Disability Sport

How 'BMX in a wheelchair' became an online sensation
WCMX - short for wheelchair motocross - is the para-sport taking social media by storm. So what is it, and what is its future?
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3 days ago
GB riders win five European Para-dressage bronzes
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5 days ago
Coutya wins gold at Para Fencing Worlds
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6 days ago
Fuller focused on retaining Team GB's world title
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4 days ago
GB's Hewett and Reid lose US Open wheelchair final
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7 days ago
GB's Hewett, Reid, Slade & Lapthorne into second round
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3 September
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GB's Hewett and Reid speed into second round
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2 September

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Graham wins fourth successive road race world title
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1 September
Greatest Paralympic rower Rowles to retire
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Hereford & Worcester
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1 September
King to captain England for wheelchair Ashes
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31 August
Van der Poll swaps surf for ice at historic World Champs
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26 August
GB win opener at inaugural Women's World Championships
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27 August

Ukraine beat England in Cerebral Palsy Euro final
The England Cerebral Palsy team are beaten 3-1 by Ukraine in the European Championship final.
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23 August
Sugar eyes more glory at Para-canoe worlds
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20 August
Richardson and Bjergfelt set world records
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Cycling
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14 August
First Glasgow 2026 medal to be in Para-powerlifting
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31 July
Paralympian Fox shocked by closure of disability unit
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Wiltshire
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14 August
Disability golf champion calls for Paralympic nod
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23 July
Boccia European gold win 'huge' for Kidson
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21 July

'I didn't feel valuable' - life in the slipstream for Nic Hamilton
Racing driver Nic Hamilton, brother of F1 superstar Lewis, talks about battling a gambling addiction that nearly ended his career.
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Motorsport
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23 July
Paralympic rower thought she would never be loved
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Hereford & Worcester
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3 July
How ex-Tiger Gough 'learned to live again' on water
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8 July
Equestrian body lifts Sir Lee Pearson's suspension
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30 June
'I was losing my sight' - Breakwell on comeback from illness
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17 June
'Think you can do better?' The player who turned referee
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22 May
Special Olympics: The World in Turin. Video, 00:25:55
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31 March

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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BBC Teach
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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

How does wheelchair motocross work? Video, 00:01:30
Double world champion Tomas Woods explains wheelchair motocross (WCMX) to BBC Sport.
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3 days ago
The Special Olympian chasing records at London Marathon. Video, 00:03:02
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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
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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BBC Sounds
Paralympic classifications explained. 5 Live In Short. Audio, 00:01:36
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BBC Radio 5 Live
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7 September 2016

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