Search results for ‘2012 Paralympic’
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Hannah Cockroft scoops Paralympic gold
Hannah Cockroft wins gold in the T34 100m wheelchair race, after smashing the previous world record for the distance in the qualifying heat.
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Paralympics: Who to watch today
Derek Derenalagi, the British soldier injured in Afghanistan five years ago, makes his Paralympic debut today in a battle for discus gold.
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Paralympics: McGlynn wins cycling silver for GB
Aileen McGlynn wins ParaGB’s first medal of the second day of the Games – a silver in the 1km time-trial.
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Controversy mars ParalympicsGB cycling gold
ParalympicsGB cyclists win a gold in the 3,000m pursuit, but suffer a controversial decision in the 1km time trial.
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Paralympic legacy set for London tube stations
Tube bosses tell Channel 4 News they will try to keep and even expand a network of accessible ramps for disabled passengers which were only expected to remain for the Paralympic and Olympic Games.
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Paralympics: Cyclist win GB’s first medal
Mark Colbourne won ParalympicsGB’s first medal of the London 2012 games – picking up a silver in the 1km time-trial.
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Paralympics GB: Who to watch today
Para GB will field 74 athletes on the opening day of the Paralympic Games today, including five multiple Paralympic gold medal winners hoping to repeat their success in London.
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Paralympics: Storey claims GB’s first gold
Sarah Storey wins ParaGB’s first gold of the 2012 Games with an emphatic victory over Poland’s Anna Harkowska in the C5 cycling individual pursuit.
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Paralympics: GB’s first medals in the swimming pool
Nyree Kindred and Hannah Russell win silvers for ParaGB’s first medal from the aquatics centre.
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Paralympic Games open with a message of inspiration
The Paralympic opening ceremony launches with a spectacular light-show narrated by Professor Stephen Hawking, who tells spectators: “Look up at the stars, and not down at your feet.”
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Paralympic Games: a shared history of tragedy
“Our country is known by genocide, now we have a chance to go there and Rwanda be known by the good players, not by genocide, by sport.”
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Can the Paralympics inspire a generation?
London 2012 aims to inspire a generation but the mum of one 10-year-old wheelchair user tells Channel 4 News some sports clubs don’t want her son because of health and safety fears.
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Who are the stars of ParalympicsGB?
Ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games on Wednesday, Channel 4 News Reporter Katie Razzall looks at who are the medal hopes in the ParalympicsGB team.
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Paralympic flames unite at Games’ spiritual home
Flames from the four corners of the UK unite to create the London 2012 Paralympic Flame at Stoke Mandeville, the Games’ spiritual birthplace.