans Bian Jianxin and Fu Taoying claimed the women’s 60kg and 67.5kg category respectively, putting China’s gold total to four.
Bian, 34, gold medallist of the women’s 48kg category in 2004 Athens [...]
2008
11
Sep
The Track cycling events of Beijing Paralympic Games ended in Laoshan Velodrome here on Wednesday when Britain took three more golds to prove its domination with a total of 12 titles.
Sarah Storey stormed back in the women’s individual pursuit of LC1-2/CP4 category to take the gold medal in a new LC1 world record of [...]
2008
11
Sep
British rowers dominated the Beijing Paralympics by claiming two golds at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Thursday while China and Italy shared the remaining two golds.
Britain pulled off a gold double in the women’s and men’s single sculls.
Helene Raynsford made history by winning the first [...]
2008
9
Sep
The South African double-amputee Oscar Pistorius won the 100 meters Tuesday at the Paralympic Games, though he missed his objective of beating his own world record time.
Pistorius, nicknamed “Blade Runner” because of his carbon-fiber prosthetic legs, finished in 11.17 seconds at the Bird’s Nest stadium, about a quarter of a second slower than his [...]
2008
8
Sep
Natalie Du Toit won the 100-meter butterfly gold medal at the Beijing Paralympics on Sunday, less than three weeks after her open-water Olympic swim in which she finished 16th in a race beset by problems.
The South African, who won five golds and a silver in the Athens Paralympics, finished in 1 minute, 6.74 seconds [...]