Summer Paralympic Sports

Reardon announces retirement following last international competition at Tokyo 2020

By Owen Lloyd

Paralympic gold medallist Scott Reardon has retired after competing in his last international competition at Tokyo 2020.

Mihorko re-elected ParaVolley Europe President

By Ali Iveson

Branko Mihorko has been re-elected ParaVolley Europe President after running unopposed at the organisation's General Assembly.

Three-person Para archery team events to be replaced by doubles

By Ali Iveson

Para archery team events, which currently feature three athletes, are to be replaced by doubles contests at World Archery competitions.

Bosnia and Herzegovina claim record tenth title at Men’s European Sitting Volleyball Championship

By Neil Shefferd

Bosnia and Herzegovina claimed a record tenth title at the Men’s European Sitting Volleyball Championship in Kemer, Turkey.

Rematches of 2019 finals set up at European Sitting Volleyball Championships

By Ali Iveson

Replays of the 2019 finals are in store at the European Sitting Volleyball Championships, as defending champions Russia and the respective runners-up two years ago reached the men's and women's gold-medal matches.

British Para cyclist McBride given three-year doping ban

By Ali Iveson

Para cyclist Erin McBride has been banned for three years after testing positive for an outlawed selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM).

Dates confirmed for IWBF Men's Under-23 World Championship in Chiba

By Dan Palmer

New dates for the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Men's Under-23 World Championship have been confirmed by organisers in Japan.

Germany and Russia reach women's and men's semi-finals at European Sitting Volleyball Championships

By Ali Iveson

Defending champions Russia made no mistake in either the men's or women's quarter-finals at the European Sitting Volleyball Championships.

IWAS releases 2022 wheelchair fencing calendar featuring five World Cup stops

By Owen Lloyd

International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing has revealed its calendar for next year, featuring five World Cup stops and three regional championships in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Defending champions Russia in dominant form at European Sitting Volleyball Championships

By Ali Iveson

Men's group winners all progressed in straight sets at the European Sitting Volleyball Championships at the Antalya Sports Hall in Kemer.

Paralympian O'Leary added to ICF Athletes' Committee

By Dan Palmer

Paralympian Patrick O'Leary has been added to the International Canoe Federation's (ICF) Athletes' Committee.

Russia among nations to finish men's group stage with three wins at European Sitting Volleyball Championships

By Patrick Burke

Defending champions Russia progressed to a round of 16 tie against Italy without dropping a set as they finished their Group D campaign with a third successive straight sets win against Slovenia at the European Sitting Volleyball Championships at the Antalya Sports Hall in Kemer.

Athlete Steering Committee members to take seats on IWBF Players' Commission as structure announced

By Ali Iveson

The first-ever International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Players' Commission will contain eight members and be elected in February.

Ablinger and Edlinger win Austrian Athlete of the Year honours

By Ali Iveson

Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Walter Ablinger and skier Carina Edlinger won the impairment categories at Austria's Athlete of the Year awards.

Hosts Turkey suffer disappointing defeats in men and women's draw at European Sitting Volleyball Championships

By Owen Lloyd

Hosts Turkey suffered a resounding 3-0 defeat to Germany in Group A of the European Sitting Volleyball Championships in Kemer.

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Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.

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