PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

London Olympic Park Aerial View

The 51 athletes who have been allocated bipartite slots to participate in the London 2012 Paralympics Games has been revealed by the international governing bodies of Paralympic Powerlifting and Shooting.

General view of athletes competing in the Men's 100m-T11

European National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) have until the 7 May to enter their athletes in the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships.

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

A picture of four italian people 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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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.

A picture of 2 standing people in front of a castle showing the London 2012 festival Official Guide.

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

Michelle Obama

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.

A picture of plenty of journalists trying to interview a 5-a-side football player.

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