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20-23 September

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Australia's men's Wheelchair Basketball team

Catching up With Australia's Grant Mizens

Paralympic.org had the chance to speak with Grant Mizens, who will try to help Australia’s men’s Wheelchair Basketball team win another Paralympic gold at London 2012.

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Is Canada's Anderson the World's Best?

Just about any Wheelchair Basketball player you ask will say that Canada’s Patrick Anderson is one of the best to have ever played the game.

Cindy Ouellet

Time for Canada's Women to Bounce Back

Cindy Ouellet - one of Canada's youngest Wheelchair Basketball players and one of the few with Paralympic Games experience - is determined to get the team back on the podium.

Great Britain's Hannah Stodel shows off her dress

British Sailors Enjoy Glamorous Send-off

More than 850 guests, including HRH Princess Royal and some of the biggest names in sailing, attended the sixth quadrennial Sa for Gold Ball to show their support for Olympic and Paralympic sailors.

Graeme Ballard

Ballard Storming into Stadskanaal

Great Britain’s Graeme Ballard is back on track to medal again at the Paralympics and fans will get to see his progress at next week’s IPC Athletics European Championships.

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USA’s Nichols Perfects Balancing Act

American Alana Nichols is a dual-sport athlete in Alpine Skiing and Wheelchair Basketball, but is currently putting all of her focus on London 2012.

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Sarah Storey: London Nocturne and Capernwray Women’s Road Race

Some people may have thought it wasn't possible for the women to ride the London Nocturne on Saturday evening and the Capernwray Road Race on Sunday morning because of the 250-mile transfer between the two events. Great Britain’s Sarah Storey has certainly proved them wrong, coming an impressive 10th in the Nocturne and then taking the victory at Capernwray.