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Handikappidrott, Sverige (2 news)
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Ett ben - 21 kilometer
 GT - 2010-05-23
08:29
Massor av anmälda löpare kom inte
ens till start. 1 407 ställde upp men bröt. Några lyckades inte ta sig förbi
repet på Hisingen. Håkan Axelsson, 53, sprang hela varvet - på ett ben. -
Tyvärr ramlade jag ett antal gånger.
Deltog i Paralympics. -...Jag var med vid paralympics i
Vancouver i vintras.
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Utvärdering av mångfaldsindustrin Islamic Center
 Muslimska
friskolan - Blogg - 2010-05-23 00:14
Islam och muslimer i Sverige En
utvärdering av trettio projekt finansierade av Arvsfonden 1994-2006 Av
Mattias Gardell.
handikappidrotter som ett sätt att komma ut och ta plats.
projekt 18 som bistod religionslärare med läromedel som presenterade islam
och muslimska kulturer på ett sätt som också muslimer kunde känna
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Intl news (18 news)
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VisitBritain Showcases 'Golden Decade Of Sport' At
IMEX
Odyssey Media
Group - 2010-05-23 08:14
Business visitors to the Britain
pavilion at IMEX will be invited to participate in Britain's own GPS golf
putting simulator along with other various
This year, VisitBritain, the national tourism agency, celebrates the new
'Golden Decade of Sport', including key sporting events such as 2010 Ryder
Cup Wales, 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games and the
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Kurt Busch wins All-Star Race
Statesvile
Record & Landmark - 2010-05-23 07:27
CONCORD - When it counted most,
Kurt Busch was where he wanted to be. Pole-sitter Busch took the lead during
the final 10-lap segment and won the NASCAR Sprint All-Star race for the
first time.
Paralympic hockey team to receive a $10,000 donation.
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Presidents of China, Germany pledge stronger ties,
oppose protectionism
China Military
Online - 2010-05-23 03:35
Chinese President Hu Jintao (L)
hosts a welcoming ceremony for German President Horst Koehler in Beijing,
capital of China, May 17, 2010.
Koehler paid his first state visit to China in 2007 and attended the
Beijing Paralympics in 2008.
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Our couch potato Olympic mascots
Times Online -
2010-05-23 01:59
Wenlock and Mandeville sound like
Agatha Christie detectives, in the loggia with the commode. Or, perhaps, an
Edwardian musical act. I say, Mandeville, old chum. My dog has no nose.
Really Wenlock? What does he smell of? You idiot. How does he smell?
Sadly, they are only the new mascots for our Olympics and the Paralympics.
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Johnson sparred with fellow inductee France Jr.
South Carolina
Enquirer-Herald - 2010-05-23 01:40
Junior Johnson was a moonshiner
who outran government tax collectors in souped up cars. He not only is one of
the pioneers of NASCAR, he served some time in prison for his bootlegging.
"I just tried to make more smoke," said Logano, who donated the
$10,000 first-place prize to the U.S. paralympic sled hockey team, whose
captains were in attendance. ---
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It's wenlock! It's madeville!
National Post -
2010-05-23 01:20
After 18 months, 40 focus groups
and a secret operation worthy of MI5, London 2012 finally revealed yesterday
the mascots that will help define London's Olympic experience, and just as
importantly help pay for it.
Mandeville is called after the Stoke Mandeville Hospital where the Paralympic
movement began shortly after the Second World War.
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Lauries World Cup hopes
Times Online -
2010-05-23 01:15
Laurie Williams might be forgiven
for having other things on her mind when she takes her place in the British
womens wheelchair basketball squad for the BT Paralympics World Cup in
Manchester this week.
Laurie Williams might be forgiven for having other things on her mind when
she takes her place in the British womens wheelchair basketball squad for the
BT Paralympics World Cup in Manchester this week.Her final
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Eden Prairie's Eden Wood Center benefits from
partnership with 3000 Edina sixth-graders
Minnetonka
Sun-Sailor - 2010-05-23 01:05
More than 300 sixth-graders from
Valley View Middle School in Edina teamed up with staff from Friendship
Ventures and Team Quest for a service project at Eden Wood Center in Eden
Prairie.
Students in Elizabeth Chaigne's class heard from a disabled athlete
and seemed to enjoy hearing that someone with a disability can still be
active and compete.
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Benefits of hosting Olympics unproven
Reuters UK -
2010-05-23 00:54
The 2012 Olympic mascot Wenlock (L)
and Paralympic mascot Mandeville pose for photographers in the playground at
St. Paul's primary school in London May 19, 2010.
The 2012 Olympic mascot Wenlock (L) and Paralympic mascot
Mandeville pose for photographers in the playground at St.
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The World Comes To England
Black Athlete
Sports Network - 2010-05-22 23:22
A special event is taking place
this weekend. The Paralympics World Cup in Manchester, England formally
opened Friday night and will close on Monday, May 31st.
The Paralympics World Cup in Manchester, England formally opened
Friday night and will close on Monday, May 31st.
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Scaling The Barriers 2: McKayla Hanson's story
NBC 25 -
2010-05-22 22:39
PONTIAC -- Limitless optimism and
remarkable inner strength had allowed McKayla Hanson to exceed the boundaries
of her amputation, but she was still seeking an outlet to channel her
boundless energy.
doctor suggested the 'Extremity Games,' an athletic competition for disabled
athletes which was formed just one year prior.
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This Week in British Tennis, Friday 21st May 2010
Lawn Tennis
Association - 2010-05-22 22:21
The French Open main draw has been
announced with Andy Murray taking on the Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the
first round. Murray is in the same half of the draw as world No.
Alex Jewitt has made a successful comeback after eight months out with
injury, the Beijing Paralympian beating Frenchmen Frederic Decorvet
6-1, 6-0 and Laurent Fischer 6-4, 6-4 in his two matches on Friday at the
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Disabled athletes give it all at Desert Challenge
Games
AZCentral.com -
2010-05-22 18:47
The Arizona Republic Despite
serious injuries suffered in Iraq and Afghanistan, veterans are proving again
they were never defeated.
International Paralympics in London, in two track events, shot put,
discus and javelin....Six years later, he was competing at the International Paralympics
in Nagano, Japan....Jeppesen said spectators are welcome, and her program
always hopes to attract more disabled athletes...
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Susie O'Neill jumps in for swim
Sunshine Coast
Daily - 2010-05-22 18:37
Alan Lander 23rd May 2010 Olympian
Susie Oâ??Neill. FABULOUS weather, fabulous racing and the stars were out.
Yesterday's Blue Water 2km Swim featured Paralympian Brenden Hall along with
Madam Butterfly, also known as Olympic champion Susie O'Neill.
Yesterday's Blue Water 2km Swim featured Paralympian Brenden Hall
along with Madam Butterfly, also known as Olympic champion Susie O'Neill.They
were just part of the line-up for the day's swim from Tea Tree Bay to
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Whose idea was this?
Montreal
Gazette - 2010-05-22 15:38
It would be cruel for Canadians to
revel in this week's world-wide mockery of Wenlock and Mandeville, the
newly-unveiled mascots of, respectively, the 2012 London Olympics and
Paralympics. Very cruel. But irresistible.
It would be cruel for Canadians to revel in this week's world-wide mockery
of Wenlock and Mandeville, the newly-unveiled mascots of, respectively, the
2012 London Olympics and Paralympics.
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Olympic mascots spoofed on web 0:0
The Sun -
2010-05-22 13:31
THE new Olympic mascots have
become a running joke on the net. Web wizards have raced to spoof one-eyed
characters Wenlock and Mandeville, unveiled this week as the faces of the
London 2012 Games and our Paralympics.
Web wizards have raced to spoof one-eyed characters Wenlock and
Mandeville, unveiled this week as the faces of the London 2012 Games and our Paralympics.One
mock-up substitutes the mascots' mugs for the grins of PM
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Inspired by those around him
Wayne
Independent - 2010-05-22 11:06
Hawley - Marine Chuck Sketch, from
California, left a lasting impression on Cpl. Joseph Tarkett at last weeks
Warrior Games.
Close to 200 troops had gathered to compete in nine different sports, a
military Paralympics, celebrating the achievement and abilities of
wounded, ill and injured service members through athletic
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Kiwi gold medallist Adam Hall's greatest loss
stuff.co.nz -
2010-05-22 09:40
Paralympian gold medalist Adam Hall,
on life without his greatest supporter. Last updated 21:12 21/05/2010 this
page Headlines Special offers Most popular d Air NZ soars in Airline Awards
Featured Promotions Stuff.co.
Paralympian gold medalist Adam Hall, on life without his
greatest supporter.
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