PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Classification at Australian Paralympic Youth Games
130 emerging athletes were provided with national classification in the lead-up to competition
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London 2012 Launches Programme Celebrating Arts for People With a Disability
'Unlimited', the UK’s largest ever disability arts programme set to transform the disability arts movement in the UK
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IPC to Inform Athletes of the 2010 Prohibited List
Changes in Prohibited list released on 1 October
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Olympic Congress Opened in Copenhagen
Sir Philip Craven will also be amongst the attendees
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Rio de Janeiro Elected to Host 2016 Paralympic Games
Rio de Janeiro eventually triumphed by taking 66 votes from a possible 98
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German President Becomes Patron for German Paralympic Youth Programme
Prof. Dr. Horst Koehler, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, has become the official Patron of the German initiative “Youth Training for Paralympics” in Germany.
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Whang Youn-Dai Wins Women's Leadership Award
Dr. Whang Youn-Dai was recently named winner of the Citi-YWCA Women’s Leadership Award
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IPC Athletics Plans Extensive Future
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Sport Technical Committee (STC) met this past weekend from 25-26 September in Bonn
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WADA Launches New Video Outlining Doping Control Process for Athletes
5-minute video is intended to provide a general overview of the doping control process