IPC President âUpbeatâ About Athens Paralympics
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Phil Craven, head of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) told a press conference he was âvery upbeat about the Gamesâ.
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Naming them &quot;unforgettable dream Games&quot;, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge closed the Athens Olympics last night.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on the afternoon of November 1. Hu Jintao said, as an
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International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge closed the 28th Olympic Games on Sunday. &quot;Athletes, you are role models.
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Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius urges the IAAF to work with him as he chases an Olympic place.
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Athletics governing body the IAAF has hit back at claims from South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius that it does not respect disabled athletes.
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Olympic supremo Jacques Rogge on Sunday gave top marks to Athens for organising a superb Games. &quot;I am an extremely happy President of the IOC,&quot; he told reporters on the day the Games wrap up.
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Prior to their 10-minute presentations before the general assembly of the European Olympic Committeeâs in Dubrovnik Croatia, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge spoke to the five cities bidding to host the 2012 Summer Olympic
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ATHENS, 26 August - Comments from Dwight PHILLIPS (USA), John MOFFITT (USA) and Joan Lino MARTINEZ (ESP). &quot;I think I was ready to go as far as I needed to win.
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A Paralympic basketball gold medalist who has campaigned to improve access for the disabled in the developing world and a scientist-turned-political philosopher who worked on ways to control
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Olympic chief Jacques Rogge praises the organisers of the Athens Games.
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Greece hosts its second major sporting spectacle of the summer when the the 12th Paralympics start on Friday.
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ATHENS It begins. On Monday afternoon on Sky Radio - Greek talk radio with an Anglo title - a caller made the following observation: &quot;All these countries are sending us congratulations for a great Olympics.
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Four gold medals and three world records in the swimming pool featured a weekend of China while three golds from track and field events brought the country to an insurmountable lead at the 12th Paralympic Games Saturday in Athens.
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Friday's start of the Paralympics forces Greece to improve access for the disabled.
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The junior varsity girls' soccer team at Bishop Fenwick High School in Peabody is going to have to do without its coach, Jennifer Walsh Beardsell, for a few weeks. She'll be in Athens working as a massage therapist for the athletes at the Paralympic Games, which begin Sept. 17.
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ATHENS, 18 September - At the Opening Ceremony of the 12th Paralympic Games, Phil CRAVEN, MBE, congratulated Athens and all its citizens that have contributed to getting the city ready for the Paralympic Games.