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Paralympics 2016

July 2021

  • Susana Schnarndorf in A Day For Susana.

    A Day for Susana review – Paralympic swimmer’s remarkable resilience in adversity

  • Muller British Athletics Championships - Day Three<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JUNE 27: Olivia Breen of Portsmouth competes during the Womens Long Jump Final on Day Three of the Muller British Athletics Championships at Manchester Regional Arena on June 27, 2021 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Ashley Allen/Getty Images)

    Paralympian Olivia Breen dismayed after being told sprint briefs ‘too short’

March 2019

  • World champion trike cyclist and Rio Paralympian Hannah Dines.

    ‘I had a huge swelling’: why my life as a female cyclist led to vulva surgery

    Hannah Dines
    Why has there never been any research into better saddles for female cyclists, asks Hannah Dines, who has endured years of pain and swelling caused by friction as she rides

October 2017

  • Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

    Classification controversy marks terrible coming of age for Paralympic sport

    The growth of Paralympic sport into an elite and lucrative competition means allegations of corruption and foul play have also increased

March 2017

  • 2016 Rio Paralympics - Day 7<br>RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 14: Kadeena Cox of Great Britain competes in the Women's 400m - T38 final on day 7 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on September 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Friedemann Vogel/Getty Images)

    Kadeena Cox: ‘There are nights I can’t sleep because the spasms are so bad’

    The first British Paralympian to win golds in two different sports since 1984 tells Jacob Steinberg about living with multiple sclerosis, causing a stir on reality TV and proving people wrong

January 2017

  • David Weir

    David Weir ‘let down again’ as he attacks British Athletics before retiring

    The six-times Paralympic champion said he will retire from Team GB, adding: ‘Thanks British Athletics, what a joke’

December 2016

  • Zou Lihong of China is flanked by silver medallist Tatyana McFadden, left and bronze winner Amanda McGrory

    Rio 2016: an inauspicious start, but then the Paralympics delivered again

    After initial fears the Games would be cancelled due to a funding crisis and the IPC’s bold decision to ban Russia from competing, the event shone in Rio and ParalympicsGB raised the bar again
  • All hail Andy Murray.

    Andy Murray wins Sports Personality of the Year 2016 – as it happened

    Andy Murray became the first three-time winner of the BBC award, with fellow Olympic gold medallists Alistair Brownlee and Nick Skelton second and third

    • Sarah Storey: ‘It would be amazing to see a Paralympian with the Spoty trophy’

    • Sport quiz of the year 2016 – live

    • Guardian Sport Network
      Dame Sarah Storey's roadmap for women's cycling and para-cycling

November 2016

  • SARAH STOREY V1.Still007

    Brain waves
    Sarah Storey: how to perform under pressure – video

    Sarah Storey talks about why science is such an important part of her training and how she keeps her emotions in check when she’s competing

October 2016

  • Steve Bate frame

    Second sight
    Paralympic gold medallist Steve Bate climbs El Capitan – video

  • Storme Toolis

    Maltesers’ ads with disabled actors make me feel queasy. But at least they’re trying

    Penny Pepper
  • Team GB London parade<br>epa05590493 Crowds cheer members of Team GB during a parade in Trafalgar square in London, Britain, 18 October 2016. British Olympic and Paralympic athletes who participated in the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games were cheered by some 6,000 people during the celebrations. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

    Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic GB celebrations continue in London – video

  • Owen Gibson

    Sportblog
    GB victory parades: cycling questions and Fancy Bears leaks cast cloud

    Owen Gibson

  • 'You can feel the atmosphere': Britain's Olympians and Paralympians enjoy rainy victory parade

  • Sport picture of the day
    Sport picture of the day: British heroes on parade in Manchester

  • Heroes' parade in Manchester – in pictures

  • Students change the world
    Paralympians head back to uni: 'It's not a normal student life'

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