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greg....@bigpond.com

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Sep 15, 2019, 8:51:07 PM9/15/19
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Dear All

 

Two major events completed over the weekend.

 

All medallists have had their Wikipedia articles updated and events have been added to Paralympic Stories. We are now adding World Championships information to Paralympic Stories. This will be an important archive for major sports results.

 

World Para Swimming Championships, London, 9 - 15 September

Full details - https://paralympichistory.org.au/article/swimming-world-championships-2019/?article_sport=21

Wikipedia articles created for new medallists  - Ben Popham, Ricky Betar, Jasmine Greenwood, and Ruby Storm

UCI Para Cycling Road World Championships, Emmen, Netherlands, 11 – 15 September.

Full details  - https://paralympichistory.org.au/article/road-cycling-world-championships-2019/?article_sport=10

Wikipedia articles created for new medallists, Emilie Miller , Kaitlyn Schurmann and Stuart Jones 

 

Matthew Cowdrey will be inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame in October.

https://www.sahof.org.au/media-centre/sahof-news/index.php/383-media-release-medal-collector-matt-cowdrey-to-join-para-sport-greats-in-sport-australia-hall-of-fame

Cowdrey becomes the seventh Para-sport athlete to enter the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. He joins Louise Sauvage OAM (athletics, 2007), David Hall OAM (tennis, 2010), Michael Milton OAM (skiing, 2014), Priya Cooper OAM (swimming, 2015), Troy Sachs OAM (basketball, 2017) and Frank Ponta (multi-sports, 2017)

 

Cheers

 

Greg Blood

 

Cecelia Hutchinson-Parsons

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Sep 15, 2019, 9:08:37 PM9/15/19
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Awesome!!

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Elizabeth Mills

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Sep 15, 2019, 9:24:17 PM9/15/19
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Thanks Greg, stuck in hospital after shoulder surgery so unable to watch swimming 

Regards 
Elizabeth 

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