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 ...
Yahoo! Sports

Two table tennis players are competing in the Paris Olympics and Paralympics

PARIS (AP) — Two table tennis players will enjoy the full experience of the Paris Games. Brazil's Bruna Alexandre and Australia's Melissa Tapper are participating in the Olympics and the upcoming ...
AOL

Paralympic table tennis player finds his confidence with help of his family

PARIS — Ian Seidenfeld remembers the feeling of winning his gold medal in the Class 6 men’s singles in Tokyo. He entered the Tokyo Games stressed, insecure and unsure if he belonged at the Paralympics ...
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 ...
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 ...
Reuters

Table Tennis-Brazil's Alexandre makes historic Olympic debut, eyes Paralympic gold

PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 5 story has been corrected to remove reference to Bruna Alexandre being only the third athlete to compete in the Olympic and Paralympic Games, in paragraph 3) ...