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Handikappidrott, Sverige (1 news)
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Olympiatravet: Finalfältet är lottat
 Newsdesk -
2010-04-11 18:15
På lördag är det dags. Finalen i
Olympiatravet avgörs på Åby i Mölndal med 1,5 miljoner kronor till segraren.
I dag lottades startfältet. Efter tre delfinaler och gårdagens Sista Chansen
så är nu finalfältet till Olympiatravet klart.
Gustafson, skridsko och Anders Olsson, paralympier,
simning....Sedan 1979 har Olympiatravet varit med och stöttat de svenska
olympierna och paralympierna med 174 miljoner kronor....På lördag får
Sverige Olympiska Kommitté och Lag Paralympics...
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Intl news (25 news)
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Living the Paralympic dream
Nottingham
Evening Post - 2010-04-12 08:04
RELENTLESS. Whether he's talking
about his own work ethic or the quest of medal hopefuls, it is a word that
repeatedly crops up in conversation with Tim Reddish.
most successful Paralympic Games in Beijing and now he's hoping for
an even better performance for London 2012....Paralympic
Association....He is confident that the GB Paralympic squad will come
away from...
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Children take part in Olympic quilt project
Okehampton
Times - 2010-04-12 07:39
PRINCETOWN Primary School pupils
will be helping to create a unique quilt as part of a scheme to mark the
Olympic and Paralympic Games, being held in the UK in 2012.
PRINCETOWN Primary School pupils will be helping to create a unique quilt
as part of a scheme to mark the Olympic and Paralympic Games, being
held in the UK in 2012.Quilt maker Jacqueline Welby from
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olympic task for College staff in nigeria
Okehampton
Times - 2010-04-12 07:39
TWO TEACHERS from Callington
Community College have returned from visiting a school in Nigeria as part of
an Olympic initiative to promote international sport development.
This is the first time that an Olympic and Paralympic Organising
Committee has launched a programme like this with the London games as the catalyst
for this ambitious engagement through sport programme.
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Torch bearer deeply moved by Paralympic Games
The Geneva Sun
- 2010-04-12 06:52
The Paralympic Games was something
I would have never thought would change my life. But just weeks ago, on March
12, my outlook on life changed forever. On that day, I carried the Paralympic
torch through the streets of Vancouver.
The Paralympic Games was something I would have never thought would
change my life....On that day, I carried the Paralympic torch through
the streets of Vancouver.I work for Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, which
is...
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NHL Playoffs on TSN and TSN2: First Round Coverage
Features Four Key Series
TMC Net -
2010-04-12 06:04
(Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) --
<< - TSN delivers Canadian coverage of Montreal-Washington Series - -
TSN and TSN2 also have First Round coverage of
Official broadcaster of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic
Winter Games and London 2012 Games of the Olympiad, TSN is a division of CTVglobemedia.
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Katarina Roxon to represent Canada at IPC World
Championships
Western Star -
2010-04-12 05:58
Katarina Roxon will wear
Canadaâ??s colours in Netherlands. Roxon, a 17-year-old Level 2 student at
Stephenville High, is among those named to the Para-Swimming World
Championships team that will represent Canada at the IPC World Championships
Aug.
of who will have an opportunity to make the 2012 Paralympic Team,â?
said Craig McCord, Swimming Canadaâ??s National Coach for Para-swimming in a
press release naming the team. â??While we are about two years out
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PARALYMPICS London 2012 Paralympic Training Camp
begins in Limerick as James Nolan is announced as Head of Paralympic
Athletics
Irish Sports
Council - 2010-04-12 05:30
Over 100 athletes and staff
gathered in Limerick today as the first Renault Ireland Team 2012 Camp of the
London Paralympic cycle began.
Over 100 athletes and staff gathered in Limerick today as the first
Renault Ireland Team 2012 Camp of the London Paralympic cycle
began.The training camp, which is being held at the Carlton Hotel, Castletroy
and
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Long recovery road detailed
Nelson Mail -
2010-04-12 04:27
"You're a dick, Mummy"
were the first words Jamie Kidd said to his mother after a car crash. Now
they are the title of a book the Motueka woman has written about dealing with
his traumatic brain injury for 10 years.
Jamie works two days a week as a carpenter and is in an elite cycle training
squad for the 2012 Paralympics in London.
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Couple a perfect match
Cumberland
Courier - 2010-04-12 02:19
Jack and Joan Elliott are
celebrating 60 years of marriage. PICTURE: SIMON CHILLINGWORTH HAVING shared
values and a purpose in life makes for a happy marriage, if the Elliotts of
Dundas are anything to go by.
A leading Rotarian, Mr Elliott is also president of Toongabbie Historical
Society and was a torch bearer for the Sydney 2000 Paralympics.
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PARALYMPICS: Sights set on Sochi Sowerby targets
2014 Winter Games after Vancouver setback
Bedford Today -
2010-04-11 21:43
Sowerby targets 2014 Winter Games
after Vancouver setback Brave Paralympian skier Jane Sowerby has set her
sights on the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi after disappointment in Vancouver.
Sowerby targets 2014 Winter Games after Vancouver setback Brave Paralympian
skier Jane Sowerby has set her sights on the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi after
disappointment in Vancouver.Ampthill star Sowerby, 35,
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More than 100 Amputees to Skydive Over Houston
Business Wire
UK - 2010-04-11 21:00
30 Amputee Wounded Warriors
Skydive with the Airborne Amputees Hosted by Limbs of Love in an Effort to
Prove ?The Sky is the Limit? Following
The world?s only disabled athlete to hold a world-record in an
able-bodied sport.
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Fox Award to honour Olympian who displays courage,
humility, extraordinary athletic abilities
Calgary Herald
- 2010-04-11 20:28
The name of an everyday hero who
continues to touch the hearts of Canadians three decades after his ambitious
cross-country run to find a cure for
from coast to coast to coast in support of cancer research,' said John
Furlong, Chief Executive Officer of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for
the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC).
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No laughing matter?
Bournemouth
Daily Echo - 2010-04-11 19:09
It?s a question that has reared
its head again thanks to Frankie Boyle, purveyor of a highly successful brand
of controversial comedy which this week sparked complaints.
So does that justify Jimmy Carr?s quip about amputee servicemen, when he
said Britain would have a good Paralympic team in 2012?
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House of Kin honours Olympic athletes
NorthernLife.ca
- 2010-04-11 17:16
8 sports greats to join ranks of
local hall of famers Five athletes will share accolades as 2010 Amateur Elite
Athletes of the Year at the this year's installment of the House of Kin's
Sports Celebrity Dinner and Awards ceremony.
Olympic Winter Games hockey gold medallists Tessa Bonhomme and Rebecca
Johnston, cross-country skier Devon Kershaw, ski cross competitor Chris Del
Bosco and Paralympic Games skier Jeff Dickson are the
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Team USA Dominates Second Day at Arizona Cup
US Olympic Team
- 2010-04-11 16:58
Dry conditions and swirling winds
combined for exciting results for Team USA on Saturday at the 2010 AAE
Arizona Cup in Phoenix.
Paralympic Team members also performed exceptionally well in
their rounds, with Jeff Fabry, Dugie Denton, Natalie Wells and Russell Wolfe
maintaining their place at the top.
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Footballer Fox to fight for World Cup place
Tring Gazette -
2010-04-11 16:35
Footballer Richard Fox is hopeful
of making into the British squad for this year's Paralympic World Cup.
Footballer Richard Fox is hopeful of making into the British squad for
this year's Paralympic World Cup.The 22-year-old Hemel lad has been an
ever-present in the national team since the age of just 16,
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Blindness is not a hurdle for this Kenyan athlete
The Hindu -
2010-04-11 15:55
The Hindu Kenyan athlete Henry Wanyoike
Loss of sight after suffering a paralytic stroke more than a decade ago has
not dimmed the enthusiasm of Kenyan long distance runner Henry Wanyoike who
has overcome enormous odds to live his athletics dream.
Wanyoike, who lost his eye in 1995, has overcome this tremendous handicap
to be crowned as a world track champion, a Paralympic gold medallist
in Sydney 2000 and a nominee of the prestigious Laureus World Sports
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Home from national team tryouts, Crowe continues to
look to London 2012
Kenora Daily
Miner - 2010-04-11 15:48
Quadriplegic wheelchair rugby
athlete Ian Crowe's dream to compete with the Canadian team at the 2012
Paralympics in London, England continues to come closer to reality.
Quadriplegic wheelchair rugby athlete Ian Crowe's dream to compete with
the Canadian team at the 2012 Paralympics in London, England continues
to come closer to reality.Crowe recently returned home to Kenora
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Top Canadian Athletes to Rally Around Queen's Baton
Relay
Get Out There
Magazine - 2010-04-11 15:30
On the heels of the wildly
successful 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relays, Canada will once again
play host to a major international Games relay - The Commonwealth Games 2010
Delhi Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) on April 14th and 15th.
On the heels of the wildly successful 2010 Olympic and Paralympic
Torch Relays, Canada will once again play host to a major international Games
relay -...3-time Commonwealth Games medalist and 8-time Paralympic
Champion...
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Could ex-Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan be the next
governor-general?
Vancouver
Province - 2010-04-11 14:39
Former Vancouver Mayor Sam
Sullivan takes a ride on the zipline at Robson Square on March 14 during the
2010 Paralympic Games.
Former Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan takes a ride on the zipline at Robson
Square on March 14 during the 2010 Paralympic Games.Photograph
by:...He wasnâ??t mayor when the Games arrived, but he still figured largely
as both a torchbearer and as Harperâ??s appointed official ambassador of the
2010 Paralympics...
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London Olympic's 2012 starts to take shape
East London
Advertiser - 2010-04-11 14:17
AWE inspiring giant and iconic
structures that will house thousands of spectators and Olympic and Paralympic
athletes are taking shape in London, writes Louise Dunderdale.
AWE inspiring giant and iconic structures that will house thousands of
spectators and Olympic and Paralympic athletes are taking shape in
London, writes Louise Dunderdale.A number of reporters boarded a minibus in
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NS Sport awards Tuesday
North Shore
News - 2010-04-11 12:53
North Shore News THE top athletic
talent that North and West Vancouver have to offer will gather Tuesday night
for the annual North Shore Sport Awards, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the north
mall of Park Royal Shopping Centre.
Shopping Centre.Winter Olympic and Paralympic stars Maëlle Ricker,
Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Lauren Woolstencroft, Sonja Gaudet and Drew Neilson
are among the nominees vying for the hardware that will be handed
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Fitness facility offers programs for disabled vets
WLS Chicago -
2010-04-11 09:32
(CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A Chicago area
recreation facility has created a fitness program for veterans who have
become disabled in the war.
Baskis' goal is to get in shape to qualify for the 2012 United States Paralympics
cycling team.
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BD30,000 raised for disabled
Gulf Daily News
- 2010-04-11 09:18
A CHARITY golf tournament in aid
of Bahrain's disabled has raised almost BD30,000, organisers said yesterday.
He said the pool would be open to all disabled in Bahrain and used as a
training facility for disabled athletes.
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Harare win netball tie
sundaymail.co.zw
- 2010-04-11 09:13
AS the Zimbabwe netball super
league enters the fourth week, Harare District and Dangamvura Queens battled
it out in a league match at the KGVI Barracks in Harare yesterday.
According to Dangamvura Queensâ?? coach Sithole, two are participating at
the Paralympic Games in Mutare while the others could not make it for
personal reasons.
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