Tatyana McFadden celebrates victory at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.Athletics events have been a part of the Paralympic program since the first Paralympic Games in Rome, Italy, in 1960 and is the biggest sport within the Paralympic Movement in terms o...
Alexa Halko preps for the start of a race at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.U.S. Paralympics has developed U.S. athlete ranking lists based on validated performances. These ranking lists reflect marks accomplished at any track and field competition. Som...
SANTIAGO, CHILE – Team USA concluded the Parapan American Games Santiago 2023 with its biggest day of track and field competition yet, finishing the session with five gold medals and a total of 13 overall. Both the gold and overall totals were the high...
SANTIAGO, CHILE – Paralympians Hannah Dederick (Mead, Washington), Joel Gomez (Encinitas, California), and Beatriz Hatz (Lakewood, Colorado) earned a hat trick of gold to spark Team USA’s 12 medals on the second-to-last day of track and field competiti...
SANTIAGO, CHILE – Para track and field newcomers Taylor Swanson (Spokane, Washington) and Christy Gardner (Lewiston, Maine) found themselves on the podium for the first time in their international careers, each earning silver to help lead Team USA on a...
SANTIAGO, CHILE – Three of Team USA’s four gold medals came with record-breaking performances as the U.S. added 11 medals on the second day of track and field competition at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Parapan Am records from Pa...
SANTIAGO, CHILE – Team USA opened the Parapan American Games Santiago 2023 with a momentous first day that saw veteran athletes and newcomers alike contribute to nine podium performances. A podium sweep, a double podium, and four Parapan Am titles set ...
Since 1999, elite Para athletes from across the Americas have gathered every four years for the Parapan American Games. This year’s edition kicks off Nov. 17 in Santiago, Chile, with the track and field competition set for Nov. 21-25.An expected 2,200 ...
Taylor Swanson’s journey as a track and field athlete hasn’t gone exactly the way she envisioned.A knee injury almost a decade ago seemed to put an end to her days as a sprinter. Up until last year, Swanson had no plans to compete as a Para athlete.The...
Throughout his long and winding career as a discus thrower, Shahrad Nasajpour has had a lot of people tell him “no.”Each time, he’s persisted onward.So when he looks at the presumptive men’s discus F37 competition at this month’s Parapan American Games...
