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Committee to explore another Winter Olympics bid

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 11:46pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah has the skills, the people and the know-how to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games again, two Top of Utah lawmakers said Wednesday, the same day Gov. Gary Herbert and Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker announced the formation of an exploratory committee to consider a bid for the 2022 or 2026 Winter Games.

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USOC initiative sends OTC Paralympic cyclist on London tour

Brian Gomez The Gazette

Last updated Saturday, November 12, 2011 - 6:49pm

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Allison Jones sat on the track of the velodrome that will be used for the 2012 Paralympics in London. For a few captivating moments, she saw herself at the starting line, she heard the roar of the frenzied crowd and she got a glimpse of herself blazing across the finish.

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(NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner) Keith Gabel, of Ogden, catches some air snowboarding. He lost a leg in an industrial accident in 2005, but learned how to snowboard with his prosthetic leg.

Ogden’s Keith Gabel does not let losing a leg keep him from snowboarding

Jeff DeMoss Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, March 19, 2011 - 9:46pm

OGDEN -- Some people who lose a limb might wonder how they will adapt to life without being able to do something they love.

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Expanded U.S. Paralympics program has swimmers dreaming big for 2012

Brian Gomez, Colorado Springs Gazette

Last updated Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 3:34pm

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- As a 12-year-old, Jessica Long swam to three gold medals at the 2004 Paralympics. She won six medals, including four golds, with three world records at the 2008 Paralympics.

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Leaving no regrets behind / Amputee author an inspiration to many

J. Michael Call Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 12:08pm

Paralympic skier Josh Sundquist jokes about not having to match his socks.

"Being an amputee and having a sense of humor is extremely helpful because of the constant awkwardness and weird social situations that you get in," Sundquist said in a telephone interview with the Standard-Examiner.

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Virginia Paralympian swimmer targets London in 2012

Last updated Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 4:54pm

WASHINGTON -- Diana and Kent Johannes spent nearly a month in the summer of 1995 shuttling between an orphanage in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and the office of the region's adoption officials, who couldn't understand why the couple wanted to adopt a cute little girl missing her left arm below the elbow.

The officials kept asking the same questions: Why do you want an "imperfect" child? Are you going to sell her body parts for research?

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U.S. team enters 2010 Paralympics in underdog role

Last updated Friday, September 18, 2009 - 9:51pm

Chris Devlin-Young celebrated at the 2002 Paralympics, thrilled that the U.S. dominated Alpine skiing but disappointed the Americans weren't pushed in winning 37 medals.He yearned for more competition. He wanted faster times. He demanded a trickier course."Be careful what you wish for," Devlin-Young said.His wholehearted call to arms turned into a humbling wakeup call in 2006, when the United States was overmatched against European sleeping giants, and the Americans are now preparing for the 2010 Paralympics in the unfamiliar role of underdogs.

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Soldier wounded in Iraq competes in Paralympics competitive shooting

Last updated Friday, July 31, 2009 - 5:11pm

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Typically talkative and outgoing, Justin Widhalm was quiet and reserved, searching for answers after an awful tour of duty in Iraq ended his Army career and wrecked his body.
"I never wanted to touch a gun again," said Widhalm, a Fort Carson soldier who suffered traumatic brain injury from roadside bombs in March 2006 and a fractured back, broken feet and dislocated knees in a helicopter accident four months later.
Now Widhalm can't put his gun down, addicted to competitive shooting through the U.S. Paralympic military program, a U.S. Olympic Committee initiative in which disabled war veterans stay active in their favorite sports and transition to civilian life.

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U.S. Paralympic swim coach Jimi Flowers dies

The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 6:19pm

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- U.S. Paralympic swim coach Jimi Flowers died Friday in a climbing accident, the United States Olympic Committee said. He was 47.

The accident occurred on Capitol Peak near Aspen, Colo.
"Our entire USOC organization is shocked and saddened by the tragic death of our friend and colleague, Jimi Flowers," said USOC acting CEO Stephanie Streeter. "Jimi was an incredible coach who developed numerous Olympic and Paralympic champions. He was passionate about swimming, dedicated to helping others and was such an inspiration to athletes, colleagues and all who knew him."

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