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Intl news (20 news)
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The International Olympic Committee debriefing to
begin in Sochi
 ITAR-TASS -
2010-06-06 07:20
SOCHI, June 6 (Itar-Tass) - The
International Olympic Committee will on Sunday officially begin a debriefing
on the results of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver.
The International Olympic Committee will on Sunday officially begin a
debriefing on the results of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games in
Vancouver.More than 600 representatives of the international
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Read to lead vision for developing winter winners
Vancouver Sun -
2010-06-06 07:05
Own the Podium helped Canadian
athletes deliver a golden 2010 Olympics on the ice and on the snow. Now, the
national funding delivery body is scoring big in the board room.
Performance at future Olympics and Paralympics will continue to be
stressed, but the organization also has a mandate to work on athlete
development.
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sports Hall grows by eight
Montreal
Gazette - 2010-06-06 06:53
A star-studded group of six
athletes and two builders are joining Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.
Her Paralympic career began in 1992 in Barcelona and wrapped up in
2008 in Beijing, winning 14 gold, five silver and a pair of bronze during her
career.
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Pat Burrell couldnt be happier to be a Giant, plus
more notes
The Mercury
News - 2010-06-06 05:43
Pat Burrell arrived at PNC Park
and found a No.9 hanging in his locker. Perhaps not coincidentally, the last
guy to wear the number was also a Bellarmine Prep kid from San Jose, Kevin
Frandsen.
In a related development, the International Olympic committee grants
permission for Bengie Molina to compete in the next paralympics,
making him the first major league player to do so.
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Blake Geoffrion Named USA Hockey's College Player
of the Year
Nashville
Predators - 2010-06-06 05:43
USA Hockey Announces 2010 Award
Winners COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Hockey will host its 2010 Annual
Congress from Thursday, June 10, through Sunday, June 13, at the Crowne Plaza
Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Calif.), Dave Peterson Goalie of the Year Jack Campbell (Port Huron,
Mich.), College Player of the Year Blake Geoffrion (Brentwood, Tenn.) and Disabled
Athlete of the Year Steve Cash (Overland, Mo.).
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London Olympics seek Slumdog magic
Times Online -
2010-06-06 04:36
As the Beijing Olympic Games
closed, David Beckham stepped out of a red doubledecker bus in the packed
stadium and, by booting a football into the crowd, signalled that the worlds
attention would now move to London.
Paul Deighton, chief executive of the London Organising Committee of the
Olympic and Paralympic Games (Locog), has played down expectations of
a Beijing-style extravaganza....It is understood that he would also be
involved in the closing ceremony and the corresponding events at the Paralympics...
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Iraqi swimming team for disabled athletes camps in
Jordan
Aswat al Iraq -
2010-06-06 03:20
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraqi
swimming team for disabled athletes is camping in Jordan in preparation for a
tournament in Greece which will start on June 8, 2010.
The Iraqi swimming team for disabled athletes is camping in Jordan
in preparation for a tournament in Greece which will start on June 8,
2010.?The team is undergoing daily training courses in Amman,? a
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Abel steps down after 36 memorable years
phillyBurbs.com
- 2010-06-06 01:54
Track notebook As the high school
track and field season wraps up, so is one very distinguished coaching
career. After 36 years, Ted Abel has decided to step down as the William
Tennent girls track coach.
She went on to claim many gold medals in Paralympic
competition....In fact, she never lost a Paralympic race while a high
school student.'
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Curling club begins locally: ?Learn to curl? today
at Canlan Ice Sports.
TradingMarkets
- 2010-06-06 01:34
Not since 1887 when Grover
Cleveland was president has Fort Wayne seen a curling match, but four people
plan to change that starting today with the Fort Wayne Curling Club.
The group already is working to have at least one member of the Paralympics
curling team come down for an event.
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Dallison to manage the Tall Blacks
stuff.co.nz -
2010-06-06 00:57
Claire Dallison has been
conditioning New Zealand's top basketballers for the past three years. Now
she will also be taking care of the logistical side of the operation after
being confirmed recently as the Tall Blacks new team manager.
She has some experience with team management, having been head coach and
manager for the New Zealand Paralympics athletics team....'It's
something I've done before, with paralympics sport and we're looking
to put a...
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Tinman offers something for everyone
Highland
Community News - 2010-06-06 00:25
Tinman draws hundreds of runners,
bicyclers and swimmers each year with events for all ages.
Tinman, which is presented by the Sunset Rotary Club, features
triathletes, 5K runners and walkers, disabled athletes, teams, and a
kid?s triathlon for ages 2 through 12 and an ?action-packed? tricycle race
for
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Man in Motion
Cowichan News
Leader - 2010-06-05 23:54
Local Wheels in Motion chairman
Jamie Coleman is waiting for Rick Hansen?s arrival in Duncan to view for the
first time a totem dedicated to him in 1988. Andrew Leong others also read...
He recovered to play sports and win 19 wheelchair marathons plus six Paralympic
medals.
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Paraplegic Richland swimmer dives into Alcatraz
Sharkfest
Tri-City Herald
Online - 2010-06-05 17:41
Voice of the Mid-Columbia |
Kennewick, Pasco and Richland, Wash. | RICHLAND -- Nate Higgins doesn't let
his disability get the better of him. As a paraplegic swimmer, he tests his
endurance, stamina and the will to succeed in the face of adversity.
Higgins said he's excited that his effort also will help him raise
scholarship money for disabled athletes....Higgins' swimming coach,
Jennifer Tonkyn, said he may be in a wheelchair but his spirit to succeed
soars high and he's determined to show what a disabled athlete...
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Jessica Galli 9-for-9 in women's wheelchair
North
Jersey.com - 2010-06-05 15:15
RIDGEWOOD â?? Jessica Galli grew
up in Hillsborough and has lived in Illinois for the last eight years, but
the Ridgewood Run wheelchair 10K always feels like her home race. Thatâ??s
probably because she has won it every year sheâ??s competed.
Galli, a three-time Paralympian, finished nearly 9 1/2 minutes
ahead of the second-place woman, Jaclyn Daya of Matawan, who finished in
35:42.87.
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Relief road 'vandalised' area
BBC -
2010-06-05 14:25
34 UK A campaigner against work
under way in Dorset to build an £87m relief road ahead of the 2012 Olympics
has said the area has been 'completely vandalised'.
400 international sailors during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
Games.
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Wenlock and Mandeville launched as London's 2012
Olympic mascots
Vancouver Sun -
2010-06-05 13:45
LONDON, â?' Moulded from steel
left over from the last girder on the Olympic stadium, London's 2012 mascots
are neither cuddly nor cute but organisers say the gleaming one-eyed metallic
forms will strike a chord with children.
the Paralympic movement began shortly after World War II.
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Amputee hockey team hasn't lost in nine years
Sarnia Observer
- 2010-06-05 12:24
It's about time the Canadian
government started funding amputee hockey, said Jarret Dark. After all, the
national team has already brought home four world championships.
However, unlike sledge hockey, amputee hockey isn't a recognized as a Paralympic
sport.
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475 athletes will descend on city
Edmund Evening
Sun - 2010-06-05 11:28
James Coburn The Edmond Sun EDMOND
? Edmond will be in the spotlight June 10-13 when the University of Central
Oklahoma welcomes Oklahomans and visitors to the 11th annual UCO Endeavor
Games.
'A lot of people are unexposed to paralympic sports, and the
Endeavor Games not only exposes them to paralympic sports but exposes
them to the breadth of people with physical disabilities,? Wilson said.
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UK Anti-Doping launches Report Doping in Sport
hotline
PRWeb -
2010-06-05 09:30
Report Doping in Sport, make the
call is the request from UK Anti-Doping today as it launches its new
confidential hotline.
Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
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Calhoun home weathers minor setbacks
Fort Campbell
Courier - 2010-06-05 08:56
Driving onto the land May 26 to
tour the progress, a pond sits on the right hand side of the property where
former Staff Sgt. Heath Calhoun?s new home is being built.
The former 101st Airborne Division Soldier and paralympic athlete
said he and his wife both prefer living out in the open, and are looking
forward to getting away from the suburbs.
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