Caitlin Conner spent years working on a speed skate for lower-limb amputees. Now she's moving on to an even bigger project: getting speed skating established as a Paralympic sport.
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Tag: adaptive athletics
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Courtney Godfrey Wants to Make Some News at the Beijing Paralympics
TV reporter Courtney Godfrey is trying to become a first-time Paralympian at age 37. If she succeeds, she’ll be one of Team USA’s unlikeliest members.
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How Well Do You Know the US Paralympic Team?
Who's the youngest amputee athlete on the US Paralympic team? Who's got the most medals? How many are first-time Paralympians? Test your knowledge in our quiz.
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For Ezra Frech, It’s About Way More Than the Medals
Paralympic athlete Ezra Frech believes passionately that adaptive sports can empower all people with disabilities and help everyone—even non-athletes—feel like a champion.
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Worthy Causes: Amputee Blade Runners
Amputee Blade Runners providesfree running prostheses to individuals (especially kids and adolescents) who would otherwise lack access to one.
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Amputee Basketball Player Troy Druppal Stands Tall and Flies High
As the National Basketball Association prepares to resume its season tomorrow night after a 20-week pandemic pause, we can’t think of a better person to preview the playoffs than Troy Druppal. A youth coach for the Golden State Warriors Basketball Academy, Druppal knows all too well what it’s like to play basketball through a health...
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US Olympic and Paralympic Museum: First Impressions
The US Olympic and Paralympic Museum was originally supposed to open back in May, about a month before the Olympic and Paralympic Trials and three months (give or take) before the Tokyo Games. For reasons we needn’t rehash, the opening got delayed and the Games got postponed. We’re still a year out from the (now)...