Summer Paralympic Sports












Pistorius wary of threat posed by Singleton and Peacock in 100m showdown

By Tom Degun at the Olympic Stadium in London

jerome singleton_and_Oscar_Pistorius_28-08-12August 31 - South African athletics star Oscar Pistorius has played down his chances of winning four gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympics, insisting he faces a huge task to defend his T43/44 100 metres crown against the likes of American world champion Jerome Singleton and British single-amputee world record holder Jonnie Peacock.

Draw made for London 2012 wheelchair tennis

By David Gold at Eton Manor on the Olympic Park in London

Esther Vergeer_August_30August 31 - Holland's Esther Vergeer will begin her bid for a fourth consecutive women's singles gold medal when she takes on Japan's Kanako Domori in the first round of the wheelchair tennis tournament at London 2012.