Paralympics

The documentary ‘Unstoppables’ follows two of Spain’s most influential and motivational Paralympians – Juan Jose Méndez and Raquel Acinas (read our interview with them here) – the company behind the film is looking to raise an additional £10,000 for completion via the funding Read More

Raquel Acinas and Juan Jose Méndez – known to all as ‘Juanjo’ – are two of Spain’s most celebrated, influential and successful para-cyclists. Although neither quite hit their expected marks at the London Paralympics, as stars of Dani Jariod’s documentary ‘Unstoppables’ – Read More

Currently still in production, the documentary ‘Unstoppables’ follows two of Spain’s most influential and motivational Paralympians – Juan Jose Méndez (known to all as ‘Juanjo’) and Raquel Acinas – as they trained for and competed at the London Paralympics. Director Dani Jariod Read More

GB’s Rachel Morris has taken bronze in the Women’s H 1-3 Road Race at Brands Hatch in a time of 1:43:08, behind an American one-two with Monica Bascio taking the silver and Marianna Davis the gold. GB’s Karen Darke finished just off the podium with a fourth place but level time Read More

Winning gold in today’s C5 Time Trials Sarah Storey is now just a single win (which could come in tomorrow’s Road Race) in drawing level with Tanni Grey-Thompson’s almighty total of 11 Paralympic golds. Defending her win from the Beijing Games, Storey ripped home in the TT with a Read More

With action moving to Brands Hatch for the Paralympics Road Racing and with 32 medals up for grabs in the coming days, things did not get off to a spectacular start for GB with Jon-Allan Butterworth finishing 13th of 14 athletes in the C5 Time Trial. Butterworth, the winner of Read More

Neil Fachie and pilot Barney Storey’s gold success in the B 1km Time Trial, in which they beat Spain’s Jose Enrique Porto Lareo and and Jose Antonio Villanueva (silver) and the Netherlands’ Rinne Oost and Patrick Bos (bronze), is to be commemorated by the Royal Mail with a Read More

Sarah Storey has added a second gold to her tally in the C4-5 500m Individual Time Trial, having already taken top spot on the opening day of the Paralympics Games in the C5 Individual Pursuit. In a thrilling display the 34-year-old story recorded a time of 36.997 seconds holding Read More