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2006 Torino Paralympics
With the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics starting this week, I thought that I’d take a look back at the previous Paralympic games in Torino. Although the United States was second in the Olympic rankings in...
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Adaptive Skiing
A comment from a reader got me to thinking… most of us really don’t know about Paralympic skiing. I didn’t until I started reading about it. Since Thursday is Sports Day on this blog, I thought I’d...
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Inspirational Athlete: Rick Hansen
If you watched the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics, you may remember the torchbearer who arrived in the stadium in a wheelchair, Rick Hansen. I didn’t know anything about him prior to...
View ArticleAlana Nichols: Winter and Summer Paralympian + Gold Medalist
The United States won their first medal in the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics today, thanks to an athlete named Alana Nichols. Nichols is not only a gold-medal winning medalist in the giant slalom, she is...
View ArticleBlind Biathlon?
Comedians like to have a heyday with the biathlon. They don’t get the whole idea of combining guns and skiing. They seem to think that biathlon is something like the YouTube video below. What they...
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United States Wins Sledge Hockey Gold
Canada may have won the able bodied gold medal, but the United States took the gold in Paralympic sledge hockey. Canada lost to Japan in the semi-finals, and then lost to Norway in the bronze-medal...
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How Will Russia do in Sochi?
Russia was not happy over their results in Vancouver. Although they had high hopes, they didn’t even make the top 10 in the medal results. They walked away with three gold medals, five silvers, and...
View ArticleExtra Medical Supplies to Go to Haiti
The 2010 Vancouver Olympics are now over, but their influence has not ended. There are some leftover medical supplies from the games, and they will be sent off to Haiti. Earlier this month, president...
View ArticleInspirational Athlete: Alexi Salamone
I’m always on the lookout for inspirational athletes to include in my blog; I thought today’s athlete had a very inspirational story. I found him while writing about the US win over Japan for...
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Luge Track Should Be Safer in 2014
The 2014 Sochi Olympic organizers were initially planning on building the world’s fastest, most difficult track for the next Olympics, but after the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, they...
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