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...may have noticed that some athletes race in a sit-ski while others...letters and numbers next to athletes' names: LW5/7, B2, SB-LL1....an impairment affects an athlete's performance in a specific...impairment affects an athlete's performance in a specific sport, so that...ranking of how disabled an athlete is. It is not a measure of...

...something rare: a history-making performance in her first attempt on the biggest...sitting, becoming the first American athlete to medal in biathlon at either the...Paralympic level. Not first para athlete. First American, period. She was...spina bifida, and that PyeongChang performance showed what was possible from the...

...one of the most complete performances any American athlete has...performances any American athlete has put together at a Winter...rowing, cycling. Most elite athletes narrow their focus over time....one of the most complete performances any American athlete has...performances any American athlete has produced at a Winter Games....

...completed its most successful performances at the Games in recent history....history. The team of 289 athletes won a total of 115 medals,...highlights of the outstanding U.S. athlete and team performances in Rio....outstanding U.S. athlete and team performances in Rio. Team USA's haul...bronze. Most decorated athletes: For the U.S. women, Tatyana...

...most decorated performances at the 2026 Winter...visually impaired athlete with a guide. Oksana...Between those three athletes, they represent...categories. Sitting athletes race on a sit-ski,...classifies sitting athletes from LW10 through...LW12. LW10 covers athletes with minimal arm...injuries. LW12 covers athletes with full arm function...amputations. Standing athletes ski upright, using...

...changes every few seconds. For athletes classified as visually impaired,...radio system embedded in the athlete's helmet: which gate is coming,...medals and a silver. That performance reveals both the sophistication...and how much a skilled VI athlete can adapt when the system...distance between guide and athlete has to stay...

...silver, one bronze in cross-country. At 25, she's Canada's most decorated athlete at these Games and the holder of 11 career Paralympic medals across three...jointer took four fingers from her left hand. She was 15, ranked as a high-performance junior cross-country skier, fresh off bronze at the Canadian Ski Championships...

...structure most people expect from elite athletes. World championship gold is supposed...when the scoreboard and the actual performance diverge for nearly two decades. The...Golubkov, competing as a neutral athlete, won gold. Two Chinese athletes took...neutral athlete, won gold. Two Chinese athletes took silver and bronze. Oksana Masters...

...table is settled. The cauldrons are out. Most athletes have already posted their first "back home" photos....2028 Summer Paralympics, in coverage of whatever athletes do next, in conversations about what the Winter...nations that refused to march in Verona. Their athletes competed for nine straight...

...went on without them. The athletes were already in Milan, preparing...earned bronze. All three athletes competed for Ukraine. The...flag. It was the kind of performance that announces a team's presence...needing a parade. Ukraine sent athletes to Milan to compete, not...gold with a clean shooting performance, finishing in 18:41.5 with...

...felt it: this was going to be a good race. It's a small ritual, the kind athletes hold onto when everything else is noise. Light breaking through clouds...Halgren doesn't talk about Lucan in sweeping terms or turn grief into performance. He dedicates every race to his brother because that's the deal. Not a...

...operated as one of the world's great outdoor performance spaces for nearly two millennia. It is best known...it. For the night of March 6, 665 Paralympic athletes from around the world will march through it. This...Making an ancient city genuinely accessible for athletes, staff, and spectators with disabilities is its...