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IPC decision gives athletes a chance to repeat their London 2012 exploits in 2017

30/12/2012 – 1:32 pm

Britain’s track and field Paralympians will have the chance to recreate this summer’s golden exploits, after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced that London would host the 2017 IPC World Athletics Championships in the Olympic Stadium.
The championships will be held in July 2017, just a month before the same venue hosts the mainstream IAAF World [...]

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Heathrow wheelchair ordeal raises London 2012 questions

29/06/2012 – 11:56 am

A leading activist has accused airline staff of ignoring the needs of disabled passengers at Heathrow, just weeks before thousands of Paralympic athletes and other disabled visitors will flood through the airport.
Julie Newman, acting chair of the UK Disabled People’s Council (UKDPC), was returning from a disability rights conference in Denmark organised by the European [...]

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