By AMP Media | For the IPC Chilean Paralympic archer Mariana Zuniga was 10 years old when she watched the animated movie “Brave”, where the main character, a young Scottish princess named Merida, uses a bow and arrow.   “There was this iconic scene where Merida puts one arrow after the other like Robin Hood, and […] The post Paris 2024: History-maker Mariana Zuniga’s training keeps her on target appeared first on American Gold Sports Alliance ..read more

The ultimate aim of an elite Para athlete is to become a Paralympic champion, to have that gold medal round the neck as validation of years of sweat and tears competing on the biggest stage. To stand on the centre of the podium may be a dream come true but why stop there? Winning is […] The post When a world record puts the icing on the cake for gold medal Paralympians appeared first on American Gold Sports Alliance ..read more

BY CHRÖS MCDOUGALL | Team USA New stars emerge every four years at the Olympics and Paralympics. If you were paying attention in 2023, though, you might have caught a preview of what’s to come next summer. The year before the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 saw several breakout performances from Team USA athletes, results […] The post 10 BREAKOUT PERFORMANCES BY TEAM USA ATHLETES IN SUMMER SPORTS IN 2023 appeared first on American Gold Sports Alliance ..read more

BY KRISTEN GOWDY | usparatf COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO – Forty high school athletes have been named to the prestigious 2023 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field High School All-American list, the organization announced today. The list recognizes the top high school track and field athletes who have a Paralympic-eligible impairment based on their performances in the 2023 […] The post Carey, Frech, Middleton Earn Top Honors as 2023 High School All-Americans Named appeared first on American Gold Sports Alliance ..read more

Highland County Press | United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, Press Release Four of Team USA’s top marathoners became the first athletes selected by name to the Paralympic Games Paris 2024 roster for the U.S. after earning their spots via results from the TCS New York City Marathon on Nov. 5. The iconic marathon served […] The post McFadden, Pike, Scaroni, Romanchuk become first athletes named to Team USA for Paralympic Games Paris 2024 appeared first on American Gold Sports Alliance ..read more

LELA MOORE | USA Paralympics Track and Field When Noelle Malkamaki broke the world record in the women’s shot put F46 for the first time, she didn’t even realize it. It was earlier this summer, while competing at the U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships in Chula Vista, California. Malkamaki said she wasn’t having […] The post Noelle Malkamaki Has Fully Embraced Being A Para Collegiate Athlete appeared first on American Gold Sports Alliance ..read more

Charlotte McKinley | Biola University LA MIRADA, CALIF. — After seven years, countless surgeries and perseverance through suffering, Tokyo 2021 Paralympian Morgan Stickney will graduate from Biola University on May 5, 2023. Stickney started college in 2016 ranked as a top-20 American freestyle swimmer and swam on Biola’s swim team as a freshman in 2016. […] The post Paralympic Gold Medalist Morgan Stickney Persevered to Graduate College appeared first on American Gold Sports Alliance ..read more

James Sutherland | Swim Swam Five world records fell during the second day of competition at the 2023 Para Swimming World Championships in Manchester, including Morgan Stickney obliterating one mark to give the United States its first gold medal of the competition. Stickney, 26, put up a time of 4:54.28 to win gold in the women’s 400 […] The post 2023 PARA WORLDS DAY 2: USA’S MORGAN STICKNEY SMASHES WORLD RECORD IN WOMEN’S S7 400 FR appeared first on American Gold Sports Alliance ..read more

KRISTEN GOWDY | USA Paralympic Swimming MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM – Team USA brought home four more medals, including a second title of the meet from Morgan Stickney (Cary, North Carolina), as the 2023 Para Swimming World Championships concluded with a seventh day of competition at the Manchester Aquatics Centre. World championships rookie Olivia Chambers (Little Rock, Arkansas) added a […] The post Stickney’s second world title caps four-medal final night for Team USA in Manchester appeared first on American Gold Sports Alliance ..read more

by: Olympic Talk Oksana Masters broke the U.S. records for career Winter Paralympic medals and for most medals at a single Winter Games by making the podium in all seven of her events in China. Masters, 32, finished her slate with gold in the mixed-gender cross-country skiing relay on Sunday, the ninth and final day of […] The post Oksana Masters breaks U.S. record for most Winter Paralympic Medals appeared first on American Gold Sports Alliance ..read more