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The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) has launched the Tokyo 2020 Robot Project, one of many programmes aimed at ensuring the Tokyo 2020 Games will be the most innovative ever and providing visiting fans with an experience...

From undefeated superstar Marie Bochet racing against the men to sit skier Jesper Pedersen knocking out the Paralympic men’s standing champion – the first team event in World Para Alpine Skiing history was one to remember. The World Cup finals in Morzine, France,...

Tearing a knee ligament in training a year ago gave French snowboarder Maxime Montaggioni an unlikely nickname. “The brain, the brain!” called out the French national coach pointing to Montaggioni as he stood basking in the sun and gleam of his two new World Cup gold...

It has been a strange year for Igor Sikorski. Coming into the World Cup as one of the favourites in the men’s sitting class, the Polish skier has swerved his way through an underwhelming season filled with off the podium finishes and DNFs. His best results this season...

By anyone’s standards, it has been a whirlwind two years for France’s latest Para swimming sensation Ugo Didier. Having only turned his attention to competitive swimming at the age of 14, the now 17-year-old S9 athlete was selected for his first international meet in...

Two-time Paralympian Moran Samuel does not have to worry whether her efforts are enough. “Even if you come back with a medal and even if you don’t, they (my family) are there for you,” Samuel said. She has been married to wife Limor for eight years, and they have one...

Italy’s latest Para swimming superstar Simone Barlaam has an admirably simple recipe for success: “my aim is just to have fun”. It has worked so far. The Milan native may only be 18 years old but he is already a two-time world champion, a four-time European champion...

For the USA’s Paralympic snowboard champion Brenna Huckaby, openness is a contagious source of strength. She is not afraid to tell you the best and worst moments of her life: whether that is the joy of winning two gold medals at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter...