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Handikappidrott, Sverige (3 news)
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Michael tänker tennis för alla
 Hallands
Nyheter - 2010-04-26 08:12
Han säger att den egna
tenniskarriären är begravd sedan länge. De senaste åren har han mest
fokuserat på sin roll som tränare och ledare. Men Michael Henriksson är
fortfarande aktiv som spelare, och har paradoxalt nog aldrig varit bättre.
Hon satsar på Paralympics i London 2012, och i slutet av juli åker
de till Tyskland för sin första tävling ihop.
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Ung skytt laddar inför SM
Hallandsposten
- 2010-04-26 06:29
Varberg. Love Aabel är 15 år och
laddar inför SM i sportskytte i Eskiltuna i maj. Han är en av nio medlemmar i
Varbergs Handikappidrottsförbund som samlas varje tisdag för öva skytte i
Håstensskolans lokaler.
Han är en av nio medlemmar i Varbergs Handikappidrottsförbund som
samlas varje tisdag för öva skytte i Håstensskolans lokaler.Love Aabel är
yngst i gänget och har redan hunnit med att ta hem priser i
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Elvira och Zebastian svenska mästare i showdown
Svenska
Handikappidrottsförbundet - 2010-04-25 19:34
Det var inte någon överraskning
att Zebastian Modin, SIF Träffen, och Claudio Quitral, Växjö HIF, kom att
mötas i herrfinalen när SM i Showdown avgjordes i Haninge i helgen.
Det är bara en månad sedan han kom hem från Paralympics i Vancouver
med en bronsmedalj men han har hunnit träna en del showdown sedan dess. -
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Intl news (27 news)
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Viad Corp (VVI) reports 2nd Quarter ending June
2010 above estimates
Earnings
Whispers - 2010-04-26 08:40
AM ET Conference Call: Viad Corp
Announces First Quarter Results --Loss Before Other Items per Share of $0.02
Viad Corp (VVI) today announced its first quarter 2010 net loss of $3.0
million, or $0.15 per diluted share.
primarily by stronger than expected transportation business during the
2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver.
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Policy focus: culture, media and sport
Yahoo! UK and
Ireland - 2010-04-26 08:09
Today ePolitix.com and our
stakeholders examine the political parties' plans for culture, media and
sport.
It is also responsible for the and Paralympic Games in London.
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Disabled vets get a place to play golf
The Seattle
Times - 2010-04-26 07:10
LAKEWOOD ? Gene Lynn will always
have a special place in his heart for Sahalee Country Club. He was one of the
founders of the championship course in Sammamish that's considered one of the
best in the nation.
Martinson was the Boston Marathon champion in the wheelchair division in
1981, won a Paralympics gold medal in downhill skiing in 1992 in
Albertville, France, and competed in an exhibition 1,500-meter
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Two great new rugby clubs in town
Edson Leader -
2010-04-26 05:16
There are great things happening
this year in local rugby. Not only do we have a new junior team at Parkland
Composite High School, there's a new girl's club as well.
The main event, a light heavyweight battle, pits Chuck Liddell against
Rich Franklin. â?¢ A friend of mine had volunteered for the Paralympic
Games in Vancouver earlier this year.
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B.C. Place had no fire drill leading up to Games
Vancouver 24
Hours - 2010-04-26 04:56
B.C. Place Stadium workers were
ill-prepared if the Olympic flame went out of control, 24 hours has learned.
VANOC spent $150,000 for Paralympic opening ceremony ramps because
the Olympic staging violated the building code.
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Strides, Often Painful, but Always, Always Forward
The New York
Times - 2010-04-26 04:28
Amy Palmiero-Winters, who lost
part of her leg in a motorcycle accident, has become a world-class endurance
athlete. Hicksville, N.Y.
Phil Kreuter, a staff member, said Jessica Long, the 2006 Sullivan winner,
a Paralympics swimmer, checked in for upgrades every so often.
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Ofcom yn gostwng cost rheoleiddio am y 6ed blwyddyn
yn olynol
OFCOM -
2010-04-26 04:16
Ofcom today announced the sixth
consecutive cut in its underlying operating budget, as part of its drive to
reduce regulatory costs on licensees and taxpayers. 3.6% lower budget For
2010/11 Ofcom's total budget is £142.5m.
This includes: leading the Consortium for the Promotion of Digital
Participation; planning the UK's spectrum requirements for the London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games; and potential work on peer-to-peer
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London glory for Russia's Shobukhova
The Irish Times
- 2010-04-26 03:29
ANNA KESSEL LONDON MARATHON:
RUSSIAS LILIYA Shobukhova scuppered the ambitions of Mara Yamauchi and
several other big names to become the first Russian woman to win the Virgin
London Marathon yesterday. Mara Yamauchi?
Paralympic gold medallist David Weir was denied a fourth
London victory when he was beaten into third by Canada?s Josh Cassidy and
Marcel Hug of Switzerland.
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Sailing: Obsession top boat in 46th annual Messmer
Cup
Naples Daily
News - 2010-04-26 03:15
NAPLES The 2010 Michelob Ultra
Messmer Cup had skippers, boats and its matriarch in attendance for the 46th
time. The regatta also had one of the windiest weekends in event history.
Spinnaker B class winner Paralympic was skippered by Paul
Callihan....The wheelchair-bound Callihan competed in the 2010 Paralympic
games in Vancouver.
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Paxton, Broncos teammates show big heart with
draft-day fundraiser
Examiner.com -
2010-04-26 01:53
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One such group was Craig Hospital who rented out a lane and brought three
gold medalists from the paralympic games to bowl with Broncos
linebacker Mario Haggan....Corey Fairbanks, the director of the paralympic
sports...
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Cheating on school playing fields witnessed by more
than half of children
The Independent
- 2010-04-26 01:18
School playing fields are a hotbed
of rule-breaking where more than half of children witness unfair play in
every game they play. The most common forms of cheating are faking injuries,
elbowing opponents, arguing with the umpire and head butting.
Other bad sportsmanship moments to linger in parents' memories included
the Spanish Paralympic basketball team being stripped of their 2000
gold medals when it was discovered none of them had been tested for
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RICK HANSEN - nominated by Henry Storgaard
Regina
Leader-Post - 2010-04-26 00:36
'Rick Hansen and his family
represent an extraordinary cross-section of Canada; the experience and wisdom
that, in addition to being a former
'Rick Hansen and his family represent an extraordinary cross-section of
Canada; the experience and wisdom that, in addition to being a former. ...paralympian
and one of our most outstanding representatives of the
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Regatta Four Of The ISAF Sailing World Cup Begins
Sailing.org -
2010-04-26 00:15
The Semaine Olympique Franaise
(SOF), the fourth regatta of the 2009-2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup, is set to
start on Sunday with most of the world's best sailors in Hyeres.
In the Paralympic events, double medallist and 2009 SOF winner in
the 2.4, Damien Seguin (FRA), will again meet dutch sailors:
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Slow Start To The ISAF Sailing World Cup In Hyères
Sailing.org -
2010-04-26 00:15
The light and fluky southern
breeze only allowed for five races to be completed on the first day of racing
at the 42nd Semaine Olympique Franaise in Hyres. The Womens Match Racing
completed 35 races thanks to the quick work of the racing committee.
Helena Lucas took the bullet in the 2.4m Paralympic class.
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Oakville?s Cassidy stuns field in London Marathon
wheelchair race
Toronto Star
Online - 2010-04-25 23:50
LONDON?Underdog Josh Cassidy of
Oakville has triumphed over lousy weather conditions and stiff competition,
nearly crashing his wheelchair before claiming first place in the men?s
wheelchair London Marathon.
Maybe there?s a little disbelief, but not really.? Cassidy will return to
Canada before competing in Liverpool at the end of May and then the Paralympic
World Cup.
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Light winds mar start of sailing World Cup in
Hyeres
Royal Yachting
Association - 2010-04-25 23:40
First day of French World Cup
event blighted by light winds The French Olympic Sailing Week started with a
whisper on Sunday (25 April), with just five of the twelve competing classes
able to see any race action on the opening day.
picking up a yellow flag penalty ? while Helena Lucas and Megan Pascoe saw
a strong start in the 2.4mR Paralympic fleet....In the only other race
action of the day, the British Sonar and Star crews fared less well, with
John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Steve Thomas picking up a sixth in the sole
race of the nine-boat Paralympic...
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Canadian wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy claims big
victory at London Marathon
KBS Radio -
2010-04-25 21:44
LONDON - Canada's Josh Cassidy won
the men's wheelchair race at the London Marathon on Sunday, beating Marcel
Hug of Switzerland by 46 seconds. Cassidy covered the 42.195-kilometre course
in one hour 35 minutes 21 seconds.
2008 Paralympics in Beijing.
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Introduction to and History of Paralympic
Powerlifting
Suite101.com -
2010-04-25 21:01
Paralympic powerlifting is a sport
in which disabled athletes compete to see which athletes can lift the
greatest amount of weight. Both men and women compete in the sport, with 10
weight classes available for each sex.
Paralympic powerlifting is a sport in which disabled
athletes compete to see which athletes can lift the greatest amount of
weight....Both men and women compete in the sport, with 10 weight classes
available for each sex.In the sport, disabled athletes...
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Is Snowboarding Getting Spoiled by Big Money, and
Big Risks?
Time -
2010-04-25 20:23
USA's gold medalist Shaun White
celebrates after the men's Snowboard Halfpipe final run 2 on February 17,
2010 at Cypress Mountain, north of Vancouver during the Vancouver Winter
Olympics.
success at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Paralympics.
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CT: Concussions bill passes state Senate, heads to
the House
Stateline -
2010-04-25 19:30
By AMANDA FALCONE, The Hartford
Courant Like many of his colleagues, Sen. Edward Meyer knows what it is like
to get a few bumps and bruises on the playing field, and he knows how serious
concussions can be.
By AMANDA FALCONE, The Hartford Courant Like many of his colleagues, Sen.
Edward Meyer knows what it is like to get a few bumps and bruises on the
playing field, and he knows how serious concussions can be.The
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Stobart has brainwashed our council
Rochford Today -
2010-04-25 18:46
AFTER brainwashing our council
into allowing a 300-metre extension to the runway at the cynically renamed
?London? Southend Airport, we are now
The other classic argument is that this airport must be ready for the
Olympics and Paralympics 2012....How low can Andrew ?Whisper Jet?
Welch go that he finds it acceptable to use the heroes of our Paralympic
team ...
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London Marathon 2010: heartache for David Weir as
Josh Cassidy takes wheelchair title
The Telegraph -
2010-04-25 15:09
David Weir, the Paralympic 1500m
champion, who races both track and road marathons with equal aplomb was
denied a fifth London title, in spite of being four minutes ahead at one
point, after two flat tyres enabled Cassidy to overhaul him on The
Embankment.
David Weir, the Paralympic 1500m champion, who races both track and
road marathons with equal aplomb was denied a fifth London title, in spite of
being four minutes ahead at one point, after two flat tyres enabled
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Familiar rain sends Olympians indoors to see Obama
San Francisco
Chronicle - 2010-04-25 14:39
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Olympic and Paralympic teams visited President Barack Obama on
Wednesday....Paralympic skier Alana Nichols' day included a morning
visit to River Terrace Elementary School with the first lady, helping promote
Michelle...
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Pont y Werin bench heroes named!
Penarth Times -
2010-04-25 13:51
SPORTING legends, local heroes and
schoolchildren are all set to be immortalised at Pont y Werin.
For the bench on the Vale side of the bridge in Penarth Marina, the
steering group selected Vale-born Olympic cycling gold medallist Nicole
Cooke; and former St Cyres pupil and Paralympic gold medallist Dame
Tanni
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Carlson back on comeback road
Worcester
Telegram & Gazette - 2010-04-25 13:12
Not many things can tear Brad
Carlson away from talking about what's near and dear to his heart - the
promotion and passion of wheelchair athletic competition.
Jim Martinson, a longtime nationally renowned icon in the field and a
former Paralympic champion.
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Essex County Council offers grants for 'Open
Weekend' sporting events
Harlow Star -
2010-04-25 10:43
GRANTS of up to £500 are up for
grabs for community groups or organisations to hold a sporting event this
summer to mark the two-year countdown to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
Games.
GRANTS of up to £500 are up for grabs for community groups or
organisations to hold a sporting event this summer to mark the two-year
countdown to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.Essex Legacy from
the 2012
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Paralympic athlete brings home gold, visits with
President Obama
Farmington New
Mexico Daily Times - 2010-04-25 09:43
Gold medalist Stephani Victor from
the United States, left, celebrates, with bronze medalist and teammate Alana
Nichols during the medals presentation
Winter Paralympics March 20 in Whistler, Canada....WASHINGTON ?
Coming off the win of four gold medals at the Paralympic Winter Games
in Vancouver, Farmington skier Alana Nichols this week joined other ...
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