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• U.S. National Paralympics rowing team in Austin - News 8 Austin

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  Men and with women with physical injuries, including Afghanistan and Iraq veterans, trained for the Paralympics games in Austin Friday. The Texas Rowing Center is holding the rowing camp all weekend long. The camp is a precursor to the selection of Continue .. Athletes with learning disabilities to compete in ...
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• Paralympians make a splash at Kilbirnie

  
  NewsWire.co.nz — Authority: 138
  THE 37th New Zealand Paralympic Championships got under way with a splash at Wellington’s Kilbirnie Aquatic Centre. Performers involved in the celebratory opening ceremony included the Wellington Dive Team, a synchronised swimming team and Mukume Japanese drummers. Mayor Kerry Prendergast opened the games ...
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• 1952 Helsinki Olympic Experience

  
  David Calder: Olympian — Authority: 110
  When I landed I hooked up with fellow Canadian Olympic rower Adam Kreek. Suddenly we were heading to the Argonaut Rowing Club’s annual awards banquet as guest speakers. We arrived at the club and immediately meet their eldest active member. At 89, Steve Sandor still rows his single, self-admittedly shorter distances ...
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• Paralympics GB president Tim Reddish applauds IPC decision over ID Athletes

  
  Telegraph.co.uk Sport Blog — Authority: 610
  ParalympicsGB, the British Paralympic Association, lobbied hard for the inclusion of athletes with a learning disability (known internationally as intellectual disability or ID Athletes) at London 2012, and have welcomed the decision taken at the IPC general assembly here yesterday in Kuala Lumpur to include  at the ...
  5 days ago

• Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games - About - News & Issues (blog)

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  LetsGoMobile (press release) Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games About - News & Issues (blog) Vancouver has been excited about the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics since it was announced in July, 2003 that our city … Military opens doors to the public Vernon ...
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• WHY HELLO THERE, AIMEE MULLINS

  
  With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — Authority: 669
  This is Aimee Mullins, who has done everything from working at the Pentagon while studying at Georgetown to modeling in London to working as an actor in film. I guess we’re calling them actors now. But anyway, you’re going to feel like an even lazier bastard when I tell you that Aimee has done all of these things ...
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• Paralympians go for gold in Wellington

  
  NewsWire.co.nz — Authority: 138
    ABOUT 50 paralympians competed in track and field events for the 2009 National Paralympics Championships in Wellington.   From  Auckland, Central North Island, Southern North Island, Canterbury, Otago and Southland, they competed in discus, shot put, javelin, long jump, relays and short and long distance ...
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• Exclusive Clip of Warrior Champions

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 626
  In honor of Veterans Week, we are thrilled to have an exclusive sneak peak of the feature film Warrior Champions. This documentary tells the emotional and inspiring story of a group of severely wounded American Soldiers, as they fight to turn nightmares of war into Olympic dreams. Iraq War Veterans Kortney ...
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• London 2012 targets £1.1bn from tickets and sponsorship - Sportbusiness.com

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  stv.tv London 2012 targets £1.1bn from tickets and sponsorship Sportbusiness.com "It says a lot about the power of the Olympic and Paralympic brands, it says a lot about the appetite of this country to be involved in making this an … London Games tickets expected to raise $660 million ...
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• Wheelchair accessible hotel in Reykjavik accommodates world record-breaking swimmers

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 511
  The Grand Hotel Reykjavik provided their award winning service to this year’s record-breaking paralympic athletes at the 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships held between 18th-24th October. Collectively, 24 world records and 73 European records were smashed over the course of the seven-day event. This has not ...
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• Starry eyed Salwan winners bubble with confidence

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  By Pragya TiwariNew Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) For 15-year-old Ankur Dhamal, participating in the Salwan Cross-Country Run is like taking another step towards his dream of representing India in the Paralympics.The “marathon”, that was flagged off by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at the Army Equestrian Centre here ...
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• Canadian Freestyle Skiers All Fired Up to Continue Olympic Torch Legacy - First Tracks

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  Canadian Freestyle Skiers All Fired Up to Continue Olympic Torch Legacy - First Tracks Canadian Freestyle Skiers All Fired Up to Continue Olympic Torch Legacy First Tracks Vancouver, Canada - The Canadian Olympic Committee has announced that four freestyle Olympians have been selected to ...
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• German public give thumbs-up to Munich 2018 bid - insidethegames.biz (blog)

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  German public give thumbs-up to Munich 2018 bid - insidethegames.biz (blog) German public give thumbs-up to Munich 2018 bid insidethegames.biz (blog) November 4 - Almost two-thirds of the German public look favourably towards Munichs chances of hosting the Winter Olympics and Paralympics … ...
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• 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Bilingual Experience

  
  Disabled World — Authority: 486
  Vancouver 2010 promises bilingual experience so all Canadians can share in excitement of Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
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• Swimmer’s portrait scoops prize

  
  1stAngel Arts Magazine — Authority: 154
  Swimmers portrait scoops prize -1.0 5 2009-11-04 12:35:16 1stAngel An image of a teenage swimmer aiming for glory at the 2012 Paralympics has been named the winner of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. Paul Floyd Blake’s photo shows Rosie Bancroft from Oxford shortly after beating her ...
  3 weeks ago

• Torch Experience (runner 007)

  
  David Calder: Olympian — Authority: 110
  I thought that I knew what I was in for. I figured it would be impossible to surprise me - surely by now, with 3 Olympics under my belt, Id experienced it all. Boy, was I wrong. The blue bridge, the Johnson Street Bridge, will forever be a part of my Olympic experience now - unique in every way.
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• 2010 Paralympic Winter Games School Activities and Lesson Plans

  
  Disabled World — Authority: 486
  Canadian Paralympic Committee invites schools to join in the Paralympic Spirit. With five months to go until the opening of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, and on the occasion of Paralympic School Week, the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) is encouraging teachers and students across the country to show their ...
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• Torch Run

  
  David Calder: Olympian — Authority: 110
  Yesterday was the first day of the torch relay, but today was Halloween.  I can’t see straight right now.  I will write a full account of my experience in the morning. Needless to say, it was a once-in-a-lifetime moment.Dave
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• London 2012: Great Britain Paralympic team not resting on their laurels

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  Great Britain finished second overall to China in the medal table in Beijing and want to star again at London 2012.
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• Two sporting events every month leading to London 2012

  
  Travel news from car rentals Page not found — Authority: 439
  In the run up to the hotly anticipated London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, Britain is planning on hosting a world class sporting event every two weeks from a thousand days before the opening ceremony. To get us all in the mood for games there will be everything from cycling, athletics and sailing held across 20 ...
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