Marcel Hug has been awarded the Sportsperson with a Disability award for 2018 at the 2018 Laureus World Sports Award ceremony held in Monaco. It is no surprise that the para athlete won with all of his sporting achievements. Marcel Hug was awarded the 2018 Laureus World Sports Award...
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Commonwealth Games, here we come
The South African Para athletes finished 2017 with a bang and are now looking to conquer 2018. First up is the Commonwealth Games. Happy 2018! May this year bring all the best to our Para athletes as they begin their quest in earnest for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The...
As we greet 2018…
Anticipation builds as we wait to hear who will be the team to participate in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and South Africa can be proud to be on the five-country expert panel for Tokyo 2020. The World Para Powerlifting and World Para Swimming Championships have now been officially rescheduled, following...
The last exciting stretch for 2017
As 2017 draws to a close, there are still some exciting events ahead, such as the SuperSport Series and Vodacom National Championship wheelchair basketball tournaments The year after the Paralympic Games is always a quiet one, however, there are a few competitions left for this year. Unfortunately, the World Para Powerlifting...
Tough competition at the World Para Athletics Championship
At the first major Paralympic competition in the run-up to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, South Africa walks away with 15 medals So, the first major Paralympic Competition post-Rio 2016 Paralympic Games has just finished. The World Para Athletics Championships (note the new name – previously IPC Athletics World Championships)...
Never too soon!
The sporting calendar is filling up and athletes are already preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. Preparations have begun for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. The next few years will be interesting, as numerous athletes aim to qualify for and attend these games. Some of our top...
Paravolley smashes its way to SA!
Some people believe that the range of sports offered to people with disabilities is limited, but British Paralympic athlete Anton Raimondo is out to prove that notion wrong In 2014, which offers men and women with a disability the opportunity to stay fit and social. Raimondo and his wife Tina...
Ready, steady, 2017!
The year has already brought its share of triumphs and losses in the sporting world It feels like I’ve only just got back from the December holidays and it is already March! Time flies when you’re having fun. It’s been a quiet year so far on the sports front for...
The time is now
Another Paralympic Games has come and gone, and now we’re preparing for Tokyo 2020. Hopefully some new stars will come through and make a name for themselves The next four years leading up to 2020 will be a challenging time. The rest of the world is investing heavily in para-sport...
Let the Games begin
Despite pressure to postpone the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics due to the Zika epidemic, the Games are set to go ahead. CLAIRE RENCKEN reports. In an open letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) 150 health experts called for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro to be postponed or moved...