Bob Hall was the first wheelchair competitor in the Boston Marathon. Since then, nearly 1,900 wheelchair athletes have followed.

The Boston Marathon is also known to draw some familiar faces outside of the running world. Keep an eye on the course for Matt James, who was featured in "The Bachelor," season 25. In recent years, ...

The Boston Marathon marks the anniversary of an important tradition. It was a half-century ago that Boston became the first major marathon to include a division for wheelchair athletes.

"For the first year it was tough as I did not have money to buy wheelchairs for racing, but my coach got me a second-hand wheelchair which I put to good use," he said. Soon enough, a turning ...

Wheelchair racing athletes could gain a competitive advantage following a project led by Loughborough University that is applying vehicle aerodynamics to wheelchair design. Loughborough’s vehicle ...

Three-time Team USA Paralympian Brian Seaman has been using wearable technology to improve his wheelchair racing ahead of the Paris Games. The high-tech sleeve, made by a startup called Nextiles ...

Six-time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir this morning announced his retirement from Great Britain competition after finishing fifth in the T54 wheelchair marathon at Paris 2024. The ...

FOR THE MEN’S DIVISION, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TALK ABOUT THE SPORT OF WHEELCHAIR RACING. THIS EVENT, SPECIFICALLY, AND THE MARATHON DISTANCE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT MARCEL HUG AND DANIEL ROMANCHUK.

Background The Para athletics wheelchair-racing classification system employs best practice to ensure that classes comprise athletes whose impairments cause a comparable degree of activity limitation.

Tsubasa Kina, a Japanese up-and-coming wheelchair athlete, participated in the GIO Oz Day 10K, an annual wheelchair road race held on Australia Day in the Rocks, Sydney. Tsubasa warming up before ...

The Canadian wheelchair racer sprinted to victory in the 100 metres Saturday, nabbing her second gold at the 2016 Games This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.