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McFadden wins second gold medal in 2012 Paralympics
At the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Clarksville's Tatyana McFadden won five medals, but none of them were gold. She's adding to her medal collection at the 2012 London Paralympic Games, but this time she's collecting gold. Monday,...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Missy Franklin, Allyson Felix, Clarksville, Gabby Douglas
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Celebrating Heroes Triathlon puts focus on athletes with physical disabilities
The moving truck pulls around the loop next to the boat ramp of Centennial Lake, backing up to the water while trying to avoid wheelchairs and bikes. Eight men clamber out of the vehicle and quickly begin to set up metal barriers, tents and ramps...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Cancer, Olympic Games, The Happiest News!, Physical Disabilities
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Local boy with spina bifida looks to 2016 Paralympics
Daniel Romanchuk gives you a blank stare when you try and explain to him why he is an inspiration. He looks confused — why would anybody care to see him race, legs tucked under him, neck crammed forward, and be inspired? He's just a kid who likes to...
Tags: Spina Bifida, The Happiest News!, Learning Disability, Legs, 2012 Summer Paralympics
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Parathletics: Want to tri?
Youth and adult physically challenged athletes (ages 7 and up) will have the opportunity to learn about participating in paratriathlons at the Mid-Atlantic Region Paratriathlon clinic April 21-22 at the Bennett Institute for Physically Challenged Sports,...
Tags: Physical Disabilities, Hospitals and Clinics
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Bits & Pieces: Bicycling Advocates to hold their second annual bicycle forum
Howard County is a wonderful place to ride bikes. There are nearly 94 miles of bike pathways that weave among the villages in Columbia, and there many rural roads out in the county are suitable for riding. The scenery looks to be gorgeous this fall....Tags: College Basketball, Beijing Games, National Football League, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Cycling
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Taneytown man wins gold for Special Olympics U.S. team
From Syd Lea's home in Taneytown, the Pennsylvania line is less than two miles away.
When the accomplished cyclist ventures outside from his home gymnasium, he often crosses the Mason-Dixon Line as part of his training regimen.
That's not the only...Tags: Stevie Wonder, Cross Country Skiing, Cycling, Multi-Sport Events, Trade Policy
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Teaching kids to stay in the game
The basketball players settle into drills with the precision and fluidity of a vintage squad - despite the fact that many of them cannot move their bodies from the waist down.
Thanks in part to Gerry Herman, they're a wheelchair team to be reckoned...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Table Tennis, Multi-Sport Events, Physical Disabilities, Movies
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Phelps' worldwide splash
He has traveled to so many cities and countries since the Olympics ended, when he wakes up in the morning, it's almost impossible for Michael Phelps to remember the date, or even what day it is. Is today Friday? Or is it Thursday? Without looking at...Tags: Pittsburgh Steelers, Olympic Games, Tony the Tiger (fictional animal), Television, 2016 Olympic Games
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Paralympic swimmer sets sights on gold
For 30 minutes they swim together, two strangers lapping the pool in adjacent lanes at the Merritt Athletic Club in Towson. Finally, the older woman climbs out and slumps on the deck, in awe of the teenager still plugging away.
"She just keeps going,...Tags: Clubs and Associations, ESPN (tv network), Awards and Prizes, Bars and Clubs, Knees
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A salute to a Md. athlete
Sun reporterA Beijing-bound athlete from Maryland is featured on McDonald's beverage cups, but it's not Michael Phelps. Instead, it's Tatyana McFadden, a wheelchair sprint racer from Howard County who also is featured in a television commercial for Hilton Hotels...Tags: Companies and Corporations, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Beijing Games, High Schools, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Equal-access bill passes
Sun reporterAmid its flurry of final-day action, the General Assembly unanimously approved a bill requiring schools to provide disabled students access to sports programs, either among themselves or with able-bodied students. Under the measure known as the Fitness...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Labor Legislation, Howard County, Annapolis, John F. Williams
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Project assists wounded vets
The Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project is a partnership between Disabled Sports USA and the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit organization that helps injured combat veterans and tries to raise awareness about the difficulties troops face when they...Tags: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Defense, Veterans Affairs, Hospitals and Clinics
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