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5 days agoTransmasc trio places third at Ironman triathlon: "I felt my inner child just explode out of me" - LGBTQ Nation
Transmasculine athletes celebrated their achievements while addressing discrimination against trans individuals in sports after the IOC's ban on transgender women.
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5 days agoTransmasc trio places third at Ironman triathlon: "I felt my inner child just explode out of me" - LGBTQ Nation
Transmasculine athletes celebrated their achievements while addressing discrimination against trans individuals in sports after the IOC's ban on transgender women.
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4 weeks agoTears and drama amid snowboard cross chaos at Winter Paralympics
Snowboard cross at the Winter Paralympics combines high technical skill with speed generation, creating dangerous conditions for athletes with physical disabilities, resulting in multiple crashes during finals.
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2 weeks agoTeam USA dominated the Paralympics on both ice and snow. Check out the highlights
Team USA finished second in overall Paralympics medal count with 24 total medals including 13 gold, improving from fifth place in 2022, highlighted by the sled hockey team's record fifth consecutive gold medal.
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3 weeks agoBritain to raise Winter Paralympic targets after finishing Games with solitary medal
UK Sport will raise performance targets for the 2030 Winter Paralympics after Great Britain won only one silver medal at Milano-Cortina, prompting a review of the British winter Paralympic programme's future direction and efficiency.
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4 weeks agoTears and drama amid snowboard cross chaos at Winter Paralympics
Snowboard cross at the Winter Paralympics combines high technical skill with speed generation, creating dangerous conditions for athletes with physical disabilities, resulting in multiple crashes during finals.
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3 weeks agoAdvocates concerned city has not reviewed LA28 plan for homeless, human trafficking
Los Angeles has not publicly released a human rights report on Olympic preparations for civil rights, homelessness, and human trafficking despite receiving it over two months ago, raising concerns about accountability and adequate resource allocation.
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3 weeks agoAdvocates concerned city has not reviewed LA28 plan for homeless, human trafficking
Los Angeles has not publicly released a human rights report on Olympic preparations for civil rights, homelessness, and human trafficking despite receiving it over two months ago, raising concerns about accountability and adequate resource allocation.
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3 weeks agoI'm representing Team USA in the Paralympics. It feels like the world is finally paying attention to us.
Dani Aravich discovered the Paralympics through her NBA job, leading her to pursue competitive track and field and cross-country skiing for Team USA after learning she qualified for a disability classification.
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fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks agoI'm representing Team USA in the Paralympics. It feels like the world is finally paying attention to us.
Dani Aravich discovered the Paralympics through her NBA job, leading her to pursue competitive track and field and cross-country skiing for Team USA after learning she qualified for a disability classification.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks agoSnow joke: Winter Paralympics athletes angry at scheduling as big thaw hits
Rising global temperatures are making March an unreliable season for winter sports, forcing the Winter Paralympics to face dangerous conditions and threatening the viability of future events.
fromwww.dailynews.com
4 weeks agoCalifornia lawmakers draw on past to prepare for 2028 Olympics
With the next Summer Olympics less than 2 1/2 years away, state legislative leaders this week reflected on the 1984 Games the last time Los Angeles hosted the global sporting event as they seek out ideas and inspiration to make the 2028 Games just as, if not more, successful.
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3 weeks agoOksana Masters roars to Paralympic redemption at Milano Cortina with 11th gold medal
Oksana Masters won her 11th Paralympic gold medal in women's sprint sitting Para cross-country skiing, achieving redemption after finishing second in the same event four years ago.
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1 month agoThe International Olympics Committee Is Urged to Drop Oil Company Sponsors
Some of the world's greatest winter sports athletes have called on the International Olympics Committee to stop taking fossil fuel industry money, including from Italian oil giant ENI, a "Premium Partner" of the 2026 Winter Olympics. "The time has come to question the ethical implications of...normalizing the connections between our sports and the detrimental effects of the product that [fossil fuel companies] sell," reads a petition delivered yesterday to IOC officials in Milan, Italy, where the Games' opening ceremony takes place on Friday.
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2 months agoIt felt amazing to be on the start line again': the rugby pro who became paralysed and is aiming for the Paralympic Games
A car crash left a former professional rugby player paralysed from the chest down, necessitating tracheostomy, extensive rehabilitation, identity adjustment, and relearning basic daily tasks.
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1 month agoOlympic athletes push their bodies to the limit. Should we?
"We have a golden retriever, and so I walk her three or four miles a day, and I do a weight training class twice a week," says Brown, 62, of Arlington, Va. She knows muscle mass will decline without regular strength training. "We have a fun group with a personal trainer and we call ourselves the Beastie Girls," she says, describing how her group helps her stick with it. She also plays tennis and golf.
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2 months agoA safe space: How figure skating became a comfort zone for the LGBTQ+ community amid perilous times
Amber Glenn, a pansexual three-time U.S. champion figure skater, received visible support with American and rainbow flags while overcoming mental-health struggles and coming out publicly.
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1 month agoCompetitors In The Newest Olympic Sport Will Scale Extraordinary Heights Of Suffering | Defector
Ski mountaineering (skimo) combines uphill skinning, boot-packing, and technical descents to produce extreme cardiovascular and technical demands, debuting as the Olympics' most punishing sport.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago'Blade Angels' stay calm amid Olympic chaos while trying to end U.S. medal drought
Levito and the United States' "Blade Angels" are trying to stay calm under pressure at the Olympics, where chaos has reigned at Milano Ice Skating Arena. The United States was expected to dominate figure skating in Milan, but has yet to win a gold medal in an individual event entering Tuesday's women's short program. A supposed sure-fire gold medal disappeared in stunning fashion with Ilia Malinin's eighth-place collapse.
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