For Ali Truwit, the past 16 months have been a story of trauma, resilience, and—as of last night—triumph. In May 2023, just days after she’d graduated from Yale, the former competitive Division I swimmer was attacked by a shark while […]
You’re all geared up to watch the 2024 Paralympic Games. But as you flick on an event, you can’t help but wonder: Why are there 16 different men’s 100-meter races on the track and seven different groups of women swimming […]
For Valentina Petrillo, competing in the 2024 Paris Paralympics is monumental on multiple counts. First, there’s the fact that the Italian track athlete initially drew inspiration for this feat over four decades ago: During the 1980 Moscow Olympics, young Petrillo […]
Three years ago, Zakia Khudadadi was hiding from the Taliban, training in secret in her back garden at home in Afghanistan. Today, she is a bronze medalist and just made history as the first athlete from the Refugee Paralympic Team […]
When you’re watching the medal ceremonies at the Paralympics, you might notice that some of the podiums are a little more filled than others. That’s because for several sports, the athletes aren’t the only ones up there: Paralympic guides also […]
Aoki, who was born with a nerve disorder and can’t feel his hands or feet, was already playing wheelchair basketball at a facility called the Courage Center in Minnesota when he saw the movie at age 15. “I was, like […]
Still, that doesn’t mean fans can lose their shit in their seats entirely—you agree to a Guest Code of Conduct when you buy a ticket. Basically, you need to “be respectful of others” and “not engage in inconsiderate or inappropriate […]
After 15 years of pro tennis, world number 14 Madison Keys knows a thing or two about rolling with the punches. Less than two months after a leg injury ended her 2024 Wimbledon run, Keys, 29, is already back to […]
The other day, I was mindlessly scrolling through TikTok when I came across a video of an athlete gliding through the water to the sound of Dory’s “Just Keep Swimming” from Finding Nemo. I didn’t think much of it until […]
I don’t know about you, but watching the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony felt like waking up from a two-week-long trance during which I became a boxing buff, canoeing connoisseur, and Ilona Maher superfan. I laughed, I cried, and then cried […]
