Wheelchair basketball player in Paralympics final

Sarah Stewart may be searching for a Gold medal to add to her Silver and Bronze from the last two Paralympics. The Australian philosophy teacher has been one of the most impressive players in the Australian national league for a number of years and now takes on the world's best in the London games.

New world masters record for vegan vet lifter

Pat Reeves has set a new world powerlifting record at the WDFPA World Single Lift Championships.

Mirko wins in Japan

British-born Sensei Buchwald travelled to Japan for the event of the year as far as Goju Ryu karate is concerned - the Budo Sai. He was invited totake part in full contact competition, which he agreed to.

Andy Lally wins another Daytona title

June 2012 – Belated congratulations to vegan racing driver Andy Lally. Before this year started Andy had won the GT class of the Daytona 24 hour more times than anyone else already, but in January this year he won again. The 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 was a competitive race which Andy’s team did not lead until later stages. Their driving was described as ‘error free’ in their #44 Magnus Racing Porsche GT3.

Patrik excels in European Powerlifting Championships

June 2012 – Germany’s Strongest Man Patrik Baboumian has been competing in Naantali, Finland in the European Raw Powerlifting championships.

Joni hits the Finnish finals

Joni Purmonen qualified for the finals of Finland's Strongest Man (<105kg category), competing in May 2012.

Rich Roll releases “Finding Ultra”

Ultradistance athlete Rich Roll has released “Finding Ultra”, a book chronicling his amazing transformation at age 40 from overweight and unfit middle aged lawyer to international competitor. The book covers the amazing two year transformation and the first steps which included a complete transformation of his diet to a vegan one. Early sales have been excellent and on June 1 it ranked second in the bestseller list.

Scott Jurek features in TV advert

Vegan ultramarathoner is currently featuring in a TV advert for an alternative energy car. The advert quotes Scott’s American 24 hour distance record of 266 km. Scott was selected due to his status as one of the athletes producing world recognised amazing physical feats.

James Wilks

James Wilks is a MMA fighter who is best known to many as winner of the Ultimate Fighter. Trained in traditional striking martial arts, James holds a Black belt in Tae Kwon Do and a Brown belt in Brazilian Jui Jitsu.

Fiona Oakes completes Marathon des Sables

Taking on Marathon des Sables is a challenge enough for even the most accomplished of athletes, but Fiona has overcome further challenges and still completed this astounding undertaking.