Paralympic champion Austin Smeenk still basking in gold at post-Games party back home
Austin Smeenk has a tattoo on his arm that reads “dream, desire, do.” And at the Paris Paralympics, the Canadian…
Author: Myles Dichter
Canadian Para canoeist Brianna Hennessy searching for greater meaning in Paris
A few days before she was set to compete at the Paris Paralympics, Canadian canoeist Brianna Hennessy said she was…
‘Be you’: Canada’s Greg Stewart still writing story as athlete at Paris Paralympics
Greg Stewart, the seven-foot-two Paralympic shot putter, wants to spread one message in Paris. “Be you.” Stewart is unique —…
‘A slap in the face’: Categorizing process aimed at making Para sport equitable is sometimes anything but
Amy Burk always wanted to play sports. Her first love was basketball, but she quickly realized that because of her visual…
A pair of Canadian athlete-engineers is using technology to their advantage at the Paralympics
A wheelchair racer whips around the track, arms burning in the push for the finish line. A cyclist flies through…
How a college campus in Victoria became home to Canadian world medallists
The track on which world records, breakthrough medals and Paralympic dreams were forged sits hidden in a slight valley next…
Paris organizers aim to emulate success of London 2012 as ‘normalcy’ returns to Paralympics
It’s been more than a decade since the last Summer Paralympics went off without major controversy. In 2016, Zika Virus…
