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Handikappidrott, Sverige (3 news)
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De rullar upp fördomarna
 SVT Sydnytt - 2010-07-02 16:10
De har kört över 500 mil för att
sätta fokus på hur funktionshindrade har det i samhället. Nu har Lars
Löfström och Mats Melin nått Malmö.
Den gamle paralympikern Lars Löfström har hunnit slita ut fyra par
rullstolsdäck på vägen.
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De bevakar Almedalen
Dagens Media - 2010-07-02 12:24
Över 700 reportrar kommer att
bevaka politiker, pr-konsulter och näringslivsrepresentanter i Visby. Se
vilka de är på Dagensmedia.se.
Handikappidrottsförbundet & Sveriges Paralympiska
Kommitté Magnus Andén Svenska JAGbladet, Föreningen JAG Monica Tornevik
Svenska JAGbladet, Föreningen JAG Patrik Haase Svenska JAGbladet, Föreningen
JAG Sandro
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Biståndsminister Gunilla Carlsson (M) presenterar
moderaternas kampanj Utan hästen stannar Sverige den 5 juli på Stall Bolex
utanför Visby
MyNewsdesk - 2010-07-02 11:52
Hästnäringen är viktig bland annat
för företagandet, ungdoms- och handikappidrotten och landsbygdens utveckling.
Hästnäringen är viktig bland annat för företagandet, ungdoms- och handikappidrotten
och landsbygdens utveckling.Moderaterna förste vice ordförande och
biståndsminister Gunilla Carlsson fortsätter därför
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Intl news (40 news)
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One Olympic medal in Vancouver cost Russia 388 mln
rbls - auditors
ITAR-TASS - 2010-07-03 08:02
MOSCOW, July 3 (Itar-Tass) -- In
cash terms the Vancouver Olympics proved a far worse failure for Russia than
it was from the standpoint of unachieved sports achievements.
Paralympic Games in Vancouver....While one medal at the Paralympic
Games cost Russia ten million rubles, each Olympic medal's price tag carried
a nine-digit figure -
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Paralympian, Bath businessman & others to
receive honorary degrees
University of Bath - 2010-07-03 05:48
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG is the
founder and chairman of BRAC (formerly, Bangladesh Rural Advancement
Committee), the largest development Non-Governmental Organisation in the
world.
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG is the founder and chairman of BRAC (formerly,
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), the largest development
Non-Governmental Organisation in the world.For his outstanding contributions
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Swimmer makes national team
Powell River Peak - 2010-07-03 05:18
Adam Rahier represents Canada at
world championships A swimmer who calls Powell River home has been selected
to compete at the 2010 IPC (International Paralympic Committee) World
Swimming Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands this summer.
Adam Rahier represents Canada at world championships A swimmer who calls
Powell River home has been selected to compete at the 2010 IPC (International
Paralympic Committee) World Swimming Championships in
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The Queen should grant Medway city status
Your Deal and Sandwich News - 2010-07-03 04:01
It is often said that to become a
city you need a cathedral, a university, a well-known sports team and a
successful economy. If it were that easy, I am certain that Medway would
already be enjoying this honour.
In Medway, 2012 is going to be a year of celebration with the 200th
anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens; the bicentenary of the Royal
Engineers in Gillingham; the Olympic and Paralympic Games;
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Four outstanding youths to receive Singapore's
highest youth accolade
938 LIVE - 2010-07-03 02:56
Four youths who have contributed
significantly to society and excelled in their professions, will receive the
Singapore Youth Award or SYA this year. Film-maker, Royston Tan, will receive
the award along with three others this Sunday.
Seventeen year old paralympic swimmer Yip Pin Xiu will receive an
SYA for Sports and Adventure....Born with muscular dystrophy, she overcame
her physical limitations to win Singapore's first gold medal at the Beijing
2008 Paralympic...
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and RSLSteeper Team
Up to Help Paralympian Walk His Sister Down the Aisle
Street Insider - 2010-07-03 01:30
Anthony Booth, a Paralympian who
had his artificial legs stolen, has been able to walk his sister down the
aisle thanks to Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and Leeds based prosthetics
specialists RSLSteeper.
Anthony Booth, a Paralympian who had his artificial legs stolen,
has been able to walk his sister down the aisle thanks to Leeds Teaching
Hospitals Trust and Leeds based prosthetics specialists RSLSteeper.A team
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2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championships:
Anti-Doping Information
IPC Powerlifting - 2010-07-03 01:02
All athletes participating at the
2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championships are subject to doping control in
accordance with the IPC Anti-Doping Code
214 53113 Bonn, Germany Tel: +49-228-2097-130 Fax: +49-228-2097-212
E-mail: antidoping@paralympic.org
Further information can be retrieved from the following links:
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Tourism spending buoyed by Olympics
Times Colonist - 2010-07-03 00:39
Team Canada captain Scott
Niedermayer poses with his medal after winning in ice hockey at the 2010
Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, B.C. in this February 28, 2010 photograph.
MIKE BLAKE, Reuters Fuelled by the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympic
Winter Games held in February and March, spending by international visitors
to Canada grew in the first quarter at the highest
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Parliament and the Games
London 2012 - 2010-07-03 00:25
Working with MPs and Peers from
all parties and on all aspects of the London 2012 Games, there?s always a
huge amount to do.
It explores the relationship between Parliament and the modern Olympic and
Paralympic Games, with a focus on those of 1908, 1948 and of course
London 2012.?...It includes rare architectural models of some of the venues,
film footage of Olympians and Paralympians...
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2012 countdown: It starts here ?
Building - 2010-07-03 00:18
Forget the World Cup. The biggest
show on Earth is the Olympics, and the good news is we?ve already won it
Since July 2005, all eyes have been fixed
Having competed at and visited Games in various capacities since 1980, I
know the great opportunities that hosting the Olympic and Paralympic
Games can bring to a host nation....Our budget remains at £2bn and is raised
from the private sector, except for a small public contribution for Paralympic...
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God turns dire situation into a pretty cool ride
Winkler Times - 2010-07-03 00:18
The season finale of House M.D. in
May showed a young woman dealing with that gut- wrenching dilemma after a
crane crashed into a building, causing it to collapse. Her leg was pinned.
Paralympic Ski Team in 2006 and traveled to Turin, Italy to
participate in the games that are always held immediately after the Olympics.
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Bikes Everywhere: Racing, beating the odds and
riding to work
The Source Weekly - 2010-07-03 00:17
Time trial bikes, tandem bikes,
hand bikes, mountain bikes, cruiser bikes. Bikes were everywhere in Bend last
week.
Paralympic Cycling Head Coach and was in Bend for the
national championships....I wondered how coaching disabled athletes
compared with mentoring future stars like Lance Armstrong, George Hincapie
and Fred Rodriguez.
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Sam Kavanagh - Olympics 2012
ECN - 2010-07-03 00:12
In 2005, while backcountry skiing
with close friends, Sam (then 25) was caught in an avalanche that resulted in
the amputation of his left leg below the knee.
leg) he competed in his first US Paralympics National Championships
and is...
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Where in the world are Olympians this Fourth?
US Olympic Team - 2010-07-02 23:59
The U.S. softball team wraps up
the 2010 ISF World Championships tonight with the gold-medal game against
Japan. On Saturday, the team will fly home from Venezuela. Hopefully, they
will bring home some souvenirs ? gold medals.
Olympians, Paralympians and hopefuls, this year?s holiday will be
spent far away from the United States.
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Teams Preparing for Wheelchair Basketball Champs
International Paralympic Committee - 2010-07-02 23:50
The 2010 World Wheelchair
Basketball Championships will soon be in full swing with teams from all
around the world bringing their strongest players to the court in Birmingham,
Great Britain.
July in the National Indoor Arena, the tournament will see 12 men?s teams
and ten women?s teams compete in the most important and biggest Wheelchair
Basketball event before the London 2012 Paralympic
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Red, white and proud crowd
Recorder and Times - 2010-07-02 23:21
Canada's 143rd birthday carried
extra-special meaning for Brockville's Mark and Bonnie Primeau.
Grenville MP Gord Brown said 2010 has been a good year for Canada with the
success of the Vancouver Winter Olympics and Paralympics and the
outstanding results posted by the country's athletes.
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Details for Olympic Tribute ceremony
News Gazette - 2010-07-02 23:18
Saturday's Olympic Tribute
ceremony is free and open to the public. It will begin at 10 a.m. at the
monument on the east edge of Dodds Park, 1501 N. Mattis Ave., C.
Paralympians Wayne Henry Broeren:...Broeren represented the
U.S. in the 1960 Paralympic Games in Rome....She won a silver medal
for sitting volleyball during the 2008 Paralympic games in Beijing.
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Yankee Doodle Dandies: U.S. Paralympic gold
revisited
NHL.com - 2010-07-02 23:10
When it comes to monumental
accomplishments, the milestones most cited are Tiger Woods' 15-stroke victory
in the 2000 U.S. Open; the 1972 Super Bowl-champion Miami Dolphins' 17-0
record; and Secretariat's 31-length victory in the 1973 Belmont Stak...
When it comes to monumental accomplishments, the milestones most cited are
Tiger Woods' 15-stroke victory in the 2000 U.S. Open; the 1972 Super
Bowl-champion Miami Dolphins' 17-0 record; and
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Fonds pour le développement du sport et de
l'activité physique - LA MINISTRE MICHELLE COURCHESNE ANNONCE UNE AIDE
FINANCIÈRE DE 111 000 $ POUR SOUTENIR LE CHALLENGE MONDIAL 2010 EN NATATION
PARALYMPIQUE
Government of Quebec - 2010-07-02 22:50
MONTRÉAL, le 2 juill. 2010 /CNW
Telbec/ - La ministre de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport, Mme Michelle
Courchesne, a annoncé aujourd'hui
tenue du Challenge Mondial 2010 en natation paralympique....Les
compétitions au programme s'adressent à l'élite mondiale de natation paralympique....meilleurs
au monde en natation paralympique, dont plusieurs...
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Athletics track planned for Coulsdon
Epsom Guardian - 2010-07-02 22:32
Nick Gentry (no pics) South London
Harriers have announced proposals to build an all-purpose running track in
Coulsdon.
"We've already had some approaches because they have very few areas
despite the increasing influence of Paralympic sports.? However,
funding the project could prove to be a stumbling block with the Track
Coulsdon
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Children meet 2012 Olympic mascot
BBC - 2010-07-02 21:48
In May cartoon animations Wenlock
and Mandeville were unveiled as mascots An Olympic Games mascot, Mandeville,
has been in Hereford to launch the annual county school games.
London 2012 organisers unveiled in May two cartoon animations, named as
Wenlock and Mandeville, as the mascots for the Olympic and Paralympic
Games....The characters are named after the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock -
which hosted a precursor to the modern Olympic Games in the 19th Century -
and the birthplace of the Paralympic...
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Do you have yours yet?
British Dressage - 2010-07-02 21:41
Do you have the equestrian fashion
accessory of 2010 yet?
The Olympic and Paralympic teams are generously supported by
lottery funding via UK Sport, but the non-Olympic sports of driving,
endurance, reining and vaulting do not receive funding for the event.
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Olympics Park visit for school
Solihull News - 2010-07-02 21:39
YOUNGSTERS from Monkspath Junior
and Infant School certainly carried a torch for success when they were chosen
to visit the London 2012 Olympic Park.
The initiative is a network of schools from across the UK who have
demonstrated a commitment to the Olympic and Paralympic values by using
the Games to add value to the life of the school.
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2010 Paralympic Bronze Medalist Andy Soule
Nominated for an ESPY
US Olympic Team - 2010-07-02 20:26
2010 Paralympic bronze medalist
and Afghanistan war veteran, Andy Soule (Pearland, TX), has been nominated
for an ESPN ESPY in the category of Best Male Athlete with a Physical
Disability.
2010 Paralympic bronze medalist and Afghanistan war veteran, Andy
Soule (Pearland, TX), has been nominated for an ESPN ESPY in the category of
Best Male Athlete with a Physical Disability.On the opening day of the
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U.S. athletes named to compete at 2010 UCI
Para-cycling Road World Championships
US Olympic Team - 2010-07-02 20:25
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--U.S.
Paralympics is pleased to announce the athletes that will compete at the 2010
UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships, August 15-23 in Baie-Comeau,
Quebec, Canada. There are some fresh faces joining Team USA this year.
Paralympics is pleased to announce the athletes that will
compete at the 2010 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships, August 15-23
in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada....There are some fresh faces joining Team USA
this year.On the women's side, up-and-comer Megan Fisher (Missoula, Mont.)
joins Paralympic...
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Ridgway Continues Reign;Ball Smashes Marathon
Barrier
O&P Edge - 2010-07-02 20:16
Ridgway Continues Reign; Ball Smashes
Marathon Barrier Content provided by The O&P EDGE Current Issue- Free
Subscription - Free eNewsletter -
According to his Facebook page, Ball now hopes to compete in the London Paralympic
Games in 2012.
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Pupils celebrate their sporting success
Wales Online - 2010-07-02 19:59
A GOLD medallist paralympic
swimmer was on hand in Abertillery to present trophies at the annual Inter
School Sports Personality Competition.
A GOLD medallist paralympic swimmer was on hand in Abertillery to
present trophies at the annual Inter School Sports Personality
Competition.Liz Johnson, who won gold in Beijing, was joined by local girl
Louise
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60th Tube station goes step free - Access widening
London Daily News - 2010-07-02 19:56
London Underground is celebrating
the opening of the capitals 60th step free station.
'Commitment to disabled people' Gold medal winning Paralympian
Tanni Grey-Thompson, who sits on the Transport for London Board which sets
the agenda for transport in London, said:
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6,500 Fencers Descend Upon Atlanta
US Olympic Team - 2010-07-02 18:30
US Fencing Summer National Championships
Attracts Country?s Best ATLANTA, Ga. ? The United States Fencing Association
(USFA) hosts its Summer National Championships in Atlanta, July 4-13.
exciting.? Also participating in both the community event and tournament
is 2008 Paralympian Mark Calhoun.
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Athletes to be honored at Champaign monument to
Olympians
News Gazette - 2010-07-02 18:25
Brad Hedrick sits in his
wheelchair at the Olympic Tribute at Dodds Park in Champaign on Thursday.
Hedrick will be added to the tribute in a ceremony on Saturday.
Engraved in granite at the Tribute to Olympic Athletes in Dodds Park are
39 names and 23 different Olympic or Paralympic Games....On Saturday,
10 Olympic and Paralympic...
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Talented Chloe aiming for the Paralympics
Gloucester Gazette - 2010-07-02 18:22
A YOUNGSTER from Wotton-under-Edge
is dreaming of representing Great Britain at the Paralympics after some
impressive performances in athletics and tennis.
A YOUNGSTER from Wotton-under-Edge is dreaming of representing Great
Britain at the Paralympics after some impressive performances in
athletics and tennis.
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ODA boss tops list of highest-earning quango
employees
Inside the Games - 2010-07-02 18:01
July 2 - David Higgins, the chief
executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), tops the list as the
highest-earning boss of a taxpayer-funded Government guango with an annual
salary of £394,999 ($599,664), it was revealed today.
The figures for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic
Games (LOCOG), which is chaired by Sebastian Coe, have not been made public
because they are a privately-funded
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Make the most of e-commerce ahead of the Olympics
Computing.co.uk - 2010-07-02 17:41
The London 2012 Olympics and
Paralympic Games will offer an unparalleled opportunity for UK retail
e-commerce sites. BT Global Services retail and professionals services
director Diane McAuliffe says the London Games are "a second Christmas
for retailers".
The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games will offer an
unparalleled opportunity for UK retail e-commerce sites.
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McGrath KOd by tactical blunder
Solihull News - 2010-07-02 16:44
YARDLEYS Jordan McGrath endured a
day to forget at the UK Championships and European Trials - but the 400m ace
has vowed to learn from the experience.
UKA Heroes project, sponsored by Original Source, is a successful initiative
which offers financial support to talented young athletes who are working
towards the 2012 and 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
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Veterans take to the water for Community Rowing
event
AllstonBrighton TAB - 2010-07-02 16:34
Community Rowing Inc. hosted its
first clinic for 40 veterans of the military at the Harry Parker Boat House
on Sunday, June 27. These veterans, many of whom served in Iraq and
Afghanistan, came home with combat-related physical and stress injuries.
Rowing Program to have post-rehabilitation support, and one day take part
in the Paralympics....CRI runs programs for able-bodied and disabled
athletes....The Paralympics Sport Club involves youth and
adults...
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Interact Club members attend annual banquet
La Jolla Village News - 2010-07-02 15:59
The La Jolla High School (LJHS), a
student group sponsored by La Jolla Rotary, recently held its annual banquet,
with students attending a Rotary
Just of few of the dozens of projects the group worked on include helping
clean and organize the LHHS band room, helping train injured soldiers for the
US Olympic Committeeâ??s Paralympic Sports Camp,
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Sledge Hockey comes to ice rink
BBC - 2010-07-02 15:24
Members of the public in Surrey
are being encouraged to take up the sport of ice hockey, but with a
difference. Sledge Hockey is a variant of the Olympic sport, but players use
sledges to move about the rink at high speeds.
Paralympic Games.
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Olympic Planners Voice Cuts Concerns
Police Oracle - 2010-07-02 15:11
Chiefs are briefed on resources
that will be required for the largest ever peacetime policing op?...
Some 11 forces are planning for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
games, which are expected to take place under a terrorist threat level of
Severe or greater.
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GE to sponsor Hyde Park WCS race for 2010 &
2011
Tri247.com - 2010-07-02 14:47
GE to sponsor London Leg of Dextro
Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series 2010 and 2011 GE, the Elite
Partner of the British Triathlon GB
Helen Jenkins Comments Mark Elborne, President and CEO of GE in the UK:
“As a worldwide partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the
Elite Partner of the British Triathlon GB Team, GE is
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OUR CITY, OUR VISION BLUES BACK WHEELCHAIR WORLD
STARS
Birmingham City FC - 2010-07-02 13:45
A taste of the London 2012
Paralympics comes to Birmingham in just a few days time as the World
Wheelchair Basketball Championships comes to the city.
A taste of the London 2012 Paralympics comes to Birmingham in just
a few days time as the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships comes to the
city.And here at Blues we are showing our support for the finest
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