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Reasons why Halvor will always be one of my favourite athletes. He is always raising awareness for issues like this and then trying to find a solution
#i was aware that para athletes are not earning much prize money but nothing for participating in the world championships??#that's kinda fucked up#ski jumping#Wintersport#para athletics#halvor Egner Granerud
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Walking among legends. What a day in Loughborough last week to tread the same path as Paralympic legends. We're into double digits with Paris Team Annoucments and this week was a big one. Introducing the first 10 Para Athletes named for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. More news via https://www.paralympics.org.uk
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A more casual design for my para track runner phantom (ignore that I switched the legs I'm an idiot)
#digital art#phantom ghoul#disabled ghouls#amputee phantom#para athlete#ghost fanart#ghoul fanart#ark's art
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#afghan taekwondo para-athlete zakia khudadadi#sports#paris paralympics 2024#bronze medal#refugee paralympic team#afghanistan#turkey#ekinci nurcihan#refugees
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OH MY GOD, HOW DID I NOT DISCOVER THIS SOONER?!
I tried wheelchair racing for the first time today and it was so fun. I remember why I used to like sports. Things are so much easier when you aren't in as much pain!
I cannot express just how happy I am right now.
also apologies for falling off the face of the earth my chronic illness decided to chronic illness real hard the past couple days
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(via Let the Boston Marathon Para-Athletes Inspire You)
#Boston Marathon#2023 Boston Marathon#Savannah Scaroni#Wheel Chair Athletes#Para-Athletes#women in sports#female athletes#261Fearless#Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham#Tracy Higginbotham#Boston#runners#marathoners#YOLO#competition#Monday Motivation#Boston Monday#Patriots Day#Monday morning
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A sporting account… on Tumblr?
Bit of an experiment, this. Hopefully not a mistake.
Hello. I’m Rafael. I play boccia, which is a Paralympic sport (e.g., a sport which is in the Paralympics, like goalball, wheelchair rugby, etc). It’s a cousin of pétanque, lawn bowls, curling, and all those other sports whose ancient ancestor is someone going “I bet I can get my rock closer to that pebble over there than you can get yours”. Boccia is played indoors, in a space almost exactly the same size as a badminton court, as individuals, in pairs, or teams of 3. In the UK the overwhelming emphasis is on individual play, although pairs and teams competition is growing in global significance.
I’m a member of the newly reformed England squad, run by our governing body Boccia England, and I’m classified as a BC3 athlete - that means that instead of throwing or kicking the balls, we roll them down a ramp instead. The ramp is positioned, and balls set up on it for us, by a Ramp Operator - for me, that’s either one of my personal assistants, or increasingly, my partner. The RO isn’t allowed to see what’s going on on the court, they have to keep their back to it at all times during matchplay - they’re only allowed to physically help, not tactically help.
Playing boccia changed my life - I’ve always been a competitive person but until I discovered the sport in 2012, aged 27, had not only no access to participate in sports but no idea that a sport I could meaningfully play even existed. My sporting career is a direct legacy of the 2012 London Paralympics; it was the presentation of the Boccia UK Squad at the opening ceremony which resulted in the penny dropping. I was at my first club session within a few weeks, and attended my first competition a few weeks after that - I won a bronze medal, and was hooked.
My breakout year was the 2018-2019 season; our last complete season before the pandemic brought everything to a screeching halt. That year I zoomed my way through the Heathcoat Cup national finals - our ‘second division’ competition, a precious space for beginner and improving players to learn their trade without getting steamrollered by the pros - which qualified me directly into the BE Cup Finals, which is the de facto England national championship. I won my pool, unbeaten, and ultimately came 4th, which saw me begin the 2019-2020 season ranked 5th in England, behind two international athletes and two England players.
After that came a funny couple of years; half a season and two bronze medals in BE Cup Qualifiers before the pandemic stopped everything, and then a heavily modified “Back to Boccia” season for 2021-2022, at which I won the gold medal at two of the three Back To Boccia Cup events, went and won the qualifying tournament for the German National Boccia Championships in Düsseldorf - broadening my horizons as a dual national - before being selected for my very first Boccia UK Challenger. The Challengers are events run by BUK to provide the UK national squad, and selected others from the home countries, with additional formal competition experience. At the Gloucester Challenger there were 4 Boccia UK-supported athletes; two men from the World Class Programme and two women being supported in their development with coaching and world-class equipment, including Paralympian Scott McCowan, who had come 4th in Tokyo just nine months earlier. I beat all four UK athletes, and ultimately came second to my England colleague Matt Berry. That silver medal is my greatest achievement, to date. Matt and I followed that up with another one-two finish at the special, pandemic-edition competition run within the talent pathway as a substitute for the England national championships, which resulted in my being selected for my very first UK National Championships, where I lost only to the two McCowan brothers, Paralympians both, and ultimately came 6th. Just a fortnight later I was in Berlin, where I won the silver medal in the German National Championships.
I’ve just kicked off the 2022-2023 season with a very solid 5th place at the first BE Cup qualifier competition, and I’m off up to the SMILE Boccia Open tomorrow, to train up a shiny new personal assistant as a ramp operator. Wish us luck!
http://www.rafaelyoung.co.uk
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[ID: the image in the original post is a screenshot of a post showing Valentina Petrillo, a white trans woman with greyish-blonde hair in a blue Italian sprinter's uniform. The photo on the left shows a close up of her, while the one on the right is more zoomed out, showing the upper half of her torso. The caption reads "so - now that imane khelif is getting her vengeance, time to turn your heads to the paralympics. Time for allies to put their money where their mouths are and back a trans woman that will be competing." /End ID]
Her name is Valentina Petrillo and she is a visually-impaired sprinter.
Time to support her, because even without the racism element I expect she will be getting some flak from Awful, Awful People.
#disability#disabled#the paralympics#para sports#described#parasports#running#athletics#queer and disabled#trans
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My attempt at drawing phantom ghoul as a para track runner for an au I might be making
#phantom ghoul#disabled ghouls#digital art#para athlete#amputee phantom#ghost fanart#ghoul fanart#ark's art
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On Thursday, cyclist Kate O'Brien won Canada's first medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, finishing third in the C4-5 Time Trial behind The Netherlands' Caroline Groot and France's Marie Patouillet. It was fantastic that one of the first podium of the Games had two proud lesbians --Kate and Marie-- standing on it, too!
#Kate O'Brien#GO CANADA#Team Canada#O Canada#Cyclist#Para Cyclist#Canadian Cyclist#Athlete#Canadian Athlete#Paralympian#Canadian Paralympian#Bronze Medallist#Canadian Bronze Medallist#Canadian Sports#Canadian Sport#Paris 2024 Paralympic Games#Paris 2024 Paralympics#Paralympic Games#Paralympics#Paris 2024#Canadians Abroad#Vélodrome National#Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines#Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines#Montigny-le-Bretonneux#Yvelines#Paris#France#Canada Chronicles#Youtube
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Overcoming Challenges: The Journey of a Para Swimmer with One Arm and One Leg
In the world of sports, the spirit of perseverance and determination is not reserved solely for able-bodied athletes. Among them are remarkable individuals who inspire us all, particularly athletes with disabilities. Today, we delve into the inspiring story of a para swimmer born with one arm and one leg, who has overcome tremendous obstacles to win a gold medal at the ParaGames. Facing…
#athletics#community activities#competing#congenital disability#Determination#friendly competitions#gold medal#happiness#heroes#inspiring others#journey#mental resolve#motivation#one arm#one leg#overcoming challenges#para swimmer#ParaGames#perseverance#personal achievement#resilience#swimming skills#training#younger generation
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Well I've watched enough sport for the next ten years...
#misc#can't believe i've followed the Olympics and Paralympics this much lmao#i usually watch like a bit#but it does change everything when there's no time delay#and honestly the commentators were so excited it was fun to watch#holy good stuff that happened in this stupid ass fucking country for like the last 20 years and probably the next 20 too...#anyway so Paralympics competitions were impressive to watch#also seeing other countries treat their para athletes like actual athletes#unlike here...#can you believe france won men blind football gold medal with amateur players???#they all have a job outside cause this country doesn't give a fuck about them#while Brazil were clearly treated the same as the valid football team#only football I'm stanning now#(i still hate football mentality not to worry)#also crazy impressed by athletes and their guides literally being synchronized when running#like they have to be on the same level that's freaking crazy#anyway
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renaissance poses from the Paralympics this summer... televise para sports forever !!!
#my art#paralympics 2024#para sports#as a disabled person i loved watching them be on tv#referenced live footage for these bc i wanted to make sure i represented them realistically while still capturing their energy#paralympics#gia pergolini#brittni mason#ezra frech#gabriel araujo#sheetal devi#bebe vio#muslim al-sudani#para athletes#gabrielzinho#paris 2024#paris paralympics#disabled athletes
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USAOCR National Championships PARA Adaptive Athlete Event
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