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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Rowing

Canadian visually impaired rower Victoria Nolan wants to help her LTA Mixed Coxed Four team win gold at the London 2012 Paralympics.

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Rowing

After the 2012 Gavirate International Adaptive Regatta this weekend, rowers will have only one more chance to qualify for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

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Seoul 1988

Prof. Hans Georg Näder, president and CEO of Otto Bock, is the new Supervisory Board of the German National Anti-Doping Agency's (NADA) chairperson.

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Great Britain

More than 25,000 artists from 204 nations will take part in 12,000 events and performances across Great Britain this summer.

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Great Britain

The IPC and Ottobock’s interactive exhibition, “Passion for Paralympics,” moved to the Glasgow Science Centre for two weeks.

Michelle Obama
USA

USA’s first lady will deliver the remarks at the Warrior Games Opening Ceremony, and First Lieutenant Melissa Stockwell and British Armed Forces member Captain Simon Maxwell will light the cauldron.

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Europe

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has announced a record-breaking collection of Rights Holding Broadcasters to screen the Paralympic Games across the globe this summer.

London Olympic Park Aerial View
Powerlifting

Daniel Dias and photographers

How the Paralympic Movement is becoming a commerical success. (This article was first published in The Paralympian, the official magazine of the Parlaympic Movement).

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2012 IPC Athletics European Championships Stadskanaal

The 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships may be the last opportunity for athletes to meet before the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Tom Aggar Training in 2012
Rowing

Defending Paralympic gold medallist and four-time world champion Tom Aggar takes spectators through the mindset of a rower during a competition.

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Cycling

In her next blog, Great Britain’s cyclist, Sarah Storey, writes about winning the Cheshire Classic.

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Powerlifting

Alana Nichols
Sochi 2014

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Sydney 2000

With the return of Jon Pollock and Terry Bywater, Great Britain’s men’s Wheelchair Basketball squad is looking strong for May’s BT Paralympic World Cup.

Mile Stojkoski in Kumanovo, Macedonia
Athletics

Mile Stojkoski believes in the power of sport and is making his point by travelling across Europe to the British capital in time for the Games.

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Alpine Skiing

Sylvana Mestre, Chairperson of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Alpine Skiing Sport Technical Committee, has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2012 SportAccord Spirit of Sport Awards.

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Rowing

Heats and finals for four different Rowing disciplines will be packed into three days of exhilarating competition at Eton Dorney.

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Beijing 2008

A star line-up of Esther Vergeer, Peter Norfolk and Gordon Reid promise to wow spectators at the test event at Eton Manor on the Olympic Park.

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Great Britain

In honour of William Shakespeare’s birthday, the London 2012 Festival launched a short film produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company.