Summer Paralympic Games
This computer-generated image distributed Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, by organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games shows how they imagine the Paralympic opening ceremony might look. In a first, the Paralympic opening show will be freed from a traditional stadium setting and instead be held in the open in the French capital's heart, on the Champs-Elysées boulevard and the city's biggest square, Place de la Concorde, organizers announced. (Paris 2024 via AP).
The 2024 Paralympics in Paris won't open in stadium

By John Leicester Oct. 20, 2022 07:28 AM EDT

Table tennis CEO Virginia Sung gets board spot on USOPC

By Eddie Pells Aug. 10, 2022 10:37 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — USA Table Tennis CEO Virginia Sung won an election to serve on the board of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee on Wednesday. She will take over...

FILE - Lindsey Vonn shows medals from her career as she holds a press conference after taking the bronze medal in the women's downhill race, at the alpine ski World Championships in Are, Sweden, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019. Lindsey Vonn, Michelle Kwan, Mia Hamm, Billie Jean King and the late Pat Summitt are among the nine individual women who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, File)
Phelps, Vonn among those heading to US Olympic & Para Hall

Jun. 06, 2022 11:10 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks during a reception to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Bidens to host 2020, 2022 US Olympic Teams at White House

May. 02, 2022 06:39 PM EDT

2032 Olympic organizers hold first board meeting in Brisbane

Apr. 27, 2022 01:09 AM EDT
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The Brisbane 2032 organizing committee held its first board meeting on Wednesday, more than 10 years before the Australian east coast city...

Fireworks ignite during the closing ceremony at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Paralympics close to end Asia's run at center of world sport

Mar. 13, 2022 07:28 AM EDT

Jasmin Bambur of the United States reacts after competing in the men's giant slalom, sitting event at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Thursday, March 10, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Ukraine stirs flashbacks for US Paralympian Jasmin Bambur

By Pat Graham Mar. 10, 2022 04:50 PM EST

Vladyslav Heraskevych, of Ukraine, waves after finishing the men's skeleton run 4 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Athletes force a change in ban of Russians at Paralympics

By Eddie Pells Mar. 03, 2022 01:42 PM EST

A journalist from Ukraine holds a photo of Yevhen Malyshev, a 19-year-old former athlete on Ukraine's junior biathlon team who, according to the International Biathlon Union, died serving the Ukranian military, as he speaks during a press conference at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Russians and Belarusians at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing will compete as "neutral athletes" because of their countries' roles in the war against Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Heart-wrenching reaction to Russian athletes in Paralympics

By Stephen Wade Mar. 02, 2022 06:34 AM EST

New Year honors for champions Carrington and Pascoe in NZ

Dec. 30, 2021 03:23 PM EST
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Five-time Olympic kayak champion Lisa Carrington was awarded the title of Dame in New Zealand’s New Year honors list. ...

Spanish Paralympic swimmer to fly home after anxiety attack

Sep. 09, 2021 12:07 PM EDT
MADRID (AP) — A prominent Spanish Paralympic swimmer will be flown home after she was hospitalized in Tokyo because of an anxiety attack, the Spanish...

Tom Davis, shakes hands with Freddie De Los Santos after winning at Men's H4 Time Trial at the Fuji International Speedway at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
From battlefield to Tokyo: Combat vets vie at Paralympics

By Tim Sullivan Sep. 07, 2021 11:01 AM EDT

Dancers perform during the closing ceremony for the 2020 Paralympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Paralympic closing marks end of Tokyo's 8-year Olympic saga

By Stephen Wade Sep. 05, 2021 08:31 AM EDT

Diede de Groot of the Netherlands returns to Yui Kamiji of Japan during their Wheelchair tennis women's singles final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
US Open Women Singles

Sep. 03, 2021 12:42 PM EDT

Diede de Groot of the Netherlands celebrates after winning Wheelchair tennis women's singles final against Japan's Yui Kamiji, bottom right, at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
US Open Women Singles

Sep. 03, 2021 12:42 PM EDT

Diede de Groot of the Netherlands returns to Yui Kamiji of Japan during their Wheelchair tennis women's singles final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Dutch on course again in wheelchair tennis at Paralympics

Sep. 03, 2021 05:55 AM EDT

Zakia Khudadadi of Afghanistan stands after fighting against Viktoriia Marchuk Ukraine in the Women's 49kg Taekwondo Repecharge at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Makuhari, Japan, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (Joe Toth for OIS via AP)
Afghan athlete Zakia Khudadadi gets her chance in taekwondo

By Stephen Wade Sep. 02, 2021 05:43 AM EDT

Lora Webster with the U.S. women's sitting volleyball team, sets the ball during practice in Edmond, Okla., on July 24, 2021. She's five months pregnant and expecting her fourth child. This is the second Paralympics in which she's been pregnant, and the third time during a competition. She and her American teammates face Brazil on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in the semifinals as Webster tries for her fifth Paralympic medal. (Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman via AP)
American Lora Webster: 5 months pregnant and after 5th medal

By Stephen Wade Sep. 02, 2021 03:42 AM EDT

Bianbian Sun of China is behind Oksana Masters of the U.S. in the women's H5 road cycling race at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Oyama, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. (Thomas Lovelock for OIS via AP)
Oksana Masters picks up 2nd gold medal at Tokyo Paralympics

By Stephen Wade And Pat Graham Sep. 01, 2021 06:08 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, file photo, Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli of Malaysia reacts after competing in the men's shot put F20 final during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games at the National Stadium in Tokyo. Zolkefli appeared to have won gold in the shot put in the F20 class. But after the victory on Tuesday, he was disqualified because he had shown up late for the competition. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Malaysian shot putter disqualified after winning gold medal

By Stephen Wade Sep. 01, 2021 02:29 AM EDT