And the pint-sized swimming machine keeps on rolling – Sophie Pascoe has won another medal at the Beijing Paralympics, a gold medal in the women’s 200m medley – a fantastic result! She won the race with a time of 2 minutes 35 seconds, blitzing the field with her closest rival a further four seconds behind. “I don’t know what to say. I gave it everything out there. I’m too tired to think or say anything. It’s so fantastic to win,”

Following on from her marvelous effort to achieve a silver medal in the 100m butterfly, NZ teenager Sophie Pascoe has won a gold medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. A great result for the 15-year old from Christchurch, who is NZ’s youngest ever Paralympic medallist! Also in the medal action on day 3 of competition is cyclist Paula Tesoriero, who has won a bronze medal in the women’s Individual Pursuit, to add to her gold

This morning Steve Jobs announced a brand new lineup of those hot little iPod Nano music players, and guess what? You can win one right here on walkingisoverrated! Throughout the month of September, everyone who sends me an “accessible review” will go into the draw to win a brand new, 4th-generation 8GB iPod Nano, in your choice of 9 vibrant colours! You know the drill – send me a review of somewhere awesomely accessible – or perhaps not! – by

A great montage of footage from the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, Greece. Let’s hope we can replicate those images of success this time round in Beijing!

New Zealand sprinter Kate Horan has won the silver medal in the women’s T44 200 metres in a time of 28.36 seconds. Kate was featured quite heavily on Attitude TV’s “Meet the Paralympians” TV special. Unfortunately there doesn’t appear to be any official photos from the win or medal ceremony at this time, but you can learn a bit more about Kate Horan courtesy of Attitude TV!

Bit slow on this one! But better late than never, I’m stoked to report young Kiwi girl Sophie Pascoe has won silver in the women’s S10 100m butterfly, finishing in a time of 1m 10.53s, a great effort! That takes NZ’s Beijing Paralympics medal tally to a grand total of two! Remember, we’re gunning for 13 medals in total, apparently. Good on ya Sophie, we’re all very proud of you! If you’re not sure who Sophie is, I’ve blogged about

Okay so I’m a bit biased when it comes to my Paralympic sport, as I play – and love – Boccia. Here are the results from the 2008 Paralympic games so far: BC1 Liam Sanders Beat D. Smith (Great Britain) 5 – 2 Beat A. Marques (Portugal) 6 – 0 Lost to R. Aandalen (Norway) 5 – 2 Lost to P. Moran (Ireland) 7 – 3 BC2 Maurice Toon Lost to J. Morriss (New Zealand) 9 – 4 (Tiebreak 5

This afternoon’s Women’s Cycling 500m Time Trial saw NZ pick up its first gold medal of the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. Paula Tesoriero, a visually impaired cyclist, won the race with a world record time of 43.281 seconds. The win, however, came with an element of post-race drama. After crossing the line, Tesoriero was about to get off the track so she slowed down and was looking around. While riding slowly across the corner of the course, she crashed

I’m sure many of you are familiar with TVNZ’s Attitude programme, which focuses on NZ’s disabled community and their lives, struggles, and achievements. Well now, Attitude are launching the ‘Attitude Awards’! Says the Attitude website: The Attitude Awards seek to honour the outstanding achievements of ordinary New Zealanders who have disabilities – men and women who have excelled in business, sport and life. Nominations are now open, in the following categories: Attitude Enterprise Award – This award aims to recognise

Fed up with TVNZ’s appalling excuse for Paralympics ‘coverage’ in the form of one hour highlights packages? Well now you can get live streaming of all the Paralympics events right from your PC! Simply log on to paralympicsport.tv and you can see round-the-clock live streaming of all the Paralympic events. Of course, they probably won’t prioritise our New Zealand Paralympians but I’m sure they’ll be featured at some point. Check it out!