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Extractions: Please Answer Our Paralympics Poll! The Paralympic Games have always been held in the same year as the Olympic Games. Since the Seoul Summer Games (1988) and the Albertville Winter Games (1992) they have also taken place at the same venues as the Olympics. On 19 June 2001 an agreement was signed between IOC and IPC securing this practice for the future. From the 2012 bid process onwards, the host city chosen to host the Olympic Games will be obliged to host the Paralympics as well. This @ctivTeen Site: Paralympics Message Board Other Paralympics Resources: This site gives good all-around information about the Paralympics, dates and locations of competition, and competative categories.
Welcome To Club La Santa - Paralympics paralympics. Lily Anggreny GERMANY Track and Field Gold Medal Winner 5000m paralympics Barcelona 1992. Catherine BaderBille GERMANY http://www.clublasanta.com/Default.asp?ID=134
Sport & Development - Extra Impuls Paralympics Extra Impuls paralympics. Omdat meedoen voor iedereen belangrijk is! Sport heeft een belangrijke plaats in onze maatschappij. Je http://www.sportdevelopment.org/index.php?id=82
CNNfyi.com - Paralympics Making Great Strides - October 26, 2000 paralympics making great strides. The Sydney, Australia, event is the fifth time that the paralympics and the Olympic Games have been held in the same city, http://www.cnn.com/2000/fyi/news/10/23/paralympics/
Extractions: CNNfyi Writer (CNNfyi) She emerged victorious in a little more than four minutes, but Marla Runyan didn't finish first. The legally blind runner placed third, and that finish in the 1,500-meter run in July earned her a spot on the U.S. Olympic track and field team. RESOURCES For up-to-date Paralympic coverage, visit CNNSI.com PROFILE U.S. Paralympian
Differences Between Special Olympics And Paralympics English About Us Differences between Special Olympics and paralympics. Marzena Mrowczynska of Special Olympics Poland works on http://www.specialolympics.org/Special Olympics Public Website/English/About_Us/
Extractions: Kayaking was chosen since it is already recognized by the IOC, and offers Special Olympics athletes the opportunity to progress to a second water sport. By highlighting the sport and offering training clinics during the 2003 World Summer Games, the hope was to encourage local Programs to develop this sport. [Photo by Adrian Melia, IRELAND OUT] Special Olympics and Paralympics are two separate organizations recognized by the International Olympic Committee. The principal differences between the two lie in the disability of participating athletes and levels of sports ability. In addition, Special Olympics is the only organization that the International Olympic Committee [see Partnerships ] has given permission to use the word "Olympics."
TechTV | Paralympics You are here Home TV Shows Performance Show Notes paralympics, Performance The Science of Winning Premieres every Friday at 2 pm Eastern, paralympics, http://www.techtv.com/performance/shownotes/story/0,24330,3445800,00.html
Extractions: Until recently, a physical disability would have forced an athlete into permanent retirement. But that's no longer the case. Thanks to new, high-tech sporting equipment, modern-day disabled athletes can now compete in their favorite games and sports. Perfecting their spin move World War II may have robbed soldiers of their limbs or the ability to use them but it didn't rob them of their desire to remain physically active. Out of this desire sprung wheelchair basketball, which is now played in leagues worldwide. And though most of the rules have remained the same since its inception, the equipment has undergone a radical overhaul. Racing chairs Basketball players aren't the only ones to benefit from these technological advancements. Racers once had to push 30 pounds of wheelchair across the finish line, and that was after they had stripped it down to little more than a pair of wheels. But the racing chairs of today weigh less than 15 pounds, and that includes a now-standard third wheel that lends greater stability.
IPC Press Releases Paralympic Games Sydney 2000. 18 29 October 2000 Sydney, Australia. Table of Contents. http://www.paralympic.org/games/2000/content.asp
Extractions: French version of www.torino2006.org ... Sports News Direct access Athens 2004 Torino 2006 Beijing 2008 Vancouver 2010 International Olympic Committee Olympic Museum Lausanne National Olympic Committees International Sports Federations The International Paralympic Committee Olympic Studies Centre Olympic Television Archive Bureau World Anti-Doping Agency Olympic Spirit Right to Play OGKS ATHENS 2004 D - 79 OLYMPIC MUSEUM ... Help Relive the exploits of the athletes who have become legends and find the results of all the medal winners in the modern Olympic Games. Access detailed presentations of all the Olympic sports and disciplines on the programme of the forthcoming Games. You will also see the list of past Olympic sports. Since time immemorial, the Games have enabled people from all over the world to come together in peace, respecting the principles of fundamental and universal ethics.
Salt Lake 2002 - Official Site Of The Olympics 2002 Official site of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Includes current news, pictures and highlights, competition results, TV schedules, and programs for the games. Also offers a http://www.saltlake2002.com/
Paralympisch Dressuur Team | Athene 2004 Officiële website van het Paralympsich Dressuur Team dat in 2004 op de Olympische Spelen in Athene zal proberen het goud naar Nederland te halen! http://www.paralympischdressuurteam.nl/
Extractions: Officiële website van het Paralympsich Dressuur Team dat in 2004 op de Olympische Spelen in Athene zal proberen het goud naar Nederland te halen! Op de website vindt u nieuws, persberichten, downloads, algemene informatie, informatie over de selectie, links en u kunt contact opnemen om u aan te melden als sponsor!
Extractions: INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING COMMITTEE FOR DISABLED Contents Rules Qualificationsystem Qualifications Records ... Ranking system ISCD Contacts Committee members Country contact Committee announcements Info Classifier info Referee info Blind shooting Extra Links Forum Webmasters Vlaminck Walter Schoeters Tim Counters Last Update: ATTENTION - Request for motions for rule changes was sent to NPC's. The deadline for returning motion forms is MAY 31, 2004 ISCD Hot News Workshop In Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia To prepare the FESPIC Games 2006 in Malaysia, the ISCD held a workshop in Kuala Lumpur. More then 40 participants were instructed in the regulations of the shooting sport. A written test concluded the weekend and for the referees workshop 19 partcipants received a national referee license. 6 participants became national classifier. Bob Dickie resigns from ISCD Bob Dickie informed the ISCD that he no longer would hold his position as Executive Committee member of the Committee.
