Archer Agustina Bantiloc became the latest Filipino to earn a ticket to the 2024 Paris Paralympics after qualifying in the women’s compound event. The Philippine Paralympic Committee announced the development on Saturday, June 8, after the 55-year-old Bantiloc qualified through Bipartite...
Angel Otom thrived at the Citi Para Swimming World Series 2024 in Singapore recently after scooping one gold and one silver medal. The triple gold medalist at last year’s ASEAN Para Games in Cambodia, who was born without arms, first took a huge splash in the women’s 50-meter butterfly Class...
Tokyo Olympian Kurt Bryan Barbosa will banner the Philippine team that will see action in the 2024 Asia Qualification Tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympic Games slated March 15-17 in Tai’an City, China. Members of the SMART/MVPSF PH team (from left) Arven Alcantara,...
PARIS (AFP) -- Former Grand Slam winner Yannick Noah described his appointment on Thursday, Dec. 14, as captain of France's men's wheelchair tennis team at the 2024 Paris Paralympics as "a fantastic adventure." Former Grand Slam winner Yannick Noah of France (AFP) The 63-year-old, who won the 1983...
PARIS (AFP) -- Less than 10 months before the Paralympic Games in Paris, the route the torch relay will cover was unveiled on Friday, Nov. 10, with a departure from the spiritual home of disabled sport at Stoke Mandeville in England. After a passage through the Channel Tunnel, a total of 1,000...
A general view shows the Paralympics symbol rings lit up at night on the Odaiba waterfront in Tokyo on August 21, 2021. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) As the Paralympic Games begin, Japan's efforts to improve accessibility and inclusion are in the spotlight, with many arguing there is still...
