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Emerging technologies offer glimpse into transformed future of disability sport

Paralympics and football must work out how to harness innovations for the greater good of athletes and players

The Guardian - UK

Aussie legends strike gold in triumphant homecoming

Australia's Paralympians and Olympians have been welcomed home in the best way possible, soaking up the sun and the glory at a reception in Sydney.

AAP

The US doesn’t dominate the Paralympics as it does the Olympics. Does it matter?

How should the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee define success? Is it strictly in terms of medals?

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Paris 2024 Paralympic Games finish with sound and light spectacular

The 17th Paralympic Games ended on Sunday night with a spectacular son-et-lumière flourish in front of thousands of Paralympians as well as 65,000 spectators at a rain-soaked Stade de France in Saint Denis.

Radio France Internationale

Paris sets ‘new benchmark’ for Para sport as Games end on a high

Soggy conditions failed to dampen the mood as the French capital bid adieu to its maiden Games.

The Independent UK

Why the Paralympics ‘inclusive’ messaging is misleading

As the Paralympic Games come to an end with the closing ceremony, it’s an opportune moment to reflect back on the messaging behind the event. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) promoted the Games as an inclusive event that enhances opportunities for people who experience disability globally.

The Conversation

France waves farewell to its sporting summer at the Paralympics closing ceremony

This time it really is au revoir

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Curtain is drawn on Paris Paralympics, ending French capital's Olympic summer

The Paris 2024 Games came to a close just like they started, in the rain, but amid a festive atmosphere with an electro-party at the Stade de France on Sunday to conclude the Paralympics – and put an end to six weeks of thrilling sport in the French capital.

France 24

Moroccan Athlete Sets New World Record In Women's Marathon

Morocco's Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi and Tunisia's Wajdi Boukhili shine in marathons at Paralympics, while Netherlands' women's wheelchair basketball team d...

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David Weir retires from Paralympics after missing out on marathon medal

The 45-year-old David Weir said ‘Paris has been great’ and he felt ‘very proud’ despite disappointment of finishing fifth in the wheelchair marathon

The Guardian - UK

The End Of Olympic Escapism For Gloomy France

The end of the widely hailed Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris this weekend will be greeted with pride and relief, as well as trepidation in a country in the throes of a deep political crisis.

International Business Times

Paris 2024 Paralympics: Five things we learned on Day 10 – Back to reality

There's political uproar in them thar hills as the Paralympic thrills come to a close. Woe, woe and thrice woe, the end is nigh.

Radio France Internationale

Paris 2024 Paralympics day 10: Cockroft strikes gold, athletics, basketball and more – as it happened

GB’s men’s wheelchair basketball team endured a heartbreaking loss to Team USA

The Guardian - UK

Schools urged to capitalise on Paralympics success and ensure disabled students have opportunities in PE

Teachers often feel unprepared to deliver inclusive PE due to insufficient training and support, education experts have said

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

‘We are freed in Gaza by sport’: shot putter flies Palestinian flag at Paralympics

Fadi Aldeeb, who had a month to train in his old event, was sole Gaza-born athlete at either Paris Games

Radio France Internationale

Coutya takes gold for Britain in wheelchair fencing

Just over 24 hours after failing in his bid to win the sabre event in the men's wheelchair fencing, Dimitri Coutya claimed the Paralympic gold medal for Britain in the foil with a dominant display over Yanke Feng from China.

AAP

World hold on: Leary powers to Paralympic gold with WR

Alexa Leary's remarkable comeback story has its latest chapter after she claimed a 100m freestyle with a world record time at the Paralympics.

The Conversation

Paris is adding another page to Paralympic history but what will its legacy be?

A record 4,400 athletes from more than 160 countries are competing in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, with 549 medal events across 22 sports.

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Paralympian Stripped Of Gold Medal Because Of Pillow

"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. I feel even stronger and more motivated after all this." The post Paralympian Stripped Of Gold Medal Because Of Pillow first appeared on Bored Panda.

Radio France Internationale

Aussie athletes find home away from home at Paralympic village

The 160 members of the Australian Paralympic team have settled into their digs at the athletes’ village in Paris, where staff have gone out of their way to make sure they're ready to perform at their best and beat their Tokyo haul of 80 medals.

Radio France Internationale

Paris 2024 Paralympics: Five things we learned on Day 4 - Sludge match

There is a ferocious battle for supremacy between The Elements and The Organisers. No matter what The Elements literally rain down on their foes, The Organisers say they will prevail. But at what cost? Why can't they all just work together?

The Independent UK

Paralympics day five: Jonnie Peacock going for gold in T64 100m final

ParalympicsGB claimed 12 gold medals on Sunday – a new team record for the most golds won in a single day.

The Conversation

What a ‘forgotten’ Torres Strait Island Paralympian teaches us about representation, achievement and history

The full significance of Harry Mosby’s silver-medal win in the men’s discus at the 1976 Paralympic Games in Canada was unrecognised for 45 years: Paralympics Australia thought he was a Western Australian.

Evening Standard

Paris Paralympics 2024: Hannah Cockroft wins 100m gold again on record-breaking day for Great Britain

ParalympicsGB won 12 gold medals on Sunday - the most successful single day this century

Radio France Internationale

Nigeria's Bolaji targets para badminton medal in Paris to honour dead coach

Nigerian para badminton player Mariam Eniola Bolaji on Sunday vowed to continue her quest to honour her former coach with a medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

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