France will be hosting its first-ever Summer Paralympic Games from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The programme will include 22 sports, 549 events. The Paralympic Games are the ultimate goal for athletes with disabilities. The Paralympics are the parallel Games to the Olympics and the name illustrates how the two movements exist side-by-side. The […]
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Team South Africa brings home six medals, a world record and an African record from the 2024 Para Athletics World Championships in Kobe, Japan which ran from 17 May to 25 May. Palesa Manaleng – Eyewitness News The World Championships are a crucial qualifier for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. SIMONÉ KRUGER Para-athlete Simoné Kruger
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The Paris Paralympics are expected to give the movement the biggest boost since the mould-breaking 2012 London Games – and organisers hope they will help to move the rights of disabled people to the top of the list of global priorities. Associated Press The Paris Paralympics are expected to give the movement the biggest boost
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“Your disability doesn’t define your abilities, and a dream doesn’t become reality through magic, but through determination and hard work,” says Kgothatso Montjane… who exactly two years ago this month in 2018 became the first black South African women to play at Wimbledon. “When I was still at school, I was a very active learner, who
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