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Clarksville Paralympian Tatyana McFadden wins Boston Marathon marred by explosions
The Baltimore SunClarksville resident Tatyana McFadden won the women's wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon on Monday, hours before the race was marred by deadly explosions near the finish line. Though McFadden added to her resume as one of the elite Paralympic...Tags: Cross Country Skiing, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Winter Paralympic Games, Track and Field, Paralympic Games
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Text of letter gauging Baltimore's interest in 2024 Olympics
Text of the letter: Dear Mayor: As you may know, the United States Olympic Committee is currently considering a bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As we explore this exciting possibility, we are actively seeking to gauge the interest of U....Tags: Sports Organizations, Summer Olympics, Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee
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Bits & Pieces: Howard has been out in front on issue of including disabled students in sports
The ruling by the U.S. Department of Education last week that mandates that all schools must include students with disabilities in sports programs or provide alternative options did not cause much concern here in Howard County, or the state of Maryland...Tags: Students, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Football, Justice System, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Digest: Moon Philly favored in Laurel Park's Nellie Morse Stakes
Et cetera Moon Philly favored in Laurel Park's Morse Moon Philly is the morning line favorite to win today's feature at Laurel Park, the $125,000 Nellie Morse Stakes for fillies and mares. The 1 1/16-mile test drew 12 runners. Ten can face the...Tags: Sports Illustrated, Wrigley Field, Laurel Park, Baseball, MLB Network (tv network)
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Blinded Naval officer gets custom Martin guitar
Navy Lt. Brad Snyder holds the acoustic guitar in his arms for the first time, strums a few chords, then moves into a sampling of Neil Young. The sounds take the Naval Academy graduate back to the nights when he was deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan and...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Iraq, United States Naval Academy, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Injuries and Wounds
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Bits & Pieces: 2012 was a year to remember in Howard County sports
I recall telling my father that I couldn't wait to turn 21 and he told me not to be in such a rush because your life will flash past in the blink of an eye. This last year was here and then in a moment it was gone. However, when I look at the year as...Tags: Heisman Trophy, High School Sports, Colleges and Universities, Little League Baseball, High Schools
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Paralympian Jessica Long goes gold-metal glam
Jessica Long will tell you: After capturing even more Paralympic gold in London, she couldn't wait to get back to Baltimore for a table heavy with steamed crabs and a pint of Ben & Jerry's. But these days, Long's reality is a touch more glamorous. You...
Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Coca-Cola, Michael Phelps, Ralph Lauren, Paralympic Games
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McFadden sisters did Howard County proud at 2012 Paralympics
Tatyana McFadden put on a remarkable performance at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. Competing in "athletics," which is what we call track and field, she had nine races from Sept. 3-9. Five were finals. Over that span the 23-year-old from Clarksville...Tags: Respiratory Disease, Brad Jackson, Autism Speaks, Festivus, Clarksville
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McDonogh makes splash on paralympian's return to school
When the McDonogh School year began Aug. 29, Ian Silverman was absent. But he had a good excuse. Silverman, 16, a McDonogh junior and swimming star, who has a mild form of cerebral palsy in his calves, was in London, England, where he would win a gold...
Tags: Students, 2012 Summer Olympics, Paralympic Games, Swimming, Chris Evert
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McFadden finishes ninth in marathon
Clarksville's Tatyana McFadden came up short in her final event at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, the marathon. It wasn't lack of determination or ability that resulted in her ninth-place finish. According to the London Telegraph it was two...
Tags: Swiss Confederation, Clarksville, Paralympic Games, Awards and Prizes
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McFadden sisters both make 100 final in the Paralympics (UPDATED)
Tatyana McFadden is three-for-three at the 2012 Paralympics in London. Friday evening the Atholton graduate won her third goal medal, this one coming in the 1,500-meter race. McFadden, who was born with spina bifida, competes in the T54 classification....Tags: Swiss Confederation, Paralympic Games, Awards and Prizes, Spina Bifida
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Tatyana McFadden takes bronze in Paralympics 100-meter race
Tatyana McFadden reached the podium in the T54 100-meter competition at the 2012 Paralympics Games in London, but she won't be standing on the top step when the awards are handed out. It took a world record of 15.82 by China's Wenjun Liu and a personal...Tags: Paralympic Games, China
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