Paralyzed Humboldt bus crash survivor Ryan Straschnitzki takes to the ice in sledge hockey
Straschnitzki was paralyzed in the bus crash in April, but vowed to take up sledge hockey. He's now doing that.
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U.S. wins third straight Paralympic ice hockey gold, this time in OT after Canada hit an empty-net post in the final minute
Rob Armstrong hit a empty-net post for Canada in the final minute of regulation, and then Declan Farmer scored a game-tying and then a game-winning goal for the U.S. team.
A car crash left Paralympic curler Marie Wright a paraplegic, and she was then left alone to raise 4 daughters. But she’s still...
Wright has been a paraplegic since a 1988 car accident, and raised four daughters mostly on her own after her husband left her two years later. She kept smiling through it all, though, and is now Canada's wheelchair curling lead in the PyeongChang Paralympic Games.
15 years after losing legs, former CART driver Alex Zanardi has won 3 golds
Fifteen years ago, Italian race-car driver Alex Zanardi lost his legs during a CART race crash. Now, he’s...
4 Paralympians finished 1,500 meter race faster than Olympic champion
The 2016 Rio Paralympics are still going on despite monetary troubles, and one event that has produced some shocking...
Olympics are over, but Paralympics facing budget cuts in Rio
There was a lot of attention given to the preparations in Rio for the Summer Olympics. With the...
IOC bans entire Russian Paralympic squad due to doping scandal
Russian Olympic athletes weren’t the only people who had to deal with repercussions over the countries widespread doping...