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Goalball at London 2012 A brief preview of what to expect in the Goalball comeptition at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
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Goalball at London 2012
A brief preview of what to expect in the Goalball comeptition at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
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Beijing 2008 men's Goalball final
China defeated Lithuania in the men's gold-medal Goalball match at the Beijing 2008 Games.
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Goalball Beijing 2008, Women Bronze Medal
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Goalball Women Bronze Medal Game SWE vs. DEN
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Boccia at London 2012
A brief overview of what to expect in the Boccia competition at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
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Passion for Paralympics - Ottobock's Interactive Exhibition
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Ottobock launched the travelling exhibition, "Passion for Paralympics," in Scotland on Thursday (26 April).
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Elite training, not technology is driving Paralympic achievements
At the opening to the Ottobock exhibition, Passionate for Paralympympics, which is touring Great Britain in the lead up to the Paralympic Games, Sir Philip Craven outlined why he thinks that athletes need to be credited with their stunning performances, and not technology.
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Para-Canoe Worlds Begin in Poznan
The fourth edition of the Para-Canoe World Championships will take place this week in a sport that has been added to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games programme.
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Seal of Approval for Olympic and Paralympic Village
The athlete accommodations and facilities for London 2012 were given the approval by Olympians and Paralympians from the Athletes’ Committee.
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Gerard Upsets Peifer in Japan Open
The first day of the Japan Open produced some exciting results when Joachim Gerard, ranked No. 21, beat world No. 5 Nicolas Peifer.
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Boccia is Enjoying a Revival, says Norway’s Aandalen
Norway’s Roger Aandalen says that since he began playing Boccia 26 years ago, the sport has changed dramatically, and for the better
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Brits Highlight Athletics Test Event
Richard Whitehead, Hannah Cockroft and Paul Blake set world records on the track, while Dan Greaves left dissatisfied with his Discus results.
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Swedish Goalball Success Hinges on Communication
Niklas Hultqvist and Fatmir Seremeti hope to lead Sweden to the country’s first Paralympic Goalball gold in London.
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Newcomer Mezik Aims to Defeat ‘Grandpa’ Murray
Though he has never met him in competition, Slovakia’s Robert Mezik thinks he has what it takes to beat Great Britain’s world number one BC2 Boccia player, Nigel Murray.
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Experience and Bravado to Win Canada's Boccia Team Gold
With Josh Vander Vies’s experience and Marco Dispaltro’s aggressive go-getter attitude, the Canadians hope they’ve found a winning combination in the Boccia BC4 team event.
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Silence May Be Golden for USA’s Hanson
He may not be able to speak, but Austin Hanson and his father have developed a non-verbal language they hope will send them to the top of the Boccia podium at the London Paralympics.
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Out of the Shadows and into the Limelight
How the Paralympic Movement is becoming a commerical success. (This article was first published in The Paralympian, the official magazine of the Parlaympic Movement).
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Mile Stojkoski: Inspired by the feats of athletes in London
As Mile Stojkoski continues his journey, his manager Vladimir Pandovski writes about how he was inspired by Hannah Cockcroft and other athletes.
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Greg Polychronidis: Great Britain have raised the bar
Greece’s Greg Polychronidis attended the Boccia test event in the Basketball Arena on the Olympic Park in May where he saw first hand how strong the British team had become
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Sarah Storey: Bedford Two Day Great Britain’s Sarah Storey got off lightly when she crashed in the Bedford Two Day and was flung into a bunch of nettles. /blog/sarah-storey-bedford-two-day /
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April Holmes: My Secret Service Job
USA’s champion sprinter April Holmes has always wanted to work for the Secret Service, and she shares how an athletic career has fulfilled that dream.
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Johnny Cronin: Irish Training Camps Beneficial for London
Ireland’s gold-medal Boccia player Johnny Cronin explains why training with a group provides more motivation than training individually.
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Evan O’Hanlon: Earning Your Own Respect
Australia’s Paralympic champion sprinter sounds off in reaction to being quoted in the British newspaper, the Daily Mail.
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