BBC Audio | More Than The Score | The tech transforming the Winter Paralympics
The Winter Paralympics are set to begin in Milan-Cortina on 6 March, welcoming athletes from all over the world to compete in snowboarding, skiing, biathlon, curling and ice hockey events.Over the past decade, the profile of Paralympic sport has grown rapidly around the world, and the technology that helps para-athletes compete has evolved as well. But when it comes to competing in the cold, there are a whole new set of challenges that athletes and manufacturers need to overcome.Mike Schultz is a Paralympic snowboarder who'll be looking to add to his collection of three Paralympic medals in Milan-Cortina - but he also runs the sports prosthetics company BioDapt, and estimates that more than 90 percent of para-snowboarders use his company's products in competition. He talks to Paul Carter, the host of the BBC News technology show TechXplore, about how he took up Paralympic sport after becoming an amputee, and how that led to him designing his own prosthetic limbs. Mike explains the unique challenges that designers face when creating prosthetics for different sports, and particularly for winter athletes.Paul Carter also joins More than the Score's Ade Adedoyin to talk about the importance of para-sport in his own life, having been born without lower arms and legs, and what changes and evolutions he's seen in Olympic and Paralympic technology in recent years.In the UK, you can watch TechXplore on BBC iPlayer, and the show also broadcasts internationally on the BBC News channel.Every Monday to Friday, More than the Score tells stories beyond the scoreline from all over the world of sport. From Formula One to netball, MMA to figure skating, and Grand Slam tennis to Diamond League athletics. We've got interviews with extraordinary athletes like Winter Olympic legends Johannes Klaebo and Arianna Fontana, South African football icon Benni McCarthy and cricket superstar Smriti Mandhana, as well as the experts working behind the scenes, from football super-agents to the coaches keeping athletes in peak form. Plus, we've got the expertise of the BBC's top journalists, who share their insights from decades of covering sport at all levels. And if you've got your own take on the stories we cover, we'd love to hear from you. Email morethanthescore@bbc.co.uk, or WhatsApp us on 0044 800 032 0470. You can find more information, along with our privacy notice, on our website: www.bbcworldservice.com/morethanthescore
