By GARY LEMKE in Paris Shaun Anderson bowed out of the 2024 Paralympics with moist eyes, a chest filled with pride and the admiration of thousands of spectators at the breathtaking Esplanade de Invalides on Sunday. The Team SA archer, in his third Games, went down in another close battle, this time to No1 seed,…

Star sprinter Mpumelelo Mhlongo won Team SA's first medal at the 2024 Paralympics – and it was GOLD. The men's T44 100m world record holder stopped the clock in 11.12sec to take gold in front of a packed Stade de France on Sunday night. Also involved in finals action on the evening was young high jumper…

By GARY LEMKE in Paris Manie Blom had his first experience of Paralympic competition, produced his best performance outside of South Africa and then promptly said that the atmosphere inside the Stade de France “shook his bones”. Despite a best effort of 13.16m in the men’s T12 shot put final at Paris 2024 on Saturday…

By GARY LEMKE in Paris It was a frustrating Friday for Team SA’s tennis contingent at the 2024 Paralympics, with rain causing continuous disruptions to the Roland Garros programme. However, the play went on deep into the night, although birthday boy Alwande Sikhosana was warm and dry after a 6-4 7-5 win over Brazil’s Gustavo…

The rain clouds descended on Paris on Friday, which caused a reshuffle with some sports on day two of the Paralympics. The wheelchair tennis at Roland Garros was affected the most when it came to Team SA's competitors, although the sessions went deep into the evening to allow for matches to be completed. One of those…

By GARY LEMKE in Paris Halfway through the opening men’s Pool A boccia competition at the South Paris Arena on Thursday, a couple of Australians started to shuffle slightly nervously in their chairs. It had been a tight contest up to that point and while neither Daniel Michel or Karabo Morapedi would be exiting the…

By GARY LEMKE in Paris On another hot Parisian day there was no place to hide for Shaun Anderson. Not from the sun, not from the level of competition he was facing, or the fact that he was the first Team SA in action at the 2024 Paralympics. Fortunately, the charismatic Johannesburger – “my mind…

Para-archer Shaun Anderson, in his own third Paralympics, opened Team SA's campaign in Paris  on Thursday and qualified for the final by delivering the best international performance of his career. The South African came up against the best archers in the world and qualified 9th. In the 1/8 stage he will meet Turkey's Yigid Aydin,…

Let the Games begin! The 2024 Paris Paralympics were officially declared open on Wednesday night. The opening ceremony was focused on the Place de la Concorde, with the first of the 549 gold medals to be awarded on Thursday. Team SA has three codes in action on the opening day of action – archery, swimming…