The host nation’s Thiago Gomes and Joyce Oliveira won the first titles to be decided at the ITTF Brazilian Para Open in São Paulo on Friday 7th October. In events administered on an all-play-all basis, Thiago Gomes secured gold in men’s singles class 11. Consistently good form, he finished ahead of colleagues Lucas Hansen and […]
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by Ian Marshall Occupying the top seeded position, he beat Marco Makkar of the United States (11-3, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3), to claim gold, an adversary who was no stranger; the previous day they had met in the initial group phase, Steven Roman prevailing in a similar manner (11-6, 11-4, 8-11, 13-11). Success for the highest […]
by Ian Marshall A class 1 athlete, resident in Brecon, South Wales, the 37-year-old has not competed on the international scene since winning his fourth consecutive European title in September 2019. “It has been a while; I can’t wait to get the experience again of competing against someone the other side of the table and […]
Saturday, 12 December 2020
Sebastiana Lopez, a Para-javelin thrower from the United States, has been handed a four-year ban by the International Paralympic Committee for an anti-doping violation.
The F54 thrower returned a positive test from a urine sample provided on August 26 2019 during the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games in Peru.
The substance, GW501516, is on the World Anti-Doping Agency s Prohibited List under the class of hormone and metabolic modulators.
This means she will be stripped of two of her medals from the 2019 Parapan American Games - a silver in the F54 women s javelin throw and a bronze in the women s shot put F53/54/55.