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		<title>Five Reasons to Air the Paralympics (Thanks, NBC)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penny Reeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, every conversational gambit began with, &#8220;Were you watching the Olympics last night when…?&#8221; Once again, televised coverage of the winter Olympics taking place this year in Vancouver, British Columbia was our quadrennial national obsession, an excuse to gather everyone in front of the T.V. to cheer on Team USA. I didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Says Pistorius Has &#8220;Unfair&#8221; Edge on Blades</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study published today in The Journal of Applied Physiology concludes that prosthetic legs worn by double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give him an unfair advantage over able-bodied runners. In the study, &#8220;The fastest runner on artificial legs: different limbs, similar function?,&#8221; researchers said Pistorius’s blades allow him to turn over his strides more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paralympics to Host Students in Vancouver</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Paralympics will be hosting 12 student-athletes (ages 14-19) with physical disabilities and six adults, made up of coaches, teachers and program leaders at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, March 12-21. In the Paralympic Experience program, participants will have the opportunity to meet U.S. Paralympic Team members, attend Opening Ceremonies and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Jersey Club Teaches Fencing to Kids in Wheelchairs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fencing club in Maplewood, N.J., offers what are considered to be the only wheelchair fencing classes for young people in the Northeast. The New Jersey Fencing Alliance is run by Mickey Zeljkovic, a coach to Tariq al Qallaf, an adult world-champion wheelchair fencer. Zeljkovic, who is Serbian, trains a handful of young people in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Pistorius Debuts &#8220;Blade Runner&#8221; Autobiography</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 17:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Oscar Pistorius' new book, "Blade Runner," the Paralympic sprint champion talks about how a bad rugby injury introduced him to the sport of running, paving the way for his gold-medal win in Athens.]]></description>
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		<title>“I’m Disabled, I’m A Woman and I’m Black&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paralympics skiier Bonnie St. John credits perseverance for her successes, and compared her determination to win – to be the best athlete -- with companies’ desire to be the best in their market.]]></description>
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