walking . is . overrated

And the pint-sized swimming machine keeps on rolling - Sophie Pascoe has won another medal at the Beijing Paralympics, a gold medal in the women’s 200m medley - a fantastic result! She won the race with a time of 2 minutes 35 seconds, blitzing the field with her closest rival a further four seconds behind.
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Following on from her marvelous effort to achieve a silver medal in the 100m butterfly, NZ teenager Sophie Pascoe has won a gold medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. A great result for the 15-year old from Christchurch, who is NZ’s youngest ever Paralympic medallist!
Also in the medal action on […]

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A great montage of footage from the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, Greece. Let’s hope we can replicate those images of success this time round in Beijing!

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New Zealand sprinter Kate Horan has won the silver medal in the women’s T44 200 metres in a time of 28.36 seconds. Kate was featured quite heavily on Attitude TV’s “Meet the Paralympians” TV special. Unfortunately there doesn’t appear to be any official photos from the win or medal ceremony at this time, but you […]

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Bit slow on this one! But better late than never, I’m stoked to report young Kiwi girl Sophie Pascoe has won silver in the women’s S10 100m butterfly, finishing in a time of 1m 10.53s, a great effort! That takes NZ’s Beijing Paralympics medal tally to a grand total of two! Remember, we’re gunning for […]

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Okay so I’m a bit biased when it comes to my Paralympic sport, as I play - and love - Boccia. Here are the results from the 2008 Paralympic games so far:
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Liam Sanders

Beat D. Smith (Great Britain) 5 - 2
Beat A. Marques (Portugal) 6 - 0
Lost to R. Aandalen (Norway) 5 - 2
Lost to P. […]

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This afternoon’s Women’s Cycling 500m Time Trial saw NZ pick up its first gold medal of the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. Paula Tesoriero, a visually impaired cyclist, won the race with a world record time of 43.281 seconds.
The win, however, came with an element of post-race drama. After crossing the line, Tesoriero was […]

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Fed up with TVNZ’s appalling excuse for Paralympics ‘coverage’ in the form of one hour highlights packages? Well now you can get live streaming of all the Paralympics events right from your PC! Simply log on to paralympicsport.tv and you can see round-the-clock live streaming of all the Paralympic events. Of course, they probably won’t […]

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A few of you were disappointed with the lack of Boccia coverage in Attitude TV’s “Meet the Paralympians” programme, so here’s a full 4-minute clip from Attitude, all about Boccia!

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Well, the bloggers over at TVNZ’s Olympic site are kicking up a stink about the disabled bathroom signage through the National Stadium in Beijing. As you can see in the picture on the left, rather than your traditional white-on-blue ‘wheelchair’ sign, the Chinese have adapted it somewhat and made it a funky black-on-red logo, in […]

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