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  • friday, 27 apr 2012 17:36 pm

    Terrible Dancer Accepts Dancing Role In Paralympic Opening Ceremony

    Good news! Of a sort, at least. You may remember way back in February I auditioned to become a performer in the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.  Well, a mere eight weeks later, L [...]

  • friday, 20 apr 2012 19:12 pm

    Ryley Batt Is “Not That Good” At Wheelchair Rugby

    In last week’s That Paralympic Blog – Is Ryley Batt Too Good At Wheelchair Rugby? – I created something of a ruckus by suggesting that the man in question was perhaps not disabled enough to play [...]

  • saturday, 14 apr 2012 15:38 pm

    Is Ryley Batt Too Good At Wheelchair Rugby?

    Of the 20 sports that make up the Paralympic Games, without doubt wheelchair rugby features more crashes, crunches, bruises and bumps than any other. But there’s one player on the international scene [...]

  • friday, 06 apr 2012 15:44 pm

    Paralympians Under Pressure

    With only five months to go until the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the ParalympicsGB swimming team is now facing up to the very real possibility that three of its biggest stars might not even qualify [...]

  • friday, 23 mar 2012 17:35 pm

    Tweetwatch: Blind Paralympians Can’t See What All The New Kit Fuss Is About

    Yesterday designer Stella McCartney unveiled her brand new kit designs to be worn by TeamGB and ParalympicsGB at the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games – but not every Paralympic athlete can s [...]

  • wednesday, 29 feb 2012 13:37 pm

    Confessions Of A Paralympic Opening Ceremony Performer

    Instinct upon entering the rehearsal room was to start sizing up my competitors, at which point we were told over the tannoy that our fellow auditionees should not be regarded as competition. Instead, [...]

  • monday, 27 feb 2012 18:33 pm

    Sneak Preview: Channel 4 Paralympic Games Presenter Line-Up

    In my hands right now I have an embargoed Channel 4 press release detailing the presenter line up for its coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. A mixture of brand new talent, familiar faces an [...]

  • wednesday, 22 feb 2012 17:17 pm

    Tweetwatch: Will Bayley’s Brit School Buddies Triumph At The BRIT Awards

    Tweetwatch (n.) – a regular feature in which That Paralympic Blog unearths very best tweets from the athletes who will be competing at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Today’s top tweet comes from @W [...]

  • yesterday 13:46 pm

    Tweetwatch: Hannah Cockroft’s unlikely sporting injury

    Tweetwatch (n.) – a regular feature in which That Paralympic Blog unearths very best tweets from the athletes who will be competing at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Today’s top tweet comes f [...]

  • monday, 13 feb 2012 14:42 pm

    Tweetwatch: Sophia Warner’s half term predicament

    The first of a regular feature in which That Paralympic Blog unearths very best tweets from the athletes who’ll be competing at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Today’s top tweet comes from @Sprintin [...]

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