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Title: USPC forum.(U.S. Olympic Committee's Paralympic Sport Management Division)
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2001
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 17Issue: 4Page: 8(1)

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This entertaining series features fascinating quick-reference guides to all the Winter Olympic sports and events. Filled with fun facts, dramatic stories, and dynamic photographs, each book is a terrific guide to both historical and current records, as well as to the reigning Olympic champions. The Paralympics are a series of sporting events for elite athletes with different physical abilities. This book examines the five Paralympic winter sports - alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, ice sledge hockey, and wheelchair curling - and the athletes who compete in them. Prepare to be inspired by their courage, skill, and dedication to their sport. ... Read more

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Chapters: Football in Guinea, Guinea at the Olympics, Guinea at the Paralympics, Sport in Conakry, Guinea National Football Team, Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics, as Kaloum Star, Hafia Football Club, Stade Du 28 Septembre, Horoya Ac, Guinea at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Guinea at the 1980 Summer Olympics, Fédération Guinéenne de Football, Guinea at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Guinea at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Guinea at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Guinea at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Guinea at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Guinea at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Guinea at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 51. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Guinea national football team, nicknamed Syli Nationale ("National Elephant"), is the national team of Guinea and is controlled by the Fédération Guinéenne de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals, and their best finish in the African Nations Cup was second in the 1976. The team reached the quarter-finals in three successive tournaments (2004, 2006, 2008). Amilcar Cabral Cup : Head Coach: Titi Camara Players selected for the WCQ match against Côte d'Ivoire on 14 November 2009 ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1076998 ... Read more

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Chapters: Kenya at the Commonwealth Games, Kenya at the Olympics, Kenya at the Paralympics, Kenyan Sports Officials, Rugby League in Kenya, Sport in Mombasa, Sports Competitions in Kenya, Sports Venues in Kenya, Kenya at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2007 Iaaf World Cross Country Championships, Bermudian Cricket Team in Kenya in 2006-07, Kenya at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1987 All-Africa Games, Kenya at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Kenya at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Kenya at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year, Kenya at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Kenya at the 1992 Summer Olympics, David Lelei, Kenya at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Associates Triangular Series in Kenya in 2006-07, Nyayo National Stadium, Mombasa Sports Club, Bandari F.c., Kenya at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Ngong Racecourse, Nairobi City Stadium, Moi International Sports Centre, Kenya at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Kenya at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Kenya at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, Coast Stars, Kenya at the 1956 Summer Olympics, Solar Ice Rink, Kenya at the 1964 Summer Olympics, Kenya at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Kenya at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Kenya at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Coast Gymkhana, Kenya at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Jaffery Sports Club Mombasa. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 128. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kenya competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Kenya won a toal of 14 medals, 6 of the gold, its best ever performance at the Olympics. The following athletes have been selected for the Olympics : Track and road events Track and road events Kenya qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Bilali was the only boxer to qualify at the first African qualifying event. The other four...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=17432741 ... Read more

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Chapters: Costa Rica at the Olympics, Costa Rica at the Paralympics, Sport Deaths in Costa Rica, Sports Venues in Costa Rica, Jeremy Lusk, Costa Rica at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Costa Rica at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Costa Rica at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Costa Rica at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Costa Rica at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Costa Rica at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Costa Rica at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Costa Rica at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Costa Rica at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Costa Rica at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Costa Rica at the 1980 Summer Olympics, Rugby Union in Costa Rica, Costa Rica at the 1976 Summer Olympics, Costa Rica at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Costa Rica at the 1936 Summer Olympics, Costa Rica at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Costa Rica at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Costa Rica at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Costa Rica at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Tilawa Viento Surf Center, Costa Rica at the 1992 Winter Olympics, Costa Rica at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 72. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jeremy Lusk (November 26, 1984 February 10, 2009) was an American freestyle motocross racer from San Diego, California. He was part of the riding group Metal Mulisha. He won gold and silver medals at the 2008 X Games and a bronze helmet in the 2008 Moto X World Championships. Jeremy Lusk was part of a riding team called the Metal Mulisha. On February 9, 2009, Lusk crashed while attempting to land a "Indian Air Backflip" in a freestyle motocross competition in San Jose, Costa Rica. Lusk under-rotated the flip, causing his front wheel to strike the landing and eject Lusk head first off the bike. He sustained head injuries, severe brain damage and a possible spinal cord injury. On February 9, 2009, he entered into cardiac and respiratory...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21481840 ... Read more

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Chapters: Football in Madagascar, Madagascar at the Olympics, Madagascar at the Paralympics, National Sports Teams of Madagascar, Rugby Union in Madagascar, Tennis in Madagascar, Madagascar National Football Team, Madagascar at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Madagascar at the 2004 Summer Olympics, as Adema 149-0 So L'emyrne, Madagascar at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Madagascar at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Madagascar National Rugby Union Team, Madagascar at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Madagascar at the 1980 Summer Olympics, Fédération Malagasy de Football, Madagascar at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Madagascar at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Madagascar at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Madagascar at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Madagascar at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Madagascar at the 1964 Summer Olympics, Madagascar Davis Cup Team, Madagascar Fed Cup Team, 1997 Jeux de La Francophonie. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 64. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Madagascar national football team, nicknamed the Barea (a species of zebu that is depicted on the country's coat of arms), is the national team of Madagascar and is controlled by the Fédération Malagasy de Football. It has never qualified for the finals of the World Cup or the African Nations Cup. Among its biggest wins was a 1-0 home victory over Egypt in the qualification rounds of the 2004 African Cup of Nations. Reflecting the official name of the country at the time, the team was known as the Malagasy Republic national football team between 1958 and 1975. Indian Ocean Games : COSAFA Cup The following players were called up for the friendly against South Africa on 19 September, 2009. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1204876 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Paralympic Games are a multi-sport event for athletes with physical and visual disabilities. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years, following the Olympic Games, and are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The Paralympic Games are sometimes confused with the Special Olympics World Games, which are only for people with intellectual disabilities. Although the name was originally coined as a portmanteau combining 'paraplegic' (due to its origins as games for people with spinal injuries) and 'Olympic', the inclusion of other disability groups meant that this was no longer considered appropriate. The present formal explanation for the name is therefore that it derives from the Greek preposition ????, pará ("beside" or "alongside") and thus refers to a competition held in parallel with the Olympic Games. ... Read more

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Chapters: Guatemala at the Olympics, Guatemala at the Paralympics, National Sports Teams of Guatemala, Sports Venues in Guatemala, Guatemala National Football Team, Guatemala at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Guatemala at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Guatemala at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Guatemala at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Domo Polideportivo de La Cdag, Guatemala National Futsal Team, Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Guatemala at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Guatemala at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Guatemala at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Guatemala National Baseball Team, Guatemala at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Guatemala National Rugby Union Team, Guatemala at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Guatemala Women's National Volleyball Team, Guatemala at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Guatemala at the 1976 Summer Olympics, Guatemala at the 1980 Summer Olympics, Guatemala Fed Cup Team, Guatemala Davis Cup Team. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 80. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Guatemala national football team is the association football team representing the country of Guatemala and is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. Founded in 1919, it affiliated to FIFA in 1946, and it is a member of CONCACAF. The team has made three Olympic tournament appearances, competing at the 1968, 1976, and 1988 Olympic Games. It has never qualified for a finals tournament of the World Cup. Guatemala has won the 3rd CONCACAF Championship in 1967 and the UNCAF Nations Cup in 2001. The team's best performance in a CONCACAF Gold Cup was at the 1996 edition, where it finished fourth. Guatemala obtained the silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela. The country has not organized any ma...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1027828 ... Read more

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Chapters: Commonwealth Games, Multi-Sport Event, Extreme Sport, Paralympic Games, World Games, Ancient Olympic Games, Southeast Asian Games, Pacific Games, Pan American Games, World Interuniversity Games, Youth Olympic Games, Central American and Caribbean Games, World Mind Sports Games, Cotswold Games, Universiade, Empire State Games, Western Canada Summer Games, Lusophony Games, Deaflympics, South American Games, Carifta Games, Canada Games, List of Pan American Games, Aau Junior Olympic Games, Bolivarian Games, Naadam, Goodwill Games, Games of the Small States of Europe, West Asian Games, Eurogames, Asian Indoor Games, Mei-Chu Tournament, Arafura Games, Winter Dew Tour, Yves Rossy, Arctic Winter Games, Thailand National Games, Military Pentathlon, Special Olympics World Games, Panathenaic Games, Military World Games, National Peasants' Games, Spartakiad, Gymnasiade, South Asian Games, Tailteann Games, Pan-Armenian Games, National Games of the People's Republic of China, Thailand National Youth Games, National Sports Festival of Japan, European Youth Olympic Festival, Indian Ocean Island Games, Kingdom Games, Micronesian Games, Respect Gaymes, Black Sea Games, Las Vegas Corporate Challenge, Lg Action Sports World Tour, Ganefo, World Police and Fire Games, Défi Sportif, Women's Islamic Games, Sukma Games, Canusa Games, Nordic Games, Children of Asia International Sports Games, Cplp Games, Afro-Asian Games, North American Indigenous Games, National Congress of State Games, Islamic Solidarity Games, Sports Carnival, Inter-Allied Games, Senior Olympics, State Games of North Carolina, Gravity Games, Commonwealth Youth Games, 3rd World Festival of Youth and Students, Youth Friendship Games, Central African Games, Prairie Rose State Games, Big Sky State Games, Alabama Sports Festival, World Youth Games, Central Asian Games, Rhieia, California State Games, Polish Youth Olympic Days, Aryan Games, Canadian Paralympic Athletics Cha...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19098431 ... Read more

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The Paralympic Games is the second largest multi-sport festival on earth and an event which poses profound and challenging questions about the nature of sport, disability and society. The Paralympic Games Explained is the first complete introduction to the Paralympic phenomenon, exploring every key aspect and issue, from the history and development of the Paralympic movement to the economic and social impact of the contemporary Games.

The book introduces the three most important theoretical models of disability (medical, social and bio-social), to enable the reader to fully understand the Paralympics in the context of wider discussions of disability in society. It also offers a straightforward explanation of the importance of language and terminology in shaping our understanding of disability and disability sport. Including international examples and comparative material throughout, the book offers detailed and broad-ranging discussion of key issues such as:

• how societal attitudes influence disability sport
• the governance of Paralympic and elite disability sport
• the relationship between the Paralympics and the Olympics
• drugs and technology in disability sport
• classification in disability sport.

Containing useful features throughout, such as review questions, study activities, web links and guides to further reading, The Paralympic Games Explained is the most accessible, comprehensive and thoughtful guide to the Paralympics currently available. It is essential reading for all students with an interest in disability sport, sporting mega-events, the politics of sport, or disability in society.

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This is an insightful and thought-provoking study into public and media perceptions of the Paralympic Games. Every four years, hundreds of disabled athletes from around the world gather together to compete in the largest sporting event of its kind - the Paralympic Games. Yet there is always one question which overshadows the Games - does the Paralympics empower individuals with disability, or is it simply a sop to the major Olympic event? Divided into five specific areas of study - Public and Media Perceptions; Inside the Paralympic Games; Olympics vs. Paralympics; Cultural Diversity; and, Future Directions - this thoroughly researched volume attempts to bring this discussion out into the open and, if not provide an answer, then to pave the way for future investigation that might. ... Read more

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Chapters: 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Paralympics, 1984 Winter Olympics, 1984 Winter Paralympics, Peter Ueberroth, Cross-Country Skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Friendship Games, 1984 Summer Olympics Medal Table, La84 Foundation, 1984 Summer Olympics Boycott, Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics, 1984 Winter Olympics Medal Table, Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Ski Jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Sam, Nordic Skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics, 1984 South Asian Games, Olympia. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 88. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984. Los Angeles was selected as the host of the Games on May 18, 1978 on the 80th IOC session at Athens, Greece, without a vote, because it was the only city that submitted a bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics. The only other interested city on the international level, Tehran, declined to bid. Many blamed this on the massive cost overruns of the 1976 Games, staged in Montreal. In response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany (but not Romania) boycotted the Games. For differing reasons, Iran and Libya also boycotted. The USSR announced its intention not to participate on May 8, 1984, citing security concerns and "chauvinistic sentiments and an anti-Soviet hysteria being whipped up in the United States." The Los Angeles boycott influenced a large number of events that were normally dominated by the absent countries. Boycotting countries organized another large event in June-September 1984, called the Frien...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=82762 ... Read more

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Chapters: 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Paralympics, 1980 Winter Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics Boycott, Cross-Country Skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Olympic Boycott Games, Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum, 1980 Summer Olympics Medal Table, 1980 Winter Olympics Medal Table, 1980 Winter Paralympics, Give It All You Got, Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Ski Jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Misha, Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Nordic Skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 83. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament were held in Leningrad, Kiev, and Minsk. The 1980 Games were the first to be staged in Eastern Europe. The United States and 64 other countries boycotted the games because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, though athletes from some boycotting countries participated in the games, under the Olympic Flag. This prompted the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. The only two cities to bid for the 1980 Summer Olympics were Moscow and Los Angeles. The choice between them was made on October 23, 1974 in the 75th IOC Session in Vienna, Austria. The chart's information about the vote result comes from the International Olympic Committee Vote History web page. Olympic Village as it appeared in February 2004 1980 Summer Olympics Torch 150-rubles platinum coin (averse) 150-rubles platinum coin (reverse) 1977 USSR commemorative stamp issued for the archery event Marathon in front of Saint Basil'...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=82785 ... Read more

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Chapters: 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games, 2000 World Interuniversity Games. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 16 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was the second time that the Summer Olympics were held in the Southern Hemisphere, the first one being in Melbourne in 1956, and as a result of this location and the dates, took place in early spring. Sydney won the right to host the Games on 23 September 1993, after being selected over Beijing, Berlin, Istanbul and Manchester in four rounds of voting, at the 101st IOC Session in Monte Carlo, Monaco. In 2002, the Auditor-General of New South Wales reported that the Sydney Games cost $AUD 6.6 billion, with a net cost to the public between $AUD 1.7 and 2.4 billion. It has been estimated that the economic impact of the 2000 Olympics was that $AUD 2.1 billion has been shaved from public consumption. Economic growth was not stimulated to a net benefit and in the years since 2000, foreign tourism to NSW grew by less than tourism to Australia as a whole. A "multiplier" effect on broader economic development is not realised as a simple "multiplier" analysis fails to capture is that resources have to be redirected from elsewhere: the building of a stadium is at the expense of other public works such as extensions to hospitals. Building sporting venues does not add to the aggregate stock of productive capital in the years following the Games: "Equestrian centres, softball compounds and man-made rapids are not particularly u...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=71432 ... Read more