Paris Paralympics

(Newser) - The Paris Paralympics are underway , and India can already claim a new "shooting star": 17-year-old Sheetal Devi, reported by the AP to be the youngest athlete in the women's para archery event. Devi has a condition called phocomelia , which causes the upper or lower limbs to be shortened...

(Newser) - On the tail of the Summer Olympics , Paris welcomes another major athletic competition on Wednesday: the Paralympics, where 4,000-plus athletes with different levels of physical, visual, and intellectual impairments will vie for medals in nearly two dozen sports, per the AP . More than 2 million tickets have been sold,...