By Jerry Carino, Asbury Park Press
At first, the bad news hit Patrick Terry hard: His right leg would have to be amputated below the knee due to an infection. Continue reading He’s 72, an amputee, and won 6 medals at National Veterans Wheelchair Games
By BECKY SULLIVAN, NPR
Two hours before the final of the men’s 100-meter T51 race in this summer’s Paralympic games, Peter Genyn arrived at the venue to find his wheelchair badly damaged. Continue reading His Wheelchair Was Found Damaged Before The Race. Then He Set A Paralympic Record
By Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American
As audiences across the world tune in to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, they will see athletes using an impressive array of high-tech prosthetic limbs, wheelchairs and other assistive technology. These devices bear little resemblance to those for everyday use—and vary a great deal from sport to sport. Continue reading How Paralympic Wheelchairs and Prostheses Are Optimized for Speed and Performance
By NBC Sports.
Already a legend in the marathon community, Daniel Romanchuk won the first Paralympic medal of his career Sunday night with a gold medal on the track. Continue reading Six-time major marathon winner Daniel Romanchuk grabs first Paralympic medal
By Cindy Augustine, Yahoo! Life
The Unwind is Yahoo Life’s well-being series in which experts, influencers and celebrities share their approaches to wellness and mental health, from self-care rituals to setting healthy boundaries to the mantras that keep them afloat. Continue reading Paralympian Sophia Herzog has a mental health coach and psychologist ‘to get me prepared and healthy’
By Marsha B., Yahoo! Lifestyle
Over the years, people with high profile occupations like athletes, musicians, and actors, have compromised their mental health at the expense of their craft. Continue reading Simone Biles Prioritizes Her Mental Health By Withdrawing From Team USA’s Final Competition In The Tokyo Olympics
By JEZ CORDEN, Windows Central
Microsoft has invested more than ever in its gaming business lately, with its purchase of ZeniMax/Bethesda, a huge staff increase, exclusive content for Xbox Game Pass, and much more. Continue reading Xbox is combating exclusion with its accessibility drive, and others should follow
By Stuart Lieberman, Team USA
Historically, Team USA has impressed across all classifications in track and field at the Paralympic Games, and this year in Tokyo it is expected to be no different. U.S. Paralympics Track and Field announced on Thursday the 26 women who will represent Team USA this summer, following their top performances at the U.S. Paralympic Team Trials in Minneapolis. Continue reading MEET THE U.S. PARALYMPIC WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD TEAM FOR TOKYO
By George Ramsay, CNN
Throughout his life, cycling has been a form of solace for Oz Sanchez. From the age of 12 or 13, he remembers being out on a bike even in the small hours. “I would leave the house sometimes at two or three in the morning for whatever frustrations I was dealing with and just ride under the moonlight in the local hills and mountains,” Sanchez tells CNN Sport. Continue reading For handcyclist Oz Sanchez, Paralympic success is a ‘testament to the person I’ve become’
