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Athletes on the Refugee Paralympic Team are looking to send a message of hope as they strive for the podium at the 2024 Paralympic Games that begin in Paris next week. CBC | Sports News
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Paris organizers aim to emulate success of London 2012 as ‘normalcy’ returns to Paralympics
It’s been more than a decade since the last Summer Paralympics went off without major controversy. You’d have to go back to London 2012 for the last time the Paralympics could proceed unbothered. And what a Paralympics it was, according to those who attended. Now Paris readies to take centre stage. CBC | Sports News
Read More »CBC Sports broadcaster Scott Russell to retire from hosting duties after Paris Paralympics
Award-winning sports broadcaster Scott Russell will unite television audiences across Canada during the Paris Olympics next month before signing off for the final time as a host at the end of the summer “with a lifetime of memories” after nearly 40 years with the CBC. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘Nervous energy’ for Canadian athletes balancing stress, excitement with Paris Paralympics 100 days away
Travis Murao calls it “crunch time” and his favourite time of the year. The wheelchair rugby player and several of his Canadian teammates are feeling the excitement, stress and other emotions with the start of the Paris Paralympics in 100 days on Aug. 28. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Dame Sarah set to wow her two kids at Paris Paralympics, calls it ‘unfinished business’
The cyclist told Desert Island Discs, ‘Having your children on the roadside is the biggest thrill as a parent.’ Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team books ticket to Paralympics after routing Algeria
Canada’s women’s wheelchair basketball team is Paris bound. The group punched its ticket to the 2024 Paralympics by routing Algeria 88-30 on Friday at a qualifying tournament in Osaka, Japan. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Driven by athlete insights, Team Canada unveils outfits for Paris Olympics, Paralympics
Team Canada on Tuesday revealed a new collection of athlete clothing from Lululemon less than 100 days from the start of the Paris Olympics. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor is on a fast track to Paris Paralympics
Jacob Wassermann’s early success in the sport of Para rowing was never something the 24-year-old could have imagined even just a year ago when he first started getting serious about the sport. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘Finally’: Canadian Para athletes to be financially rewarded for medals won at Paralympics
In what’s being called a game-changing moment in the sporting landscape of the country, Canadian Paralympians are now going to be financially rewarded for medals they win at the Paralympic Games beginning this summer at Paris 2024 and each edition of the Games thereafter. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘This is all real now’: Tension, pressure tick up as Paralympics loom 8 months away
With the calendar officially flipped into 2024, tension and pressure for Paralympic athletes is starting to tick up — both for those who have qualified already and those who haven’t. CBC | Sports News
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