Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Ту-ён - популярный молодой спортсмен. Мастер дзюдо, гордость нации. Во время очередных соревнований с ним случается несчастье - неудачное падение, и парень слепнет. Его старший брат Ту-щик использует инвалидность брата как предлог, чтобы досрочно выйти из тюрьмы. В итоге бывший зек Ту-щик появится однажды на пороге братишки-спортсмена, чтобы сообщить ему радостную новость - теперь они будут жить вместе.
В результате ужасной автомобильной аварии молодая украинская легкоатлетка Оксана получает множество тяжёлых травм и почти теряет зрение. Но после длительной реабилитации и изнурительных тренировок она завоёвывает золото на пекинской Паралимпиаде.
Ludwig Guttmann, a renowned German neurosurgeon who fled Nazi Germany in the early days of WWII, takes a position at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire, England in 1944 and begins to transform the lives of his patients, paralyzed soldiers that have been written-off and who are facing death from neglect. A breakthrough comes when Dr. Guttmann introduces sport into their rehabilitation, a breakthrough that leads to the founding of the Paralympic Games.
The true story of Cheah Liek Hou, badminton athlete who won the 2020 Paralympic gold medal under the guidance of Rashid Sidek.
On the cusp of turning 40, wheelchair badminton champion Nina Gorodetsky, has her first and maybe last, chance to participate in the Paralympics. However, she is negotiating a ticking biological clock both as a mother and as an athlete. What would she be willing to sacrifice to realize her Olympic dream?
As an athlete with an impairment drives his 7-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son to run one of their first triathlon races, he recalls the most difficult challenge he ever faced: an Ironman; one of the most strenuous physical and mental races involving 3.8 km of swimming, 180 km of biking and a run of 42 km, in a single day. The movie explores how children perceive this crazy idea.
Максат - молодой и перспективный лыжник, с детства мечтающий завоевать Олимпийское золото. Но из-за жуткой аварии он лишается ноги. Долгое время спортсмен пребывает в депрессии, пока ему не предлагают попробовать свои силы на Паралимпийских играх...
Moroccan paralympic gold medalist Azzedine Nouiri is no longer looking for the longest throw, but to overthrow the system that keeps athletes with different abilities marginalized as destitute second-class citizens.
The film director Niko von Glasow undertakes a journey to athletes, who compete at the Paralympic Games in London 2012. He himself is a short-armed avowed hater of sport who cannot understand how anyone could take on such an odeal voluntarily. Even more since everyday life for people with a disability is most often challenging enough. He meets U.S.archer Matt Stutzman, Norwegian table tennis player Aida Dahlen, German swimmer Christiane Reppe, Greek boccia player Greg Polychronidis and a Sitting Volleyball team. Niko neither spares the athletes nor himself asking questions about life, sport and fears. With an ever growing appreciation for sport Niko attends the Paralympic Games and travels back to the ancient city of Olympia, where everything began and where boccia playing is prohibited.