Tag: London 2012 Paralympic Games
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FEI celebrates clean London 2012 Paralympic
Lausanne – Switzerland, Sept 14, 2012: Para-Equestrian at the London 2012 Paralympic Games has continued the clean sport success of the London 2012 Olympic Games with the news that all human and equine samples taken during the Para-Equestrian competitions at Greenwich Park have tested negative for prohibited substances. Para-Equestrian Dressage, the only equestrian discipline included…
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Groundbreaking Content from Athletes
London – GBR, August 29, 2012: Groundbreaking, The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced it will deliver live content from the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Paralympic Games via mobile devices for the first time. The IPC will embed 12 bloggers within the Paralympic athlete parade, to capture live interviews and reactions from the…
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UN supports the 2012 London Paralympic Games
London/Geneva, August 29, 2012: In a few hours, the largest ever Paralympic Games will open in London, with more than 4,200 athletes hailing from 166 countries competing in 21 sports. From a UN perspective, the Games offer a great opportunity to keep advancing the inclusion and empowerment of persons with disabilities or impairment, both in…
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Paralympians from Yesteryear to be Torchbearers
London – GBR, August 27, 2012: Five Paralympians who each competed in one of the first four Paralympic Games will act as the first team of torchbearers when the London 2012 Paralympic Torch Relay gets underway on Tuesday evening (28 August. Over the next 24 hours, 580 inspirational torchbearers will carry the Paralympic Flame from…
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London Paralympic equestrian events announced
FEI Press Release, Lausanne (SUI), 22 June 2012: London Paralympic, The FEI has today published the list of nominated entries for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The list is now available here. The list details the athletes and horses that have achieved the minimum eligibility standards required for London 2012, and qualified National Federations will…
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Paralympic Torch Relay Places up for Grabs
Germany, Feb 10, 2012: To mark 200 days to go until the start of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is launching a new-look website on Monday 13 February and is giving visitors to it and Paralympians the chance to take part in August’s Paralympic Torch Relay. Designed and built by…
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23 Nations Qualify for London 2012 Paralympic Games
Lausanne (SUI), Feb 01, 2012: 23 Nations Qualify, Para-Dressage riders from 23 nations have qualified to take part in the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The qualification process, which began in October 2010, finished yesterday, 31 January 2012. As the top three ranked teams at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2010, Great Britain, Germany and Denmark…
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RECORD BREAKING TICKET SALES FOR PARALYMPIC EQUESTRIAN AT LONDON 2012
Lausanne (SUI), FEI Press Release Dec 02, 2011: RECORD BREAKING TICKET SALES of Paralympic Equestrian tickets for the London 2012 Paralympic Games have broken records, with more than 40,000 tickets already sold. And there is a further opportunity for spectator numbers to increase with remaining tickets going on sale at 1pm GMT today (2 December).…