Paralympics

A backpack and three gold medals that were stolen from a Bay Area native and three-time Paralympian’s car Saturday in San Antonio have been recovered, according to police.

Adrianne Haslet survived the Boston bombing in 2013, was hit by a car in 2019 , and is now running the 126th Boston Marathon with elite marathoner Shalane Flanagan by her side. The pair is running in a new division Haslet fought to create and the duo hopes to make history.

Team USA’s Oksana Masters adds to the medal count by clinching a silver in cross-country skiing, right after her gold in biathlon, at the 2022 Paralympics.

The U.S. sled hockey team will be advancing after beating South Korea 9-1 and earning an automatic bye into the semifinals.

The U.S. sled hockey team secured a shutout victory against Canada in the opening game at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

The U.S. has secured their first gold of the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games in biathlon, following Oksana Masters victory.

The 2022 Winter Paralympics are set to open in Beijing, with the Russian athletes sent home and the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get here.

Beijing will host hundreds of athletes for the 2022 Winter Paralympics. Here’s info on how to watch or stream the Games, the schedule of events and more.

Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from competing at the Paralympics because of their countries’ roles in the war in Ukraine.

The reversal comes less than 24 hours after the IPC on Wednesday announced it would allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete.

Paralympic runner Blake Leeper is fighting for the next generation of disabled kids. His dream was to represent them by competing in the Tokyo Olympics with his prosthetic legs. But after losing that appeal, he has turned his focus to creating safe spaces for the disabled community to work out.

When Misato Michishita won the Paralympic marathon in Tokyo this summer, she picked up more than a gold medal. The visually impaired Japanese office worker became a must-get for organizers of Monday’s Boston Marathon, where she will headline one of three new para divisions being unveiled for the 125th edition of the race. “I had a dream about running...

Queen Elizabeth II has presided over the launch of the baton relay for next year’s Commonwealth Games in the central England city of Birmingham

Wheelchair basketball athlete Zoe Voris is in Tokyo representing Team USA. She spoke to LX News Now host Eric Alvarez about traveling and being apart from her family due to COVID restrictions at the events. Plus, we hear from her teammates and coach at UT Arlington, which has sent 14 athletes to this year’s Paralympics representing 3 different countries.

NBC’s Olympics coverage has long been built on a foundation of human-interest stories and showcasing their road to the Games.

While acceptance of LGBTQ athletes is growing in the sports world, Alex Reimer from Outsports has noticed less of this trend in men’s sports. He tells us more as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games celebrate a record number of LGBTQ athletes competing this year.

After a twist of fate during the pandemic, a resilient double amputee will be competing for gold in the Tokyo Paralympics.

A local nonprofit is working to help the next generation of Paralympians make dreams come true.

When life throws you a curveball, how do you respond? New Hampshire native Noelle Lambert chose to take the positive path four years ago following a life-altering accident. In this week’s “On Her Mark” feature, Hannah Donnelly introduces us to the resilient athlete who is redefining the limits for amputees.

With the Tokyo Olympics being postponed to 2021, The New York Times caught up with Olympic hopefuls, like surfer Jordy Smith, skateboarder Jagger Eaton and Paralympic swimmer Mallory Weggemann, to see how they are keeping busy during their unexpected downtime.