Olympic eye candy
London 2012 gives us a chance to show off the best of British. Not in terms of athletes (we can just nab those from other nations), but in terms of design. This free Tate Britain exhibition features...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius: the story so far...
1986 Oscar Lennard Carl Pistorius is born in Johannesburg on November 22, with an important bone missing in each leg: the fibula, which extends from ankle to knee and supports the full weight of the...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius: blades of glorynew
“I'm so blessed,” says South Africas double amputee runner, with a warm smile. Hes still absorbing the news that broke on Wednesday last week. The news that Oscar Pistorius must have once believed...
View ArticleParalympics: Sarah Storey
Storey of sixShe competed as a swimmer at four Paralympics before swapping pool for velodrome in Beijing. Now Sarah Storey aims to add five more golds at London 2012read more
View ArticleParalympics: Ellie Simmonds
Strokes of geniusSport sits down with Ellie Simmonds, the precocious 17-year-old swimmer looking to defend double Olympic gold in the Aquatics Centreread more
View ArticleParalympics: Jon Allan Butterworth
On track for goldSix golds, three silvers, one bronze and two world records. It’s safe to say Jon-Allan Butterworth has been busy since taking up cycling in 2009, and the Team GB star is nowhere near...
View ArticleParalympics: Jonnie Peacock
Fast learnerJust four years ago, amputee Jonnie Peacock knew little of the Paralympics and even less about sprinting. Now he’s set to be the quickest sprinter at London 2012read more
View ArticleParalympics 2012: The Legacy
On August 29, the world watched the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, wondering whether anything could possibly match the drama, excitement and passion of the previous fortnight....
View ArticleDavid Weir interview
The Weirwolf became as famous for his roar as he did for his four-gold haul in London. He talks to Sport about tearing up the track – and why he nearly turned his back on wheelchair racing...
View ArticleEllie Simmonds interview
It’s been a busy year for 17-year-old Ellie Simmonds, who passed her driving test in a specially adapted Mini, continued studying for her A-levels and trained for her Paralympic double-gold. Is that...
View ArticleSarah Storey interview
After 16 swimming medals across four Paralympic Games, Sarah Storey turned to cycling and brought home two Paralympic golds in 2008. How to better that in London? We reckon four golds does it.read more
View ArticleHannah Cockroft interview
Twenty- year-old Hannah Cockroft destroyed the field in the T34 100m to take gold with a gap of more than a second over her nearest rival – and then did it all again a week later in the 200m…“It was...
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