The Court of Arbitration in Sport is to decide whether Great Britain should win an extra Paralympics sailing medal. ParalympicsGB is challenging a penalty imposed on John Robertson, Stephen Thomas and Hannah Stodel. It dropped them from third to fifth in the Sonar three-person keelboat class and cost them a bronze medal. Read More »
Nigel Murray today (Friday) ended a Paralympic career that brought him four medals, watched by London 2012 chairman Lord Coe, on the final day of Boccia action at the ExCeL. Murray, the top seed in individual BC2 tournament, suffered an upset quarter-final defeat on Thursday but won a play-off against Sohn Jeong-Min of Korea 7-2 to take 7th place overall. ... Read More »
Britain has won two medals on the final day of the London 2012 Paralympic Sailing Regatta at Weymouth and Portland today (Thursday 6 September). Helena Lucas – the only woman in her class – has won the 2.4mR gold and Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell have won SKUD bronze. Read More »
The Sonar crew received a penalty yesterday for an off the water situation. The full details of the relevant decision can be found on the ISAF website. Stephen Parks, ParalympicsGB Sailing team leader has this morning said: “Wednesday (5 September) was a day of highs and lows for the ParalympicsGB sailors. We successfully secured medals in the Read More »
We have plenty more medal contenders competing today and hoping to add to the coveted collection of medals achieved so far. Read on to find out who you should be keeping an eye on today… Read More »
The women’s 4x100m T35-38 Relay quartet of Olivia Breen (from Liphook, Hampshire), Bethy Woodward (Ferndown, Dorset), Katrina Hart (Bath) and Jenny McLoughlin (Chepstow) rounded off a fantastic night last night by taking bronze behind Russia and China. Read More »
David Devine set the ball rolling in the Athletics last night by taking bronze in the T13 1500m. The 20 year old Liverpudlian took them on 400m out. His move to the front of the field was met by a deafening roar around the Olympic Stadium. Read More »
Paul Blake last night stormed around the track in the T36 400m to secure a silver medal for GB. This was the 22 year old’s debut at the Paralympic Games and you could see the delight on his face as he crossed the line in second place just after Russia’s Evgenii Shvetcov. Paul Blake was a miracle baby, who was ... Read More »
One man, 48 hours, two gold medals. The stats speak for themselves and the man is David Weir. Weir raised the roof in the Olympic Stadium on Sunday night when he raced to victory in the T54 5000m and proudly announced “that was the one I wanted”. Read More »
Great Britain’s defending champions recovered from a crushing semi-final defeat by winning BC1-2 Team bronze in front of another large crowd at the ExCeL. Nigel Murray, Dan Bentley, David Smith and Zoe Robinson lost 18-1 to Thailand on Monday but they bounced back to beat Portugal 7-5, despite needing the judge’s measuring tape on several occasions. Read More »
Equestrian competitor Sophie Wells performed the ride of her life in the grade IV Freestyle test this morning (Tuesday) but was beaten for gold by a brilliant Belgian for the second time in two days at Greenwich Park. Wells won ParalympicsGB’s first medal of day six with a routine on Pinocchio which scored Read More »
Great Britain’s women moved into the Goalball quarter-finals on a two-game winning streak thanks to an Anna Sharkey hat-trick as Prince Harry watched their 5-0 victory over Denmark at the Copper Box. Sharkey scored with a cross-court shot five minutes into the match Read More »
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