Paralympics There has been much handwringing over the apparent decline of Canada's once-proud men's sprint team and Canada's modest medal prospects overall at the world championships, but not much has been said about the powerhouse Paralympic squad representing Canada in Edmonton. Jeff Adams and Chantal Petitclerc are among the greatest wheelchair racers of all time and gold medal favourites in Edmonton, while Rob Snoek is one of the world's great amputee runners, only two or three seconds slower than the times of able-bodied world-class runners in the 200m. These three athletes alone could well win more medals in Edmonton than all the rest of Canada's track and field team.

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Sun., Aug. 5 4 - 6pm ET -Men's 200m amputee FINAL -Women's 100m amputee FINAL Mon., Aug. 6 7 - 10pm -Men's 100m blind FINAL -Women's 200m blind FINAL Fri., Aug. 10 11:30pm - 1am -Women's 800m wheelchair FINAL -Men's 1500m wheelchair FINAL

Chantal Peticlerc (CAN) Jeff Adams (CAN) Kelly Smith (CAN) Rob Snoek (CAN) Diane Roy (CAN)

In some ways, wheelchair racing is closer kin to track cycling than track and field: human-powered locomotion on wheels. But while it is the rippling leg muscles that define cyclists, wheelchair racers like Toronto's Paralympic champion Jeff Adams have massive, powerful upper bodies that propel their stylized wheelchairs, which have two big back wheels and a single, small front wheel which racers use to do their steering. . more