The Nation Newspaper

Paralympics: Ogunkunle ends 24-year medal drought with bronze in table tennis

Isau Ogunkunle won a bronze medal in the singles event of table tennis at the Paralympic Games, ending Nigeria’s 24-year medal drought. Despite a semifinal loss to South Korea’s Kim Young-gun in the ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

One-armed table tennis player eyes both Olympics and Paralympics

SANTIAGO, ChileSANTIAGO, Chile — Bruna Alexandre wants to break barriers and spend a lot of time in Paris next year. The one-armed table tennis player, who starts competing at the Pan American Games ...
NBC Sports

Brazil table tennis player Bruna Alexandre to compete in Olympics, Paralympics in Paris

Brazilian table tennis player Bruna Alexandre is set to join a short list of athletes to compete in the Olympics and the Paralympics in the same year. Alexandre, a four-time Paralympic medalist (all ...

At 58, Cynthia Ranii was paralyzed from the chest down. 20 years later, her sights are set on a Paralympic medal

Since she started on the competitive circuit more than a decade ago, the Santa Cruz resident has transformed herself into a ...