Disability Sport

'I was losing my sight' - Breakwell on comeback from illness
Wheelchair tennis player Abbie Breakwell says her Wimbledon ambitions have been put on hold because of an illness which affected her eyesight.
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1 day ago
GB's Urand claims European Para-triathlon title
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4 days ago
Hawkins inspires Halifax to Wheelchair Challenge Cup glory
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4 days ago
Hewett criticises late court changes at French Open
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Disability Sport
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8 June
Hewett and Reid claim sixth straight French Open title
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7 June
Britain's Hewett reaches wheelchair singles final
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6 June
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Reid & Hewett begin French Open defence with win
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4 June

More disability sport news

GB's Hewett sets up second-round meeting with Reid
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3 June
Pritchard wins Euros gold with another world record
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31 May
Paralympic champion Pritchard sets world record at Euros
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29 May
Wheelchair warrior Evans finds new place in rugby
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23 May
'Think you can do better?' The player who turned referee
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22 May

Welsh Para-table tennis legend Robinson retires
Welsh Paralympic champion Neil Robinson is retiring after a career in which he represented Great Britain in 11 Paralympic Games, seven as an athlete and four as a coach.
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22 May
GB's Schrager wins road race to seal World Cup double
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18 May
England wheelchair RL's Ashes tour set for autumn
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18 May
GB win wheelchair tennis World Team Cup bronzes
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11 May
Gold-winning Paralympic equestrian star dies aged 76
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Wiltshire
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12 May
Debrunner and Hug win London wheelchair races again
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27 April
Special Olympics: The World in Turin. Video, 00:25:55
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31 March

A small, great revolution: Samuele and Michal take to the slopes. Video, 00:03:33
A touching moment on the slopes at the Special Olympics World Winter Games as two adaptive skiers, Michal Dolinsky from Slovakia and Italy's Samuele Tron, are guided down the piste by their fathers.
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Disability Sport
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28 March
Why do Team GB and ParalympicsGB run separately?
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Olympic Games
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22 November 2024
Who are the Commonwealth Games winners and losers?
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22 October 2024
'Running was brutal, now I'm in the Ironman'
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21 October 2024
How do we keep the Para-sport movement going?
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BBC Teach
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20 September 2024
The best pictures from the 2024 Paralympics
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9 September 2024
What will be the legacy of an 'amazing' Paralympics?
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8 September 2024
Seven of the best stories from a brilliant Paralympics
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8 September 2024

Paris: Grassroots to Glory

'Completed it, mate' - Truesdale. Audio, 3 minutes
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Medallist Twomey is 'fantastic role model' Audio, 3 minutes
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'Unbelievable' silver for 13-year-old Winnifrith. Audio, 4 minutes
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Games of Thrones star Coombs wins silver. Audio, 3 minutes
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Paralympic athlete profiles

Husnah Kukundakwe: I hope others will feel courage to join in. Video, 00:02:53
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21 August 2024
Elena Semechin: 'I didn't know if I could be repaired' Video, 00:02:47
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12 August 2024
Bly Twomey: 'Table tennis makes all my worries go away' Video, 00:02:39
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13 August 2024
Phelipe Rodrigues: 'It will be hard to do my last splash' Video, 00:02:47
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13 August 2024
Bo Kramer: 'There isn't just one road that leads to success' Video, 00:02:34
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13 August 2024

Super Movers for Every Body

'I don't let anyone tell me I can't do something' - Kadeena Cox
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BBC Teach
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22 August 2024
David Smith on why more people should be playing boccia
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BBC Teach
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27 August 2024
Meet Iona Winnifrith - ParalympicsGB's youngest swimmer
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21 August 2024
How to get into Paralympic sports
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12 August 2024
About Super Movers for Every Body
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2 April 2024

Watch and listen

The Special Olympian chasing records at London Marathon. Video, 00:03:02
Angus Leckonby is attempting to become the youngest and fastest man with an intellectual disability to complete a marathon.
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Disability Sport
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26 April
'Don't tell disabled people they can't do sport' - Sugar. Video, 00:02:47
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1 July 2024
'I was ashamed of my disability before London 2012' Video, 00:00:44
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27 June 2024
Catalans beat Wigan in Wheelchair Challenge Cup final. Video, 00:05:25
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1 June 2024
Carriage driving gives 'new sense of freedom' after car crash. Video, 00:01:58
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18 April 2024
The former Mr England hoping to make Paralympics. Video, 00:01:45
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29 March 2024
Special Olympics: Five Days in Folgaria. Video, 00:25:55
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19 February 2024

How to get into disability sport
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31 August 2016
Access All: Disability News and Mental Health
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Paralympic classifications explained. 5 Live In Short. Audio, 00:01:36
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7 September 2016

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