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Paralympic governing body lifts ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes ahead of 2026 games

Paralympic governing body lifts ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes ahead of 2026 games

Published by Sam Flores

Six Russian and four Belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete under their own national flags at the 2026 Paralympics in Milan-Cortina, the Games’ governing body confirmed to AFP on Tuesday. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) told AFP the athletes would be “treated like (those from) any other country”. Valeriy Sushkevych, president of the Ukrainian Paralympic Committee, was furious at the announcement. “I am very, very angry and outraged by the decision to allow six Russian athletes to compete under their national flag,” he told AFP by phone. “This is terrible.” Athletes from Russia and Belarus had been banned from competing under their own flags since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Read moreUkrainian skeleton racer Heraskevych loses appeal against Olympic ban The IPC unexpectedly lifted its suspension on Russian and Belarusian athletes at the organisation’s general assembly in September. The partial suspension – introduced in 2023 to replace the fullbban imposed after Russia’s invasion in 2022 – allowed athletes to compete only as neutrals. Athletes from both nations have been permitted to accumulate ranking points …

What Paralympic Athlete Monster Mike Schultz Packs for His Races

What Paralympic Athlete Monster Mike Schultz Packs for His Races

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When he was 27, snow cross racer Mike Schultz (who got the nickname “Monster Mike” because of his renowned fearlessness) drifted off course in a race, flew off his snowmobile, and obliterated his knee. It required multiple surgeries and multiple days in a coma to save his life. Ultimately, his medical team had to amputate his leg. Rather than give up his love of action sports, Schultz engineered his own prosthetic knee and founded his own high-performance prosthetic company, BioDapt. His prostheses use a patented proprietary linkage system and mountain bike shocks to dial in such precise performance, enabling him to return to compete at the highest levels of the sport. Since 2008, he has won multiple Winter Paralympics and World Championships for adaptive snowboard cross and banked slalom. More importantly, however, extreme athletes, amputees, and veterans all use his prosthetics. That includes many of his competitors, whose gear he sometimes ends up repairing right before an event. “You never get the temptation to, you know, ‘fix’ a competitor’s Moto Knee?” I asked him over …

Brenna Huckaby Starter Pack: Paralympic Winter Games 2026

Brenna Huckaby Starter Pack: Paralympic Winter Games 2026

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Eight years after Brenna Huckaby’s first Paralympic Games, the pressure is on. She’s a highly decorated para snowboarder, with four medals across two Paralympic Games and 10 World Championships. But she doesn’t let the pressure get to her. “Win or lose, I’m still the same Brenna,” she tells WIRED. “I’m loved. I have an incredible family. [Snowboarding] is important, but it’s not everything to me.” That’s why Huckaby makes a point to keep the atmosphere light. If Huckaby has a good day in training, she wears the same socks for qualification and racing. If she had a good race for those, she’ll wear them for the next race. “So, sometimes I wear dirty socks to compete,” she says. “This past season, though, they’ve been really clean, so hopefully for the Games I have dirty socks, because that means things are going well.” Beyond her clean or dirty socks—only time will tell—we asked Huckaby what other essentials are keeping her company at Milano Cortina 2026. Her Skin Savior Courtesy of La Roche-Posay La Roche-Posay Lipikar Balm …

Cypriot influencer MEP apologizes for slur against Paralympic athletes – POLITICO

Cypriot influencer MEP apologizes for slur against Paralympic athletes – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou has apologized for using offensive language to describe Paralympic athletes with mental disabilities. “The first thing I want to say is that I should not have used this word to characterize anyone — any disability, disorder or illness,” the lawmaker said in a video posted on social media on Tuesday. “I want to publicly acknowledge my mistake and make a sincere apology to Paralympic athletes.” In November, Panayiotou referred to Paralympic athletes with mental disabilities as πελλοί, or “loonies,” during a six-hour podcast with a Cypriot Paralympic swimmer. The remarks resurfaced months later, prompting a furious reaction from Cyprus’ Paralympic Committee on Sunday. Source link