Category: Sports
[music] i'm over the moon right now i'm just trying to process what has happened and i have two really heavy gold medals on my neck that are causing me neck pain right now and i'm just in awe of the moment and everything that's [music] happen three gold la 2028 that's where the vision is for me i was... Read more
Category: People & Blogs
Life throws curve balls it tests our limits but within each of us lies an unbreakable spirit a force that pushes us to overcome to achieve to inspire this is the spirit of the paralympians these athletes stare down adversity and emerge stronger bolder more extraordinary they teach us that limitations... Read more
Category: News & Politics
Intro for sappa curtis mcra his finest hour was also his worst it came on a barren hill in afghanistan last august when a landmine blew off his legs while on patrol at first everything went black but then curtis came too and being the group's medic he directed the emergency treatment that saved his... Read more
Category: Sports
Un phrase pour décrire le boia c'est dynamique intense frustrant mais tellement de fun l'eau est froide un sport de contact super [musique] intenseis extraordinaire un sport de contact avec beaucoup d'intensité un album dam je sais pas si les gens [musique] connaissent piano [musique] [musique] classique... Read more
Category: People & Blogs
So tell us about swimming specifically so like how did you get into swimming like what was that initial story how you got into it yeah i was about uh four years old and i have been going to physical therapy uh since i was six months old you know i was diagnosed at 19 days old with osteogenesis and perfecta... Read more
Category: People & Blogs
The pool in your garage so we need to get into the swim training element here so first of all tell me about the garage pool yes so i'll never forget this i went to my parents i've probably been at home for like a month now and this is after the post moments confirmed and i went to them i'd done some... Read more
Category: People & Blogs
Welcome back may is asian-american and pacific islander heritage month it's a time for celebrating the rich history and culture of tens of millions of americans that includes my next guest he is a three-time par olympic medalist for team usa in 2012 he won bronze and in both 2016 and 2020 he won silver... Read more
Category: Sports
Okay chuck aoki has been a friend for i was going to say like almost 10 years but it's probably been like 13 or 14 years the first time we met something around that yeah it's been a it's been a while i've always all all the way back to the 1500 days baby oh my gosh you guys for a long time the old 1500... Read more
Category: Sports
I [music] remember the whole car crash i remember from the impact i remember the windscreen i remember look on the person's eyes they say time stops i never thought it was actually true until that moment and it completely stopped that night when the cars collected and i just looked through the windscreen... Read more
Category: Nonprofits & Activism
Introduction to me the most impressive thing about ahmed is what he's made of his story ahmed is an australian national champion a two-time paralympian in swimming and is aiming for third paralympics he's also a multi-class world record holder and is studying a bachelor of arts at la trobe university... Read more
Category: News & Politics
Many athletes have struggled through the challenges of covert 19. but at canberra's australian institute of sport ahmed kelly is swimming against the tide his third paralympic appearance has been delayed until at least next year the uncertainty is a challenge he's taking head on we've just really tried... Read more
Category: Sports
There's four countries we've been working with who won't even have the chance to compete so ethically tim it was a matter of do i go don't i go and i just didn't feel right and for me covert has highlighted the place that sport is in society it's a nice thing to do but it's not an absolutely essential... Read more
Category: People & Blogs
I think i messed up um by not telling you about hunter woodhall sooner meet hunter woodhall the paralympian sprinter who's turning heads and hearts born with fibular hamelia hunter had his lower legs amputated at just 11 months old but did that slow him down nope with his first pair of running blades... Read more
Category: People & Blogs
Five athlete stories to follow for the paro olympics starting with australia's alexa ly alexa was a triathlete who got in a bike accident in july 2021 they thought she would never walk again never talk again she has a traumatic brain injury but has defied the odds and come so far in her recovery that... Read more
Category: People & Blogs
Hunter woodall part of my favorite olympic couple he's married to tara davis woodall she just got gold at the olympics in the women's long job hunter woodall was born with fibular hemia a condition that inhibits bone formation in the lower legs and had both of his legs amputated below the knees before... Read more
Category: People & Blogs
This is a sport not just for men but for women sarah adam is poised to become the first woman to compete on the us paralympic wheelchair rugby team full speed bumper cars we get to go out there and just go as fast and as hard as you can into somebody we're breaking down the stereotype not only that... Read more
Category: People & Blogs
[music] if only life were a straight path to our desired destination wouldn't life be so much easier yeah maybe but those unexpected zigzags in our path teach us that life's tough struggles have greater purpose than we ever imagined stories and strategies are our focus for season four zigzagging one... Read more
Category: News & Politics
Corbon best won a silver medal in his paralympic debut let us know in detail who is carbon best in an extraordinary debut at the par olympic games 21-year-old sprinter corbin best of south lake texas has stormed onto the global stage competing in the t47 100 m dash best sprinted to a personal best time... Read more
Category: Travel & Events
Hi my name is john boy part of the men's wheelchair basketball team getting ready to compete in the upcoming par olympic games here in paris come listen to my story on travel talk with joy go usa [music] Read more
Category: Entertainment
Trailer even in 2023 children with a disability are in a sense stuck in the care system a lot harder to place into adopted families and i wanted to have my opportunity to talk about it then but also from a personal point of view i know what that is like it's not a thing that you can do overnight finding... Read more