Irish cyclist Cathal Miller, who will compete in three different Cycling events at London 2012, will carry his delegation’s flag during the Opening Ceremony.
Football 7-a-side
The Football 7-a-Side gold-medal match will be the final major sporting event of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
USA
The American delegation will compete in 19 sports at the Paralympic Games, hoping to better their third-place finish from Beijing 2008.
Athletics
Sprinter Evan O’Hanlon and four others were the first of Australia’s large Paralympic delegation to head to Cardiff for their pre-Games camp.
United Arab Emirates
Paralympic teams from Saudia Arabia and the United Arabe Emirates have arrived in Stoke Mandeville, the historic birthplace of the Paralympic Games, for their final training camp.
The London 2012 Games-time edition of the IPC’s magazine will be a useful companion to anyone wanting to follow the Paralympics.
Wheelchair Fencing
At 47 years old, Hungarian wheelchair fencer Pal Szekeres is still the only athlete to date to have medalled at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Athletics
With nine Paralympic medals, including three golds, to his name, Australian wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley talks about being a veteran on the track.
The IPC, LOCOG, government ministers and other sponsors and partners for London 2012 will take part in the IPC Academy’s three-day experience programme.
The IPC website will feature a groundbreaking new video player to live stream more than 780 hours of sporting action from the London 2012 Games.
