Draughton Man Oldest Team GB Competitor in World Transplant Games

Draughton man oldest Team GB competitor in World Transplant Games

AT 89, Mike Gibbons, is the oldest ‘Team GB’ competitor at this year’s World Transplant Games in Dresden, Germany.

Kiwi cancer survivor celebrates ‘second chance at life’ at World Transplant Games

Leukaemia survivor Josh Komen said the opening day of the World Transplant Games in Dresden, Germany gave him an emotional experience that went far beyond sport.

‘Her Kidney, My Victory’: How a Mother-Son Bond Made India Proud at the World Transplant Games

Deepa recalls how tough (read: impossible) it used to be to coax her son Varun Anand (15) off the football field when he was a child. Varun loved sports. No, he adored it. So, when he was nine, and began making excuses — “I am tired, I don’t feel like playing” — to weasel his way out of playtime, his parents suspected something was wrong. In the days that followed, they watched their son become a shadow of his former self.  The lethargy persiste…

With six athletes the table tennis at the Dresden World Transplant Championships - News Bulletin 247

The World Championships that started on Sunday in Dresden sent a double message: First of all, the dissemination of organ donation and its support and then that life continues normally and after transplantation and for its quality athletic athletics. The World Championship racing schedule starts Monday and will run until the 24th of the month. It includes a total of 17 sports and, of course, the table tennis will be among them. Greece will be re…