Disabled athlete Daniel Holt had only just found his sporting niche in the swimming pool when it was ripped away from him.

Corey Peters was ‘’pretty blown away’’ after winning a Paralympic silver medal in Sochi, Russia yesterday.

New Zealand skiers Adam Hall and Corey Peters had to settle for a frustrating pair of fourth place finishes at the Paralympics in Sochi today.

New Zealand Paralympians Adam Hall and Corey Peters have put themselves into the medal frame after a disrupted day of skiing at the Sochi Games last night.

New Zealand's Paralympic skiers got their campaigns under way last night, with contrasting outcomes.

Prime Minister John Key says New Zealand athletes should complete in the Sochi Winter Paralympics despite Russia's intervention in Ukraine.

Adam Hall relishes the pressure of defending a Paralympic title, and yesterday showed his preparations for Sochi next month are well on track.

Cerebral palsy is no obstacle for 16-year-old Auckland schoolboy Kieran Lane, who will run alongside his sporting and celebrity heroes as part of a transtasman race this month.

Mary Fisher focuses on producing personal best performances each time she races; right now a bag of world championship titles are a splendid spinoff.

Paralympic swimmer Sophie Pascoe likes to spend her summer holidays swimming, but instead of being surrounded by the walls and tiles of her usual swimming pool, she will be outside, under the sun, surrounded by sand.

Cameron Leslie has put on 6kg in three months and he's loving it.

A Kiwi invention that allows wheelchair-users to walk has given an aspiring TV presenter a new lease on life.