The need to create trophies and medals for Para athletes arose at the Stoke Mandeville Games – the predecessor of the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games – which began in 1948. While today, ...

The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest medal for valor in combat that can be awarded to members of the armed forces. The medal was first authorized in 1861 for Sailors and Marines, and the ...

Choi, though, was disqualified for interference and did not receive a silver medal. Fontana is the all-time leader in short track medals with nine, and she has finished on the podium for the 500m at ...

During the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Jessica Long took home two more gold medals to tie for the third most decorated Paralympic athlete of all time. Here's a look at the winningest Paralympians of ...

UC San Francisco has bestowed its highest honor, the UCSF Medal, to three co-founders of the Black Caucus who fought for racial equality, a nurse who led systemic change in senior health care, and a ...

As more than 4,400 athletes gather in Paris for the 2024 Paralympic Games, the first medals are starting to be awarded. The Games kicked off on Aug. 28, and will run through Sept. 8. The first ...

But they face a pretty big challenge from China, who won seven out of the eight gold medals available in diving. WATCH: Women ...

A visually impaired Australian distance runner was disqualified from the Men's 5000m event after officials said that he dropped his tether that connected him to his guide Charlotte Phillipp is a ...

Washington — A group of Black women central to NASA's success during the space race and known as the "Hidden Figures" were honored Wednesday in a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill.

Kyle Carpenter, the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient, celebrated his 10th alive day with a moving video on Friday By James Clark Updated on Nov 29, 2020 3:06 AM EST Kyle Carpenter ...

On Tuesday, the star gymnast posted photoshoot pics of herself surrounded by the medals she won during the 2024 Paris Olympics and the past Games she participated in. And the post in question?