Sportsister’s guide to what to watch and who to look out for on the first day of competition at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
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Paralympics: Britain’s basketball women target first Paralympic medal
Co-captains Clare Strange and Louise Sugden say the GB women’s Wheelchair Basketball team could win a first Paralympic Games medal at London 2012.
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London 2012: GB team welcomed to Paralympic Village
Britain’s 300-strong Paralympic team were officially welcomed into the athletes’ Village last night, with a colourful ceremony witnessed by Games volunteers, officials and politicians, on the day before the Games are declared open.
Reid is ready – Sportsister catches up with Stef Reid
If life’s a journey, then Stef Reid has been on one hell of a trip. The past four years alone have seen her become a bronze medal winning Paralympian, switch nationality, break three world records and battle injury to become a member of ParalympicsGB for London 2012. Sportsister’s Jessica Whittington caught up with the track and field star as she heads into her next adventure.
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London 2012: Our Greatest Team Parade route confirmed
Route details for Our Greatest Team Parade, which will take place on September 10, have been confirmed today.
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London 2012: Paralympic Games to inspire a generation
The British Paralympics Association has today announced a plan to use the success of the London 2012 Paralympic Games to build a generation of future Paralympians and to change the attitudes of a nation.
Gemma Spofforth fights those post-Olympic blues
As a nation, we seem to be suffering a serious case of post-Olympic blues. Thankfully as spectators we still have the Paralympics to look forward to, but for the Olympic athletes, the period after the Games is sure to hit hard.
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Paralympic champions support fundraising for London 2012 legacy
Wheelchair tennis star Louise Hunt, archer Danielle Brown and the entire wheelchair rugby team are just some of the Paralympic athletes backing the charity Get Kids Going! which supports some of the UK’s budding future Paralympic champions.
Paralympic blog: Lights, camera, action! Shelly Woods lights up Heathrow
We’ve all heard of the phrase ‘see your name in lights’, but this is something else! ParalympicsGB athlete Shelly Woods is literally lighting up Heathrow, with British Airways welcoming international Paralympic athletes with a series of giant images projected on to the airline’s engineering hangars.
Sportsister’s guide to the Paralympics
Baffled by Boccia or left guessing by Goalball? No problem – check out our guide to the Paralympics and you’ll be up to speed in no time!
