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Lane begins paralympic drive for 2012
CHEF DE MISSION Phil Lane is ready to begin a major recruitment drive to build on the success of Britain's Paralympians in Beijing.
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DAVID Weir thought he had ended Great Britain's wait for an athletics gold medal at the Paralympics Games with victory in the men's T54 800 metres in Beijing.
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Johnson wins gold ten days after mother's death
GREAT Britain continued the gold rush to keep pace with China at the top of the medals table after claiming six Paralympic Games titles in Beijing yesterday – including an emotional success for swimmer Liz Johnson.
Laughter best medicine for Woods
WHEN faced with the toughest challenge of her athletics career, Great Britain wheelchair racer Shelly Woods took solace the only way she knew how and it paid dividends.
GB matching China in medals haul
GREAT Britain continued the gold rush to keep pace with China at the top of the medals table after claiming six Paralympic Games titles in Beijing yesterday – including an emotional success for swimmer Liz Johnson.
Channel hopper: Paralympics break coverage records
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London calling as Fraser nets bronze in 100m clash
EDINBURGH swimmer Sean Fraser landed Paralympic bronze yesterday – then immediately set his sights on upgrading it to gold in 2012.
Clegg runs season's best to reach Paralympic semi
EDINBURGH'S Libby Clegg ran a season's best as she booked her place in the Paralympic 100m semi-finals as the third fastest qualifier this morning.
Gold pedal start for Britain
Great Britain enjoyed a tremendous opening day of the Paralympic Games with three cycling gold medals before also triumphing at the Water Cube.
Richardson lands first British gold at Paralympics
Simon Richardson won Great Britain's first gold medal of the Paralympic Games in Beijing today with a stunning performance in the men's LC3/4 one-kilometre time-trial.
Tennis served me well as I battled back to fitness
WHEN Kevin Simpson's back was broken in five places during a horrific industrial accident, he just couldn't accept that he'd never walk again.
Blades might be unfair advantage
THE prosthetic legs that double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius races with provide less air resistance than human legs, according to the IAAF, which wants to further investigate the athlete known as 'Blade Runner'.
Pistorious' Olympic bid causes concern for Paralympian Grey-Thompson
DAME Tanni Grey-Thompson is worried that Oscar Pistorius' bid to race at next year's Olympics could undermine the efforts of other Paralympians.
'Blade Runner' disqualified after trailing in last
IN THE end, it was a bit of a damp squib. The much-anticipated first 400 metres race between South African amputee Oscar Pistorius and able-bodied Olympic and world champion Jeremy Wariner ended with the former disqualified and the latter failing to finish after stumbling as he came out the blocks.
Fastest thing on no legs in hot pursuit of his Olympic dream
OSCAR Pistorius knows a thing or two about adversity. Due to a congenital condition, he was born without fibulas, and by his first birthday both legs had been amputated below the knee. But the self-styled "fastest thing on no legs" knows that the biggest mountain must still be climbed, figuratively: he must persuade the powers that be to give him his chance at making Olympic history.
Bullied at school, but sprinter Clegg driven by vision of a golden 2012
TEENAGE Scottish sprinter Libby Clegg may settle down on her blocks at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester today and recall the bullies who unwittingly steered her on to the athletics track seven years ago.
British paralympian hero to end glittering career
DAME Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain's most successful Paralympian, choked back the tears yesterday as she confirmed her retirement from international competition.
Paralympic dreams at Celtic Park
WHEN Eunice Kennedy Shriver founded the Special Olympics movement, her aims were lofty. More than 40 years later, they have been exceeded by a considerable degree.
Nothing like Dame Tanni
BRITAIN’S leading paralympian Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson is due to collect her latest honour from the Queen at Buckingham Palace today.
Paralympian medallists to be honoured
TWO Paralympian medallists are to be recognised at a sporting awards ceremony.
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