Tag: Para Athlete
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Impressive roster of World/Paralympic champions
Germany, July 16, 2013: The sixth IPC Athletics World Championships gets underway on Friday 19 July with over 1,100 athletes from 98 countries converging at the Stadium of Parilly in Lyon, France. Many of the global stars from the 2012 Paralympic Games will be lining-up in Lyon hoping to add a World title to their…
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Media accreditation for IPC Athletics C’ships
Germany, May 17, 2013: The media accreditation process is now open for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, featuring the majority of medal winners from London as they start their preparations for the next Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016. Media interested in covering these championships can now apply online for accreditation…
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Doha will stage IPC Athletics Championships
Germany, Jan 15, 2013: Doha, Qatar, will stage the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, the International Paralympic Committee has announced. The event will be the last major gathering of top international athletes before the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and is expected to attract around 1,300 of the world’s best athletes from 90 countries and will…
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London to host 2017 Athletics Championships
Bonn – Germany, Dec 19: After staging one of the best and most-talked about Paralympic Games in history this summer, London was announced as the host city of the 2017 IPC Athletics World Championships on Wednesday, 19 December. The Championships will be held in July 2017 at the Olympic Stadium, just a month before the…
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USA Sprinter Voted Athlete of the Month
Germany, August 13, 2012: USA’s sprinter Blake Leeper was voted the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Athlete of the Month for July by the public on www.paralympic.org after tying South African Oscar Pistorius’ world-record time of 10.91 seconds in the 100m T43 class. Leeper tied the benchmark at the Boiling Point Track Classic in Windsor, Canada…
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Peacock Runs Fastest Ever Time in Amputee Sprinting
Germany, July 01, 2012: Peacock Runs Fastest, Great Britain’s Jonnie Peacock created a huge shock overnight (30 June) running 10.85 seconds for the 100m at the US Paralympic Track & Field Trials, a world record mark that eclipses times set by South African `Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius and USA’s 2004 Paralympic Champion Marlon Shirley. Single…
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Dutch Delight on Day 3 of IPC Athletics
Stadskanaal – Netherlands, June 26, 2012: Dutch, On the third day of the IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal, the Netherlands, the sun came out for the first time at the event and the host nation starred with a sweep in the women’s 100m T43/44 race led by Marlou van Rhijn. Van Rhijn, who is…
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Russia `Rain’ Supreme on Wet of Athletics
Stadskanaal – Netherlands, June 24, 2012: The rain may have fallen throughout the first day of competition at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal, the Netherlands, but it did not stop a number of athletes delivering some sensational performances in terrible conditions. A total of 22 gold medals were up for grabs on…
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Michael McKillop Obliterates 1,500m World Record in Olympic Stadium
Bonn-Germany, May 08, 2012: Ireland’s Michael McKillop became the first male athlete to set a new world record in the London 2012 Olympic Stadium after taking a staggering 15 seconds off his 1,500m best time at the Visa London Disability Athletics Challenge. The 22 year old 800m and 1,500m world champion ran 3:59.54 to lead…