#paralympics — Public Fediverse posts

Kampfansage der Sportsenatorin im Bewerbungs-Endspurt: „Olympia in Deutschland gewinnt nur mit Berlin“

Mit einer Kampfansage hat Berlins Sportsenatorin Iris Spranger den Endspurt um die nationale Bewerbung für Olympische und Paralympische…
#Berlin #Deutschland #Deutsch #DE #Schlagzeilen #Headlines #Nachrichten #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Brandenburg #Germany #IrisSpranger #Köln #Mecklenburg-Vorpommern #Paralympics #SPD
https://www.europesays.com/de/1303433/

Engineering the Impossible: Team Samsung Galaxy’s Paralympian Mike Schultz Opens Up His Athletic Journey

As the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games are now underway, Team Samsung Galaxy athlete and three-time Paralympic…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #Samsung #GalaxyBuds3Pro #GalaxyWatch8 #MilanoCortina2026 #OlympicandParalympicWinterGames #Paralympics #SamsungGroup #TeamSamsungGalaxy #TeamGalaxy
https://www.europesays.com/korea/152559/

Sunday, March 8, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/sunday-march-8-2026/

In the mid-2000s, I got my first #GoldMedal at #BCDisabilityGames in #PowellRiver - in intermediate #EnglishRiding #dressage. I went on to obtain bronze, silver & gold medals in regular BC Games - competing against non-disabled #equestrians. I moved up to national competitions & obtained 2 silvers & 1 gold medal. I was approached by Canadian #Paralympics Committee & the international #ParaEquestrian coach, after that. They wanted me to join #TeamCanada. We had 3 different meetings after & it resulted in me pulling out because I couldn't afford to pay for their training program. I was also too old to get funding help & had no one around to help me on that. It was a good life experience, while it lasted.

That was when I first learned how expensive it is to pursue higher levels of #parasports competition. Many of us just bowed out, even when we met qualifying markers - because we were too poor to keep at it.

You can see my leg braces because jodphurs are tight & grip to everything.

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaAthletes #ParaEquestrian #Horses #PoleBending #AsianMastodon #DisabledAthletes #BCGames #BeatTheOdds #DisabledWomen #haflinger

I'm unable to keep doing my past #SledgeHockey #parasports because my osteoporosis specialist says it's too dangerous for me now because of lowered bone density & higher risk of not being able to recover from accidents. That really sucks because I loved playing/training in sledge hockey. I was one of only 3 women on #VancouverIsland involved in that #sport.

Two photos from my prior sledge #hockey life:

- in BC Games jersey with my hockey helmet on & giving a what are you saying look to my coach(out of view). It was the day he moved me off defensive line & put me on offensive line because I was too aggressive on defensive & kept slamming much larger male players straight into the walls to steal the puck 🏒🥅😆

- my first & only training camp with Canadian #Paralympics womens' sledge hockey team & coaches, in Vancouver. I'm wearing the number 12 jersey. I was the only woman on the island who got accepted into that training camp.

#PeopleWithDisabilities #AsianMastodon #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSports #ParaAthletes #VancouverIsland #InclusiveSports

Takayuki Suzuki, who won four medals during the Paris Paralympics, hopes to see Paralympians and people with disabilities become more visible in Japanese society. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/10/07/takayuki-suzuki-paralympics/ #paralympics #takayukisuzuki #parasports #2024parisparalympics

"Il mio sogno paralimpico: l'amputato di Gaza pedala per la Palestina – video."
#GazaSunbirds #Paralympics #Paralimpiadi2024 #Paris2024

#CeasefireNOW #Gaza
#GazaGenocide #Israel #IsraeliOccupation #PACE #28agosto

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/aug/28/my-paralympic-dream-the-amputee-from-gaza-cycling-for-palestine-video