PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Women Leadership Summit Starts in Venezuela
Yesterday, the Regional Summit on Women Leadership in Paralympic Sport was officially opened in Caracas, Venezuela, as part of a series of meetings.
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Tokyo to Host Second Asian Youth Para Games
The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) recently announced that the return of the Asian Youth Para Games would take place next year from 8 to 15 September 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Vancouver 2010 Mascot On the Road and Online
Six months ago, Miga, Quatchi and Sumi were introduced as the official mascots of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The three friends have since travelled the country, met with celebrities, taken hundreds of photos and are now ready to expand their interactive website.
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ODI Launched in Azerbaijan
From 28 to 30 April, the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Azerbaijan launched the Organizational Development Initiative (ODI) at the initial ODI planning workshop.
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IPC at SportAccord in Athens
From 2 to 6 June, the annual SportAccord Conference was held in Athens, Greece.
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First Official Film of the Paralympic Games
An agreement was recently signed between WGBH and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to produce ‘Paralympics 2008’, the Official Film of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
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2016 Candidate Cities Selected
Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board accepted Chicago (USA), Madrid (Spain), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Tokyo (Japan)* as Candidate Cities to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016. The cities were accepted from a total of seven Applicant Cities, which also included Baku (Azerbaijan), Doha (Qatar) and Prague (Czech Republic)*.
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Visa Card Supports Spanish Paralympic Movement
Today, Caja Madrid released a special VISA credit card supporting the Paralympic Movement in Spain and in particular the current preparation of athletes that will participate in the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
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Successful Paralympic Day in Finland
The Finnish Paralympic Committee hosted the fourth National Paralympic Day on 21 May in the city centre of Helsinki.