Tapia, a sophomore, began the day with a second-consecutive victory in the wheelchair 100-meter race. “I just wanted to do ...

Wayne Gretzky’s final game in an Oilers uniform, in which Edmonton clinched the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in five years ...

All of that felt impossible not so long ago, before Teresa Skinner and ParaSport Spokane visited Toppenish and gifted Peña a ...

Provision of equipment for wheelchair racing – chairs, gloves, and helmets – and the coaching provision at a club are factors which have a greater impact on enabling beginners to get started than ...

In that latter cohort is Linden Williamson, a 23-year-old San Antonio native who had tested the waters of wheelchair racing for just three months when she participated in her first Texas Parasport ...

The inclusion of wheelchair racing in marathons challenges the often patronizing narratives surrounding disability and replaces them with images of autonomy, self-determination, and strength.

The 2025 Boston Marathon marks 50 years since wheelchair racers were officially included — a milestone in competitive athletics and disability rights. What began in ... Read moreThe post Boston ...

Hall’s 2:58:00 finish earned him a medal — and sent a message that wheelchair athletes had a place in marathon racing. Two years later, he returned and shaved 18 minutes off his time ...

BOSTON (AP) — Bob Hall and Bill Rodgers were teammates training for the 1975 Boston Marathon — Rodgers on his feet, and Hall in his wheelchair. Rodgers would go on to win that year ...