Monday, September 10, 2012
![]() | U.S. swimmer Victoria Arlen on Saturday took Britain Ellie Simmonds' S6 100m freestyle title, swimming to victory in a new world record for her first Paralympic gold of the London Games.
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The London Paralympics has helped shatter social taboos and attitudes towards people with a disability, as well as giving a new, high-profile global platform to disabled sports, organizers said on Sunday.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Australia's Jacqueline Freney on Thursday won the women's S7 400-meter freestyle, bagging her seventh gold of the London Paralympics, as compatriot Matthew Cowdrey took a career 12th and Natalie du Toit again shined.
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![]() | Surrendering a second Paralympic title in London, a chastened Oscar Pistorius was gracious in defeat this time.
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Friday, September 7, 2012
![]() | Oscar Pistorius captured his first gold medal of the London Paralympics when he helped South Africa win the 4x100-meter relay in a world-record time at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday.
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
![]() | Paralympics swimming star Natalie du Toit won her second gold medal of the London 2012 Games as she won the women's S9 400-meter freestyle at the Aquatics Centre on Tuesday.
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Multiple Paralympic gold medalist Assia El Hannouni of France on Tuesday won gold in the women's T12 400-meter for blind and visually impaired runners, successfully defending her title for the third time.
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![]() | Indonesian badminton doubles pair Greysia Polii and Meiliana Jauhari have been hit with a four-month ban for their role in a match-throwing scandal at the London Olympics.
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