para-athlete
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para-athletes
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Often, Para-athlete. an athlete with a disability who competes in the Paralympic Games.
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any athlete who has a disability.
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He explores the idea of becoming a para-athlete in the documentary and regularly does rugby commentary with S4C, but he said he found this frustrating at first.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023
Gaz Choudhry, who won Paralympic wheelchair basketball bronze and coached the team in Tokyo and para-athlete Sammi Kinghorn, a Paralympic silver and bronze medallist, are both made MBEs.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2022
Local media slammed organizers for taking the spotlight away from the athletes, and Australia’s para-athlete flagbearer Kurt Fearnley said it was “pretty strange”.
From Reuters ● Apr. 15, 2018
She also earned a Tribeca Film Institute/ESPN Future Filmmaker Prize for “McKayla,” a short film about McKayla Hanson, a para-athlete amputee and cancer survivor from Flint, Mich.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2017
She is a para-athlete whose specialism is the 100m, and has a punishing training schedule.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2016
The big moment for Ukraine came at midday, when a collective of 27 athletes and para-athletes from each EU country took the torch and joined the relay in celebration of Europe Day on May 9.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024
Although an appeal against the suspension of the committees was upheld this year, Russian and Belarusian para-athletes remained banned from competitions until Friday.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2023
Olympic organizers say the host city will “provide the best possible conditions for para-athletes and visitors with disabilities.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
A few months after his amputation, Carson started to reach out to other para-athletes on social media — most notably getting advice from Paralympic snowboarder Noah Elliott and Paralympic track-and-field athlete Ezra Frech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Although Caz is still unsure whether they came for the 387 para-athletes from 21 countries or to get a glimpse of Japan's Crown Prince Akihito and his wife the Crown Princess, Michiko.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2021
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