The road to Tokyo has been hard but the British wheelchair racer is confident she can add to her five Paralympic gold medalsHannah Cockroft prepared for the Tokyo Paralympics in the best way she knows how: breaking world records. “Wait a minute …” she …
Jonnie Peacock: ‘I don’t need to win another gold medal for my happiness’
After time away from the track, the double 100m Paralympics champion has rapid rivals in the new T64 classification in TokyoJonnie Peacock has a new look for 2021. His blond hair is no longer in a nice schoolboy short back and sides, but tied in an unr…
The start of the Tokyo Paralympics gives feeling something special is happening | Ade Adepitan
Excitement is building for the Games even in this strange fifth year of the cycle with athletes facing mounting pressureThere’s still something inside me that knows it’s a Games year. Even though I last competed at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, it’s …
Swimming superstar Ellie Cole on diversity, accessibility and bringing people joy
The six-time gold medallist is campaigning for WeThe15 – a global human rights movement that will feature at the Tokyo 2020 ParalympicsEllie Cole is a bonafide Australian sporting champion. Yet as other women athletes, or sportspeople of colour, or oth…
Wheelchair rugby league’s James Simpson: ‘I want them to be inspired’
James Simpson and his Leeds teammates take on Argonauts of Kent in Sunday’s Wheelchair Challenge Cup final and he hopes the sport’s next big star will be watching on the BBCTo many of those who know him best, James Simpson is an inspiration. A superher…