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Dazzling show opens Paralympics

Chinese President Hu Jintao officially opens the Paralympic Games in Beijing at a stunning ceremony in the Bird's Nest stadium.
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The official line up of events for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are located here: Source 4

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Paralympics Closing Ceremony starts with spectacular 'Mad Max' style vision of Britain Prince Edward in a carriage made of second-hand cars and a legless war hero climbing mast to unfurl the Union Jack
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Amid fire and smoke, performers drove in on dozens of British-made welded-together vehicles, burning bicycles and bizarre machines that looked straight out of Mel Gibson's classic 1979 dystopian action movie.
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NZ tops Paralympic medals per capita count

New Zealand's 17-medal haul from the London Paralympics has earned them one final spot on top of the podium - as the leading nation per capita. Ref. Stuff.co.nz

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Adam Hall to carry flag at Sochi Paralympics

Winter Paralympic gold medallist Adam Hall will be the New Zealand flagbearer at the opening of the Sochi Paralympic Games tomorrow morning. Ref. Source 9

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Russians banned from Rio Paralympics

Russian athletes are banned from competing at the Rio 2016 Paralympics following the country's doping scandal Ref. BBC.

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Sports court upholds Russia ban from Rio Paralympics

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed Russia's ban from the Paralympic Games as punishment for a state-backed doping program. The court said its judges ruled that the International Paralympic Committee "Did not violate any procedural rule" in banning the Russian team two weeks ago. Ref. USAToday.