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A Malaysian Paralympic shot putter has been stripped of his gold medal after arriving three minutes late to the event. Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli, 31, won gold in the F20 class final on Tuesday, August 31, and simultaneously set a new world record. But his worst fear confirmed when he was…
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An incredible Paralympian has left viewers stunned after holding a table tennis bat with his mouth. Ibrahim Hamadtou, 48, from Egypt, is a table tennis player and two-time Olympian, who plays the game by placing the bat in his mouth, and his unbelievable skills have gone viral on social media,…
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Charlie Watts, the legendary drummer of the rock band The Rolling Stones, has died at the age of 80. As reported by BBC News, Watts' publicist confirmed in a statement: "It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts. "He passed away peacefully in…
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A blind teenage Paralympic swimmer has opened up about the importance of her guide dog. Per TODAY, Anastasia Pagonis, who will represent the United States at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo this year, first lost her sight when she was just 14 years old. But she found an outlet to…
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Paralympians are to be paid the same as Olympians for winning medals for the first time in history. Efforts to change the fees paid to Paralympians began in September 2018, the International Paralympic Committee reports, and such changes were first applied to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea -…
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A deaf-blind Paralympian has quit Team USA after she was denied essential accommodation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. Becca Meyers, 26, a three-time gold medalist, revealed on Tuesday, July 20, that she is dropping out of the games because the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee denied her request to…
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Mick Jagger's girlfriend has shared a rare family photo of the Rolling Stones frontman. Melanie Hamrick, 34, shares a four-year-old son with Jagger, 77, and posted the sweet family photograph on Instagram on July 18 to celebrate her birthday. In the sweet picture, the 'Paint it Black' singer can be…
