Athletes laud campaign New Straits Times, Malaysia Mariappan won two bronze medals in the power lifting category at the Seoul Paralympics Games in 1988 and Barcelona Paralympics Games in 1992. He was fifth at the Paralympics in Atlanta (1996) and Greece (2004) and seventh in Sydney 2000. …

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Paralympic Spotlight: Mallory Weggemann SwimmingWorldMagazine.com, AZ In fact, Weggemann recently broke a Paralympic American record in the 100 fly. But Weggemann said her transitions into the paraplegic and Paralympian lifestyles have been very gradual. "In the January of my senior year of high school, I started having …

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US Adaptive Alpine Ski Team Works On Snow in Hood First Tracks, UT According to Watkins, the team will be training on a course set similarly to what they will see in Vancouver for the Paralympics. "We have the advantage of knowing the track up in Vancouver and we're going to lay out that same track up here," Watkins …

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Paralympic Spotlight: Rudy Garcia-Tolson SwimmingWorldMagazine.com, AZ TODAY, we feature Paralympic swimmer Rudy Garcia-Tolson as part of SwimmingWorldMagazine.com's series featuring top America Paralympic swimmers. Garcia-Tolson has had a varied background in his athletic career. Thus far, he's claimed two Paralympic …

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