Sport Focus

Sport : Fencing

2 fencers en guarde. Sketch by unknown artist. Win or lose wheelchair fencers in Athens are getting the
electric chair...a look at the rules of this ancient sport.
Medals Table
Final Rankings
About the Wheelchair designs
Image of racing, tennis and basketball wheelchairs. Click to find out more.

Athlete Profile

Athlete : Jayant Mistry
Event : Wheelchair Tennis

Great Britain's Nº1 and World's Top 10 wheelchair tennis player. 37 years old, full time athlete. Why Jayant is a serious medal contender

Jayant Mistry GB Tennis Player Head Shot
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"GP" otherwise known as Gurney's Pitta is a special bird that has come from the forests of Thailand and Southern Myanmar to help Paralympics.com cover the Athens Paralympics.

To find out more about Gurney's Pitta and his struggle for survival visit his profile at the BirdLife.org website

Gurney's Pitta. Male

 

 

 

 

Why the different shaped wheelchairs?
Tennis Chairs
BasketBall Chairs