When British swimmer Chloe Davies, 13, found out she had qualified for the London 2012 Paralympics, she screamed with delight and sprinted up and down the stairs of her family’s home in Somerset, ...
Hungarian wheelchair fencing athlete Pal Szekeres poses during a training session at the 2011 World Fencing Championships in Catania on Oct. 10, 2011. <br>Pal Szekeres is the only athlete to have won ...
This summer marks ten years since London hosted the 2012 Paralympics. It was hoped the Paralympics would have a lasting legacy on improving access to and participation in sports for disabled people.
One early morning in the English town of Aylesbury, a doctor in round spectacles and a white lab coat began his usual rounds at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. These were the dreary days immediately ...
In the summer of 2012, London hosted the Paralympics for the first time –- the biggest ever Paralympics, with over 4,000 athletes from 164 teams. With 2.4 million advance tickets sold and an ...
Soon after the closing of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Channel 4 began promoting its Paralympic coverage with the strapline: “Thanks for the warm-up”. It followed up with its biggest ever marketing ...