In two years, the 2016 Paralympics will open in Rio de Janeiro, including some 4,350 athletes from 160 nations in 22 sports. The Rio Paralympics will run from Sept. 7-18, beginning 17 days after the ...

The Rio 2016 Paralympics look set to defy expectations after a vibrant opening ceremony that did much to dispel the gloom surrounding the event following its troubled build-up. The Maracana stadium ...

Latin America’s first Paralympics will be remembered as the peoples’ Games where the people of Rio turned out in their droves to support athletes of all countries. Rio 2016 arguably did more for the ...

MOSCOW, September 5. /TASS, Yevgeny Ionov/. With less than two days remaining before the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games kick off, the International Paralympics Committee (IPC) guarantees that hosts Rio ...

Correspondence to Dr Arthur Gustavo Fernandes, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 04021-001, Brazil; arthur_abz{at}yahoo.com.br Objectives To describe the ...

American star Richard Browne has announced he will not compete at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games as he is not “mentally and physically prepared to compete at the level I am capable of”. Browne, silver ...

Mark and Nancy Miller of Belpre meet USA kayaker Kelly Allen after her race during the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in September. Allen holds a Keating “pirate” shirt, named after ...

Day three of the Paralympic regatta couldn’t have been more different than the day before. The Rio sea breeze filled in with a purpose, allowing all three classes to complete three full races. The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 09: Spectators cheer during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at Olymic stadium on September 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images for ...

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