The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Sept. 29 new restrictions for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in February, including a ban on foreign spectators and mandatory quarantine for unvaccinated participants. Under the new guidelines, all athletes and participants who …
The International Paralympics Committee (IPC) has disqualified and stripped of Paralympics gold from a Malaysian shot putter for turning up late in the F20 finals in Tokyo on Tuesday. IPC spokesman Craig Spence said Malaysian shot putter Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli …
Toyota Motor Corporation has suspended the use of the self-driving vehicle at the Tokyo Paralympic Games village a day after one “e-Palette” collided with a visually impaired athlete, injuring them. Aramitsu Kitazono, an 81kg athlete from Japan, will be unable …
Australian cyclist Amanda Reid broke her own world record after winning gold in the C1-C3 500-meter cycling track time trial at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 27. The 24-year-old cyclist finished the race in a “real-time” of 38.487 seconds, which …
The Pacific nations of Samoa, Kiribati, Tonga, and Vanuatu had withdrawn from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics as travel restrictions heightened due to COVID-19. These Pacific countries will no longer compete at the Games, according to the International Paralympic Committee. Each …
A COVID-19 case was detected in the Paralympic Village days before the Games open, organizers said on Thursday, August 19, as Japan combats a surge in infections. According to the organizers, a foreign Paralympic staff member was diagnosed with the …
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics will be held without any spectators due to an alarming rise of COVID-19 cases in the host city, as well as several other parts of Japan, the organizers announced on Aug. 16. Following a remote meeting, …
Afghanistan’s two Paralympic athletes will not participate in the Tokyo Games next week due to the Taliban takeover, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Aug. 16. Taekwondo athlete Zakia Khudadadi and track athlete Hossain Rasouli were set to arrive …