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London 2012 launches Paralympic recruitment drive
Beijing :: China | 6 days ago
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Today marks 1000 days until the start of the Paralympic Games in 2012, and it's not too late to qualify. That's the message from the UK Talent Team (UK Sport & EIS) and Paralympics GB to prospective members of Britain's elite squads. Experience from...
Tags: Beijing Matt, Beijing Sarah, paralympics games, highest achieving, Dave Smith, gold medals, London, european championships, various event, Nyree Lewis, China, Beijing, Paralympic sports, Summer Paralympics, Stￃﾩphanie Dixon, Members of the Order of the British Empire, Paralympic Games, allnews, Sascha Kindred
Athletes with intellectual disabilities will return to Paralympics
Ottawa :: Canada | 15 days ago
Credibility The International Paralympic Committee has decided to once again allow athletes with intellectual disabilities to compete alongside athletes with physical disabilities in the Paralympic Games. The IPC voted in favour of the decision at its general assembly...
Tags: intellectual disability, Carla Qualtrough, paralympics games, special olympics, IPC, Canada, Ottawa, Paralympic sports, National Paralympic Committee, Summer Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee, Disability, Paralympics, Disabled sports, Paralympic Games, allnews, Social Issues
Canada hoping for top-three Paralympic showing
Vancouver :: Canada | 9 months ago
Credibility B.C. â There is little chance Canada will âownâ the 2010 Paralympic podium, not with Russian sure to be strip-mining the cross-country trails in the majestic Callaghan Valley of precious medals. But a top three medal standings finish, the target...
Tags: Conference Board of Canada, Hockey Canada, Vancouver, International Paralympic Committee, Canadian Paralympic Committee, Paralympics, olympic games, TransLinkâ, paralympics games
Fearnley takes marathon gold
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Australian wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley saved the best for last at the Beijing Paralympics, shrugging off a week of ill-fortune to win gold in the men's marathon today. Fearnley, the defending champion from Athens, crossed the line in a personal best...
Tags: Beijing Paralympics, Kurt Fearnley, bronze medals, paralympics games
Asahi Shimbun, Japan: EDITORIAL: Beijing Paralympics
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility There are athletes in wheelchairs, and some with prostheses in place of missing limbs. We are awed, inspired and deeply moved by their powerful performances and sheer determination to overcome their physical disabilities in these final, exciting days...
Tags: University of Beijing, paralympics games, beijing paralympics, Russian Paralympics Committee
\'Hu\' stole the cookie from Bush?
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility arma Posted: Aug 08, 2008 at 1337 hrs IST "Be careful what you wish for' as Confucius probably said, may soon be coming true for China. After the unfolding of worldwide anti-China protests leading up to the Games, the Chinese leadership must definitely...
Tags: Western China, China Daily, Beijing Paralympics, Bangladeshi Caretaker Government, H.E. Hu Jintao, paralympics games, prime minister, Seine Oumarou, Seyni Oumarou
Austinites claim Paralympic rugby gold
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility he United States wheelchair rugby team claimed the Paralympics gold medal Tuesday in Beijing, defeating Australia 53-44. For the U.S. team, coached by Austin resident James Gumbert, the win atoned for the 2004 performance in Athens, when the favored U.S....
Tags: Beijing Paralympics, world records, Natalie Du Toit, golds medals, paralympics golds, China, paralympics games, Oscar Pistorius, Sam Sullivan, closing ceremony
Weir storms to second gold medal
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility David Weir waited 12 years to become a Paralympic wheelchair champion – now the Briton is celebrating a second success in three days at the Bird's Nest Stadium. Weir triumphed in the men's T54 1500m to claim his second middle-distance title after landing...
Tags: Great Britain, Beijing, golds medals, Daniel Greaves, Stephen Miller, wheelchair racer, David Weir (English footballer), paralympics games
Video: Journalists praise organization of BJ Para.
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games The Beijing Paralympic Games has attracted more journalists and broadcast networks than any previous Games. And foreign journalists here in Beijing have been full of praise for the efforts made by the organizing committee....
Tags: Beijing Paralympic Organizing Committee, beijing paralympics, paralympics games
China sweeps wheelchair fencing golds
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility China, claiming two golds on Sunday, made an emphatic assertion of its dominance in the men's individual epee Category A and B, and the women's individual epee Cat...China now led the medal standings with five golds, three silvers and one bronze as Hong...
Tags: London, Beijing, Chantal Petitclerc, China, gold medal, paralympics games
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