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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...

...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...

...founding stories, different athletes, different eligibility...participation-focused: athletes train, compete, and celebrate....founded in 1960, when 400 athletes with physical disabilities...Paralympic Committee. The athletes competing in Milan are...records. The emphasis is performance at the highest level....Each? Special Olympics: Athletes with intellectual disabilities,...

...Queen has praised the performance of Britain's Paralympics..."magnificent" as the athletes returned to the UK...Paralympics closed and athletes returned to their...congratulations to the athletes of Great Britain...and indeed to the athletes of all Commonwealth..."The magnificent performance of Paralympics GB...commitment of the athletes and their support...

...visually impaired classification, which covers athletes who retain the most remaining vision of the three...cross-country skiing, the guide skis directly ahead of the athlete, communicating through a radio earpiece and voice:...placements narrows to fractions of seconds, the athlete-guide partnership runs closer to real-time decision-making...