Quiet, Please: 4 Goalball Teams Prep For Paralympics- Al.com The tournament will serve as preparation for the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. The four participating teams already have qualified for the games. http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/11855259406460.xml&co
Extractions: The Press-Enterprise When Anthony Zahn and his teammates meet for coffee, no one brings a handicapped-parking permit, even though most are triple amputees. They joke about throwing a spare prosthetic leg on the dashboard instead. Story continues below Kurt Miller / The Press-Enterprise Anthony Zahn, who was born with a degenerative neuromuscular condition that attacks the muscles, recently captured the bronze medal in the road time trial at the Para-Cycling World Championships in France. Pushing past their physical challenges, winning cycling events and gunning for the Paralympics define and dominate their lives. Zahn, 32, of Riverside, recently captured the bronze medal in the road time trial at the Para-Cycling World Championships in Bordeaux, France. He rode 19.8 kilometers in 31 minutes, 12 seconds. His goal is to qualify for the Beijing 2008 Paralympics Games next September. "Para," which means "beside" or "along side," refers to a parallel Olympics. The Paralympics allows elite athletes to compete in categories according to the nature and severity of their handicap.
Extractions: Search the ABC ABC Home Radio Television ... NewsRadio Now Playing: BBC Europe Today Listen: Win Real Video Audio ... Blogs Hot tags: australia sport united-states states-and-territories ... Help Video January 23, 2008 10:26:00 The Australian men's wheelchair basketball team has beaten the Netherlands 66-32 at the Paralympic test event in Beijing. MORE Tags: sport basketball paralympics australia ... January 22, 2008 11:00:00 The Australian men's wheelchair basketball team has beaten Canada 57-46 in the Paralympics test event in Beijing. MORE Tags: basketball paralympics australia canada ... Feature January 17, 2008 09:32:00 The turmoil in Iraq has not stopped Iraqi Paralympians from gathering at training grounds across Baghdad. MORE Tags: human-interest people sport unrest-conflict-and-war ... October 20, 2007 18:46:00 The Federal Government will provide $8.5 million to help stage the World Masters Games in Sydney in 2009. MORE Tags: government-and-politics federal-government sport paralympics ... October 18, 2007 15:33:00
Disinformation | Disqualifying The Paralympics 2000 You see, the United States doesnt carry broadcasts of the paralympics. Neither does Australia, which is strange considering it s the country hosting this http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/dossier/id479/pg1/
Extractions: The world's second-largest amateur sporting event just ended. Elite athletes from around the globe competed against each other in dozens of events, shattering records and bringing home medals for 68 countries. But I missed this 12-day event, and chances are you did, too. You see, the United States doesnt carry broadcasts of the Paralympics. Neither does Australia, which is strange considering it's the country hosting this event. The media in many countries faithfully ignore it, and sponsors stay away in droves. In 1960 the Paralympics first brought together the world's greatest disabled athletes to compete in Olympic-style events. Since the 1970 Games, all forms of disability have been incorporated, so that athletes compete in one of six categories: amputee, wheelchair, cerebral palsy, sight impairment, intellectual disability, and "les autres" (French for "the others," a catch-all category for people with other forms of disability). Within each category, athletes compete against others of similar functionality. For example, blindness is divided into three levels, and cerebral palsy is comprised of eight levels.
Summer Olympics 2000 Paralympics Open In A Blaze Of Light SYDNEY, Australia Rain that threatened to spoil the celebration held off Wednesday for the 11th paralympics to open with a big party. http://espn.go.com/oly/summer00/news/2000/1018/825300.html
Extractions: SYDNEY, Australia Rain that threatened to spoil the celebration held off Wednesday for the 11th Paralympics to open with a big party. Huge fish float above the crowd during the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Sydney Wednesday. The biggest Paralympics picked up where the Sydney Games, the biggest of the modern Olympic era, ended 17 days earlier in a vibrant spectacle of dance, music and Aussie icons. Thousands of glowing flashlights inside the stadium compensated for the starry cosmos that usually backlights the Southern Cross constellation that was hidden behind overcast skies. Gray clouds hung menacingly over the city all day and weather forecasters had predicted heavy rain and strong winds during the evening, but it never rained. Another full-scale party was already in full swing by the time governor general Sir William Deane declared the games open and swimmer Tracey Cross read the oath. In his opening address, International Paralympic Committee president Robert Steadward paid tribute to the unparalleled success of the Olympic Games, then promised more of the same.
UH Sports: Paralympics Archives His name is Jacob Klementich and he s a graduate student who participates in the paralympics, athletic contests for the physically challenged. http://blogs.chron.com/uh/archives/paralympics/
Extractions: var OAS_version = 10; var cntr = 1; Login / Sign-up Logout Edit Profile Usually, the best place to find athletes is on the playing field, but you'd also be surprised to find out which ones are walking the halls at UH who don't suit up for gameday. I couldn't give you an exact number, but I did manage to find one. And at first glance, you couldn't make the comparison. His name is Jacob Klementich and he's a graduate student who participates in the Paralympics, athletic contests for the physically challenged. On Saturday, he will compete in the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association championships at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth. For Klementich, 38, it will be his sixth time competing in a Paralympic event. I had the privilege of sitting down with Klementich for an in-depth interview. The feature story was published in today's issue of the Daily Cougar It's an inspiring tale about an inspiring athlete. Posted by Ronnie Turner at 09:23 AM var s_prop2="UH Sports"
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Extractions: encyclopedia Also found in: Wikipedia 1.03 sec. write_ads(AdsNum, 0) goalball for the blind. While earlier athletes were classified in their events according to a medical assessment of their disability, more recently they have classed according to their functional ability or potential, so that sports such as swimming have an increasing number of mixed-disability events. hut(1)
Paralympic Games - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The Paralympic Games are a multisport event for athletes with physical, mental and sensorial disabilities. This includes mobility disabilities, amputees, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralympic_Games
Extractions: Jump to: navigation search Silver 2004 The Paralympic Games are a multi-sport event for athletes with physical, mental and sensorial disabilities . This includes mobility disabilities, amputees visual disabilities and those with cerebral palsy . The Paralympic Games are held every four years, following the Olympic Games , and are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). (The Paralympic Games are sometimes confused with the Special Olympics , which are only for people with intellectual disabilities The name derives from the Greek "para" ("beside" or "alongside") and thus refers to a competition held in parallel with the Olympic Games . No relation with paralysis or paraplegia is intended, however, the word Paralympic was originally a portmanteau combining 'paraplegic' and 'Olympic'. Summer Games Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized a sports competition in which became known as the Stoke Mandeville Games , involving World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries ; in competitors from the Netherlands took part in the competition, giving an international notion to the movement. The first Olympic-style games for athletes with a disability were held in
U.S. Disabled Sailing Team Created in 1998, the US Disabled Sailing Team (USDST) annually recognizes the top three teams in the classes chosen for the upcoming Paralympic Games. http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/Paralympic/
Extractions: Created in 1998, the US Disabled Sailing Team (USDST) annually recognizes the top three teams in the classes chosen for the upcoming Paralympic Games. Qualifying for the USDST indicates that the athlete or team may be a serious contender to represent the United States at the next Games. The 2008 Paralympic Games are scheduled for September 6-17, 2008 in Beijing, China. The Paralympic Regatta will be held in Qingdao, a coastal city located 430 miles east of Beijing. Please visit the links below to learn more about the USDST ranking system for each class, and to meet past and present members of the Team. While this site is under construction, it will continue to provide critical information to athletes and others interested in US Paralympic Sailing.
APC Website > Home The Australian Sports Commission funds the Paralympic Preparation Program, which the APC administers to provide funding for athletes to undertake high level http://www.paralympic.org.au/
PCI: Paralympic Council Of Ireland ADDRESS Sport HQ, Joyce Way Parkwest Business Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 12. Tel 01 6251175. Fax 01 6251176. Email info@pcireland.ie http://www.pcireland.ie/
2012 Paralympic Games - London 2012 - 2012 Paralympic Games 2012 Paralympic Games The UK has a proud Paralympic heritage, and the London 2012 Paralympic Games will set new standards for inclusion and accesibility. http://www.london-2012.co.uk/2012-Paralympic-Games/
Extractions: You are here: Search the site Get Set roadshow The Get Set London roadshow is visiting every borough in the capital, highlighting the benefits of the Games  Find out more Countdown to the games 2012 Olympic Games 27 July - 12 August 2012: 1645 days to go 2012 Paralympic Games 29 August - 9 September 2012: 1678 days to go A huge machine is sorting 70,000 cubic metres of industrial and domestic waste from a 100-year-old tip under the sites of the VeloPark and Olympic Village. Every day it is separating 500 tonnes of waste into piles of different metals, concrete, and other materials, much of which will be reused on the site or recycled elsewhere. Read about the Olympic Park Teams delivering initial Olympic Park infrastructure announced 24 Jan: The four companies that will deliver the first packages of roads, bridges and other infrastructure in the Olympic Park have been announced. Olympic Park sustainability targets exceeded Olympic Park powerlines project surges ahead Delivering transport through quality processes Posted by Mike, ODA Transport team, Tuesday Roadshow demonstrates something for everyone Posted by Brendan, Deputy Mayor, Sutton, Tuesday
Belgian Paralympic Committee Translate this page VLG. Vlaamse Liga Gehandicaptensport. Website ter bevordering van sportbeoefening (recreatief of competitief) door mensen met een motorische, http://www.paralympic.be/
