Sentences with phrase «wheelchair race»

Other athletes from the Ghanaian and Nigerian National wheelchair racing teams are also expected to compete in the race.

Paralympic champion Marcel Hug won the mixed 3000m wheelchair race in 5:59.97 from fellow Swiss athlete Manuela Schär, with Britain's Richard Chiassaro 10th in 6:46.73.

Aransas Pass High School Panther Christian Chavez competes in the 400 - meter wheelchair race at the Region IV - 4A track meet in Kingsville.

Hannah Cockroft is one of Britain's most famous and decorated Paralympians so it is hard to believe that she took up wheelchair racing just months before her first Virgin Money Giving Mini London Marathon victory in 2009, writes Ryan Goad.

That shows that the London Marathon has done amazing things for wheelchair racing.»

She has also won 10 World Championships and two European Championships gold medals but for all that success she has not forgotten her first major wheelchair race victory — the 2009 Virgin Money Giving Mini London Marathon.

On Friday (January 28) he revealed more about how his decision had come after a feud with British Athletics» wheelchair racing coach Jenni Banks at the Rio Paralympics.

Weir dominated the men's wheelchair race from the start, finishing in 42.46, one minute and 58 seconds ahead of fellow Briton Simon Lawson.

The six - time Paralympic gold medallist says British wheelchair racing is looking good as he gets ready to race at his final Games

By competing in the Kessler Foundation 10k, one of the largest certified wheelchair races in the U.S., they will come closer to reaching full qualification.

They were able to compete in track events including the 25 - meter walk, 25 - meter assisted walk, 25 - meter wheelchair race, 50 - meter dash, 100 - meter dash and the 4 - by - 50 relay team race.

He was instrumental in Stilwell's switch from wheelchair basketball, in which she was the first quadriplegic to win Paralympic gold in Sydney in 2000, to wheelchair racing in 2004.

She quickly took a liking to wheelchair racing and, at just 15, she was the youngest member of the USA track and field team at the 2004 Paralympic Games, where she won a silver and bronze medal.

Paralympic silver medallist and world T44 200m record - holder Richard Browne of the US goes head - to - head with Germany's newly - crowned European champion Felix Streng over half a lap, while Britain's Mel Nicholls is among those to line up in the women's 400m wheelchair race.

'' The April 17 issue of Athletics Weekly is a Virgin Money London Marathon special with in - depth coverage of the men's and women's races, age - group battles, wheelchair races and Mini London Marathon

'' The next issue of Athletics Weekly, out on Thursday April 25, features in - depth coverage from the 2013 Virgin London Marathon, including elite race coverage, wheelchair races, top age - group performances and Mini Marathon action.

In the wheelchair races, David Weir is attempting to win a record seventh title in front of his home crowd, while Tatyana McFadden of the United States is going for gold in the women's race after recently winning silver in the cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics.

Joining Farah in claiming victory in Lisbon were his fellow British athletes David Weir and Shelly Woods who won the wheelchair races.

5K and 10K run and wheelchair race, 5K walk and a fun run; benefits Friends of the Park.

It's Got: Colm Meany and Colin Farrell brilliant as the equally psychotic cop and robber united by their love of Celtic mysticism, a wheelchair race, lots of brown sauce in tea, and a raucous cover of I fought the law sung by Colin Farrell.

Two years after he first took up wheelchair racing, he placed second in a grueling nine - day, 600 km Fairbanks to Anchorage competition.