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• With 1,000 days to go until London Paralympics Britain’s Josie Pearson - Daily Mail

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  Josie Pearson does not look like she can push, shove and block with the best of them on the rugby field. But in the rough and, often, tumble sport of wheelchair rugby, where competitors regularly tip over each other’s chairs, she’s one of Britain Continue ..
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• Disabled Sports USA Hosts The Hartford Ski Spectacular, Nation’s Largest … - Welt Online

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  Disabled Sports USA Hosts The Hartford Ski Spectacular, Nation’s Largest … - Welt Online Disabled Sports USA Hosts The Hartford Ski Spectacular, Nations Largest … Welt Online US Paralympics is a major sponsor of The Hartford Ski Spectacular. "For the 16 th consecutive year, The ...
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• Inspections

  
  Fighting Monsters — Authority: 123
  The big news today seems to the publication of the annual performance assessments from the CQC (Care Quality Commission). The results can be read in two ways as is evident from the headlines resulting from this publication – from Community Care’s ‘Councils improve for the seventh year running in adult care’ ...
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• Media Advisory - Minister McNeil announces Vancouver students who will - CNW Group

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  Media Advisory - Minister McNeil announces Vancouver students who will - CNW Group Media Advisory - Minister McNeil announces Vancouver students who will work on a Canadian-German newspaper that will cover the Paralympics Friday, 4th December 2009 VANCOUVER, Dec. 2 /CNW/ - Mary McNeil, Minister of State for the ...
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• London 2012: Paralympic athletes face greater scrutiny as well as a higher profile at home

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  British Paralympians offered huge chance, says Tanni Grey-Thompson.
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• London 2012: BBC and Sky in tussle to televise Paralympics

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Rival broadcasters are competing to win the rights to show the 2012 Paralaympics in London.
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• Every Little Bit Counts

  
  David Calder: Olympian — Authority: 104
  I ride with my music on - and I visualize racing again. Sometimes it’s the 2010 Worlds in New Zealand; sometimes it’s the 2012 Olympic Games in London – but I’m always pushing hard, always winning and always happy.
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• The Fastest Man On No Legs

  
  Sports Are 80 Percent Mental — Authority: 92
  In an ironic twist, Oscar Pistorius disability has now been shown to be an unfair advantage. The South African sprinter, who races with two prosthetic lower legs, has been the subject of a see-saw legal battle trying to determine if his carbon fiber, crescent-shaped manufactured legs give him an unfair advantage. ...
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• Wheelchair Sports Awards 2009: outstanding achievements of 2009 celebrated

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Wheelpower British Wheelchair Sports Awards celebrated at Stoke Mandeville, where Paralympic movement began in 1948.
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• Athletes with intellectual disabilities will return to Paralympics - canada.com

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  OTTAWA — 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 Continue .. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Athletes with learning ...
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• After amputation, a Watauga woman went on to win a gold medal - Fort Worth Star Telegram

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  After amputation, a Watauga woman went on to win a gold medal - Fort Worth Star Telegram After amputation, a Watauga woman went on to win a gold medal Fort Worth Star Telegram As for the Paralympics , Gonzales averaged about eight points per game. Every player contributed to winning the gold, ...
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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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• Athlete Sues for Right to Compete; State Passes Athletics Equity Law

  
  The Wrightslaw Way — Authority: 411
  Tatyana McFadden has spinal bifida and uses a wheelchair. She is a Paralympics medalist and world record holder.As a high school freshman,  Tatyana sued her school for the right to compete on the same track, at the same time, as her non-disabled teammates. Her high-profile case won hearts, and led the Maryland ...
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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: 104
  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: 599
  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 ...
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• 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: 665
  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: 599
  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 ...
  3 weeks ago

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