Etiket: Paralympic
Paralympic Games | Julien Petit: guided by passion
The idea of living from his passion for skiing has always occupied the mind of guide Julien Petit. A teammate of para-alpine skier Logan Leach since 2019, his constant will…
Canada ambitious for the Paralympic Games in Beijing
Canadian athletes have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Training centers have been closed for weeks. International competitions were extremely rare and widely spaced out due to travel restrictions. As…
Forrest and Westlake, Canadian flag bearers at the Paralympic Games
Wheelchair curler Ina Forrest and hockey player Greg Westlake have been named Canada’s flag bearers for the opening ceremonies of the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing on Friday. A victory…
Russians and Belarusians excluded from the Paralympic Games in Beijing
Less than 24 hours to change your mind: under pressure, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) finally decided to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Winter Games which start Friday…
Paralympic Games | Russians and Belarusians finally excluded
(Beijing) Less than 24 hours to change its mind: under pressure, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) finally decided to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Winter Games which start…
“Every bomb that explodes in Ukraine increases anger and reduces dialogue”, regrets the president of the International Paralympic Committee
Initially announced starters, the 83 Russian and Belarusian athletes will ultimately not participate in the Paralympic Games in Beijing, which begin tomorrow. Article written by Posted on 03/03/2022 09:49 Update…
Ukraine: Russians and Belarusians finally excluded from the Paralympic Games
Less than 24 hours to change their minds: under pressure, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) finally decided to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Winter Games which start Friday…
Beijing Paralympic Games: Russians and Belarusians will compete under a neutral banner
Athletes from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to take part in the Paralympic Games which begin Friday in Beijing, but will have to compete under a neutral flag due…
The Paralympic Games in Beijing begin this Friday in the shadow of war in Ukraine
The Winter Olympics barely over, place the Paralympics. Beijing, capital of China, is hosting the competition from March 4 to 13 in a very tense geopolitical context, due to the…
Snowboarding at the Paralympic Games | Everything falls into place for Sandrine Hamel
The pandemic shutdown has certainly come as a shock to the entire sporting community. Especially for athletes who are about to experience the biggest competition of their lives. With hindsight,…
Paralympic Games | The first of Lyne-Marie Bilodeau, but not her last
The Sherbrooke resident has carved out a place for herself with the Canadian delegation in cross-country sledding. Only 20 years old. Posted at 8:00 a.m. Frederick Duchesneau The Press “I…
Paralympic athletes | When will injustice end?
The Paralympic movement has always lived with a feeling of inferiority in relation to Olympism. Lately, the gap between the two has narrowed. Paralympic athletes enjoy fairer treatment in Canada.…
Paralympic athletes | The tip of the iceberg
What if, for an Olympic medal, we offered performance bonuses to male athletes and none to female athletes? Posted at 9:27 p.m. Nicholas Richard The Press “Everyone would very quickly…
a taste of the Olympics in schools with Olympic and Paralympic week
Excellence, respect and friendship. These three words, values of Olympism, resound in the classroom of the school “Les Frontailles” in Saint-Pierre d’Albigny in Savoie. They come from the mouth of…
Marie-Amélie Le Fur forgets her prosthesis in the RER: the Paralympic athlete calls for help
She is one of the greatest French Paralympic athletes with three gold medals at the London Olympics. Now President of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee, Marie-Amelie Le Fur is…
The Olympic and Paralympic week will be sporty and ecological
This is the rendezvous of the month of January for schoolchildren, sports enthusiasts or in search of discoveries. Olympic and Paralympic Week, also known as SOP, will take place January…
The Olympic and Paralympic week will be sporty and ecological
This is the rendezvous of the month of January for schoolchildren, sports enthusiasts or in search of discoveries. Olympic and Paralympic Week, also known as SOP, will take place January…
The Olympic and Paralympic week will be sporty and ecological
This is the rendezvous of the month of January for schoolchildren, sports enthusiasts or in search of discoveries. Olympic and Paralympic Week, also known as SOP, will take place January…
She did 2021 – The Dijonnaise Léa Ferney, silver medalist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games
File: Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games She scored 2021! The Dijon table tennis player Léa Ferney, 17 years old and already a silver medal around her neck, obtained at…
Our personalities of the year 2021: Aurélie Rivard, Paralympic swimmer
He is the most decorated Canadian athlete at the Tokyo Games. To add five new Paralympic medals to her collection, Quebec swimmer Aurélie Rivard had to find the strength to…