#paralympics — Public Fediverse posts

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/

https://www.tkhunt.com/2494702/ Not Like Us 🌟😎 Amazing Para Equestrian Displays! #disability #Diversity #Inclusion #NEWS #OlympicGames #Olympics #ParaSport #ParalympicGames #Paralympics #sport #sports #パラリンピック競技大会

https://www.tkhunt.com/2366886/ The Paralympic Push-Up Challenge 💪😂 #disability #Diversity #Inclusion #NEWS #OlympicGames #Olympics #ParaSport #ParalympicGames #Paralympics #sport #sports #パラリンピック競技大会

https://www.tkhunt.com/2358077/ A Golden Kiss 💋🥇 #disability #Diversity #Inclusion #NEWS #OlympicGames #Olympics #ParaSport #ParalympicGames #Paralympics #sport #sports #パラリンピック競技大会

Olympia und Inklusion. Eine Mogelpackung und die Ausgangslage – der Schattenbericht – FAIRspielen.de
https://fairspielen.de/2026/05/01/olympia-und-inklusion-eine-mogelpackung-und-die-ausgangslage-der-schattenbericht/
#inklusion #barrierefreiheit #behindertenrechte #behindertenfeindlich #paralympics #paralympicgames #dosb #Olympia #nolympia #Hamburg

Sunday, March 8, 2026

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

Paralympics opening ceremony is today, Friday. What percentage of those who watched Olympic events will watch Paralympic events, do you think? How many para-allies are out there?

#Paralympics #olympics #sports #spectatorsport #differentlyabled

Edit: to reflect the fact that today is, indeed, Friday.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/how-to-watch-paralympics-on-cbc-digital-platforms-9.7112353

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

Sunday, September 28, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/sunday-september-28-2025/

'We've become role models': French para athletes hail legacy of the Paris Games.

Three weeks before the World Para Athletics Championships open in New Delhi, dozens of stars from France's Paralympics movement gathered just outside Paris to celebrate the success of the 2024 Games – an event athletes say marked a turning point in how their sports are perceived.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250914-weve-become-role-models-french-para-athletes-hail-legacy-of-the-paris-games?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#WorldParaAthleticsChampionships #Paralympics #Paris2024 #Sport #Athletes #Olympics #France

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

The #Paralympics: returning the dignity to the concept of "lame" since 1960

Las #Paralimpiadas: regresándole la dignidad al concepto de "manquear" desde 1960