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2008 |
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MAY 7 - 11
Paralympic World Cup
in
Manchester, U. K. |
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MAY 10
Meeting de Bron - Athletics
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Bron, France |
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MAY 22 - 25
International German Swimming Championships
in
Berlin, Germany |
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| NANCY NATATION |
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From March 28 to 30, amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities met in Nancy for this year's Championat de France Open de Natation Handisport, the French Winter Swimming Open for athletes with a disability. The competition was organized in the sports center of Nancy Gentilly and an other chance for disabled swimmers to prepare for the upcoming Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. To find out more about the event and view 80 photographs - please CLICK HERE. |
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| MALMÖ OPEN '08 |
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When the first Malmö Open for amputee athletes and athletes with other disabilities were organized in 1977, only 25 table tennis players took part in the event. Thanks to the determination of one of Sweden's largest sports associations for disabled athletes, the Föreningen idrott för handikappade (FIFH), and the help and support of the Malmö Municipality, the competition has grown over the years and has recently attracted more than 2000 participants competing in 14 different events. Find out more and view two sets of photographs taken during the wheelchair basketball and the ice sledge hockey competition of the 2008 Malmö Open - please CLICK HERE. |
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| AMPUTEE FOOTBALL |
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 The 2007 Amputee Football World Championships were held from November 11 to 21 in Antalya, Turkey. The competition was attended by Amputee Soccer players from Brazil, Sierra Leone, Russia, the Ukraine, England, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Iran, Liberia and France and won by the amputee football team of Uzbekistan, which beat the team of Russia with 2 : 1 in the final game of the match. To find out more and view five sets of photographs - visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site. CLICK HERE.
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| TERRY FOX RUN |
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| JACKIE FOSTER |
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| LISA BUFANO |
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Lisa Bufano from Boston, USA, who lost her legs and fingers at the age of 21, is telling her story of coming to terms with being an amputee in her work as an artist. She recently performed her first major dance work in New York. Listen to a story and watch videos of her performance on npr.org and make sure to visit Lisa Bufano's web site.
 STORY + VIDEOS ON NPR.ORG
LISA BUFANO'S WEBSITE | PODCAST |
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| SCOTT
RIGSBY |
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After becoming the first double
leg amputee to complete an Olympic
distance triathlon while running
on prosthetics, Scott Rigsby made
headlines again, when he completed
the 4th South Carolina Half-Ironman
Triathlon on October 1, 2006,
in just more than seven hours,
marking the first time that a
double amputee has finished a
half-ironman on prosthetic legs.
Find out more about Scott Rigsby
on his personal web site and view some photographs
by Alexey Tolchinsky.
SCOTT
RIGSBY HOMEPAGE
ALEXEY
TOLCHINSKY PHOTOS |
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| OSCAR PISTORIUS |
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| PROSTHETIC ARM |
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 Lifelike prosthetic arms have been around for a number of years, trying to mimic the skin and hair of an amputees's original limb. Now, an international team led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has developed a prototype of the first fully integrated prosthetic arm that can be controlled naturally, enabled by Targeted Muscle Reinnervation, a technique that involves the transfer of residual nerves from an amputated limb to unused muscle regions. This technique provides for a more intuitive use of a prosthetic arm and allows for the natural sensation of grip strength and touch.
PROSTHETIC ARM PHOTO
JOHN HOPKINS WEBSITE ARTICLE
BIONIC ARM NEWS ARTICLE
HOW THE BIONIC ARM WORKS |
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| BETHANY
HAMILTON |
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