Tag Archive for Paralympics

| January 28, 2019
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After Israel ban, IPC rescinds 2019 Paralympic Games in Malaysia

The IPC president is seeking new venue host after stripping of honor to present the 2019 world sporting event in Malaysia, explaining, “When a host country excludes athletes from a particular nation, for political reasons, then we have absolutely no alternative but to look for a new Championships host.”

By Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff

 

The Internationa Committee on Sunday stripped Malaysia of the right to host the 2019 world para swimming championships after the country banned Israeli athletes from participating.

The championships, a qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, had been scheduled for Kuching between July 29 and Aug. Continue Reading »

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| September 11, 2016
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Israel’s Moran Samuel wins Bronze in rowing at Paralympics

 

Israel wins first medal at Paralympics by power rower Moran Samuel, in women’s single sculls final.

By ALLON SINAI

 

Rower Moran Samuel claimed Israel’s first medal at the Rio Paralympics on Sunday, winning a bronze in the arms-shoulders women’s single sculls final.

Moran Samuel – Photo: OCI

Samuel, the reigning world champion, clocked a time of 5:17.46 minutes in the 1,000-meter final and took her first Paralympic medal after finishing in fifth place at London 2012.

“A Paralympic medal is so sweet,” said an emotional Samuel. “I really wanted to win a gold medal and to play the national anthem in Rio, but I gave everything I could.” Continue Reading »

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| May 14, 2013
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Pascale Bercovitch an Israeli Paralympian aims at the 2016 Games in Rio

At age 17, the Parisian-born athlete lost her legs in a train accident, went on to represent Israel twice in the Paralympics & became one of the 1st wheelchair-bound volunteers in the IDF.

By Ben Sales

TEL AVIV (JTA) – Pascale Bercovitch has a firm handshake and a ready smile. She’s hard to keep up with as she takes an elevator to a cafe on the ground floor of her gym in northern Tel Aviv and talks about her hopes to compete in 2016 in Rio De Janeiro.

Israeli Paralympic handcyclist Pascale Bercovitch

Pascale Bercovitch, an Israeli handcyclist who competed in the 2012 London Paralympics, has overcome the loss of her legs to become a world-class athlete.

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