Paralympic Sports Discussion Thread

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  On 3/6/2020 at 4:36 AM, thiago_simoes said:

I've just discovered paralympic powerlifting and I'm in love with this sport. It's so exciting to watch! I never trusted weightlifting after so many doping scandals, so I could never get into it, but powerlifting is absolutely amazing! 

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Yeah para-powerlifting is quite fun. I really find most of the Para-sports to be highly entertaining affairs.

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Have anyone a official statement for African Goalball Championship about the winners? 

I think both Algerian team have qualified for the Paralympic Games, but is it right? 

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https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/nigeria-sports-news/385253-nigerian-paralympic-gold-medalist-ndidi-nwosu-is-dead.html

 

Rio Power lifting Gold Medalist and 2018 Commonwealth Games Champion has died with 40 years of age the 2nd dramatic death of a Paralympuc Champion in power lifting in just few weeks RIP ?

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We are sad to report the passing of four-time Paralympic boccia champion Dirceu Pinto.

Dirceu won individual and pairs gold at both Beijing 2008 and London 2012, and achieved mixed pairs silver in front of a home crowd at Rio 2016.

Dirceu was 39. Our heartfelt condolences to Dirceu's friends, family and team mates.

#RIP campeão.

 

 

 

Edited April 2, 2020 by thepharoah

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It’s been an unbelievably sad month for the Paralympics movement. 2020 really is the worst year 

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former autosport driver and multiple paralympic champion Alex Zanardi earlier today suffered a terrible accident with his handbike (apparently, he crashed against a truck   ) and now he's in grave life danger...

 

right now he's having a very complicated neurological operation after suffering a hard head trauma...

 

c'mon, man! if there's someone who can survive something like this, it's you! 

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A nice “feel good” story from the LA area.

 

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Hopefully Para Bobsleigh will be added to the 2026 Winter Paralympics. It was originally supposed to debut in 2022, but the IPC decided some criteria for inclusion weren’t met. 
 

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1097429/para-bobsleigh-2026-winter-paralympics

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When I was archiving results recently, I came across a database set up by the IPC to document the results from all of the editions of the Paralympic Games. It reminds me lot of a Olympedia actually. It’s pretty user friendly, and not too difficult to navigate. Here’s a link for those interested: https://db.ipc-services.org/sdms/hira

 

I’ve really enjoyed reading through the results of the earlier editions. The most surprising result I’ve seen so far is Jamaica’s silver medal in Women’s Wheelchair Basketball in 1972.

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