London assumed the mantle of host city after a spectacular handover at the Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony in Beijing yesterday. Mayor Boris Johnson received the International Paralympic Committee flag from president Philip Craven to signal the start of... ...full story at Independent
from Independent on Thu, Sep 18 2008
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YouTube video Official *video* of the official London 2012 Paralympic Games handover segment from the Beijing 2008 Paralympic closing ceremony
The Handover of the Paralympic Games from Beijing to London took place today in the Birds Nest Stadium.
The eight-minute... |
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IPC President: HK equestrian venue "great choice" for 2008 » People's Daily Sir Philip Craven, president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), named the Hong Kong equestrian venue a "great choice" for next September's Para- Equestrian Events of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Sir Philip Craven ... |
| 03 Sep 08 |
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Beijing on a roll with Paralympics preparations » Shanghai Daily THE organizers of the Beijing Paralympics would set a good model for future hosts, the president of the International Paralympic Committee said yesterday. The Paralympics, the world's premier sporting event... |
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BOCOG president calls for continuous hard work for Paralympics » People's Daily President of the Beijing Organizing Committee of the 29th Olympic Games (BOCOG) Liu Qi on Tuesday urged the host city to continue working hard to prepare for the Paralympics. At a conference to review preparations for the Paralympic Games, Liu... |
| 11 Sep 08 |
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Video: European Paralympic Committee President visits Beijing » People's Daily On Sept. 8 in Beijing on the occasion of the 2008 Paralympic Games, a joint declaration on supporting the European Paralympic Committee was signed by European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth Jan Figel and EPC president Enrique... |
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Official Beijing Paralympics website opens » People's Daily The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, Paralympic.beijing2008.cn, was launched on May 29, on the occasion of the 100-day countdown to the start of the event. The Beijing Paralympics website will provide detailed infor ... |
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