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Paralympic Games

Dates Set for ‘09 Clagett Regatta

Organizers of North America’s premiere event for sailors with disabilities – the C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta – have scheduled the seventh annual edition for August 23-27, 2009. The announcement follows the...

Morning Cup of Links: 2008 Paralympics

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Sights set on next gold rush, 2012

Published Date: 07 October 2008 FAKENHAM Racecourse manager David Hunter is back at work, but still on a high after the British para-equestrian dressage team's all-conquering success in the Paralympics. As the squad’s...

Sichuan quake victim looks beyond disaster

Those who pass a prefabricated classroom of Hongba Central School , often spot 12-year-old Zhao Changli bouncing a basketball in the playground. The sixth-grader shoots hoops as enthusiastically as any other basketball fan, but...

Tunisia: Paralympics Athletes Win Nine Gold Medals, Earn Tunisia Place in Top 15 Teams

The Tunisian Paralympics team has achieved its best performance ever in the history of its participation in the Paralympics Games by earning 21 medals in all, including 9 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 3 bronze medals at the...

Veteran brings home gold medal from Beijing Paralympic Games

Eight years ago Will Groulx, then serving in the Navy and studying for a career in medicine, was in a motorcycle accident that left him a quadriplegic. Today, Groulx, 34, wears an Olympian's gold medal.

Nominees reflect excellence in sporting arena

Khanyi Ndabeni HERALD REPORTER FIVE people have been nominated in the sports category for the prestigious The Herald GM Citizen of the Year 2008 awards. They are Bay United chairman Sipho Pityana, Paralympics gold medallist...

Bush Remarks to 2008 U.S. Summer Olympic, Paralympic Teams

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Laura and I are proud to welcome the greatest Olympic and Paralympic team ever assembled. And I bring greetings from the honorary captain of the Olympic teams - I want to thank the coaches and the team...

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uploaded "[[Image:MichaelPhelpsGWBush10-07-2008.jpg]]" Members of the 2008 Summer U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams, including 8-time Gold-medalist swimmer Michael Phelps, who shakes hands with The Greatest President Ever,...

Cycling medalist Jones shifts focus to ski racing

Allison Jones of the U.S. disabled alpine team is once again focused on her winter sport of ski racing less than two months after pulling off a rare feat in sports: earning a medal in both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games.

               

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