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South Africa
05 September 201221:02
Oscar sets up final showdown
Oscar Pistorius returned to the Olympic Stadium determined to reclaim his crown as the king of Paralympic sprinting tonight, and he delivered with a victory in his 100m - T44 heat.
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  RSA
  BRA
  GBR
  USA
- Athletes: Oscar Pistorius ... See all Athletes
  PISTORIUS Oscar
  OLIVEIRA Alan Fonteles Cardoso
  PEACOCK Jonnie
  LEEPER Blake
  SINGLETON Jerome
Italy
05 September 201214:35
Legnante's shot at gold pays off for Italy
Assunta Legnante won Italy's first Athletics gold of the London Paralympics with a new world record in the Shot Put - F11/12.
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  ITA
  CHN
  ALG
  EGY
  IRI
  UKR
  POL
  RUS
  CUB
  SRB
- Athletes: Assunta Legnante ... See all Athletes
  LEGNANTE Assunta
  TANG Hongxia
  ZHANG Liangmin
  KARDJENA Kamel
  BETINA Karim
  XIA Dong
  ABDELWARETH Ibrahim Ahmed
  HARDANI Javad
  PAVLYK Roman
  SOBCZAK Mariusz
  SVIRIDOV Vladimir
  DIAZ Leonardo
  MITROVIC Drazenko
  MOHAMMAD YARI Ali
  BAKIRI Mounir
Kenya
05 September 201210:44
Sky the limit for Kenyan winner
Kenya's Abraham Tarbei said he was 'aiming to the sky' after winning the men's 1500m - T46 gold medal last night.
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  KEN
  ETH
  ALG
- Athletes: Abraham Tarbei ... See all Athletes
  TARBEI Abraham
  INDELBU Wondiye Fikre
  NOUIOUA Samir
Germany
04 September 201222:44
Weir claims another gold
David Weir brought the house down by completing part two of a possible Paralympic quadruple with another glorious gold at the Olympic Stadium.
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  UKR
  USA
  CHN
  FRA
  BRA
  TUN
  KEN
  AUT
  ESP
  MAR
  JAM
  GER
  ALG
  BUL
  IRL
  GBR
  THA
  KOR
- Athletes: Evgenii Shvetcov ... See all Athletes
  SHVETCOV Evgenii
  BLAKE Paul
  PAVLYK Roman
  KATYSHEV Ruslan
  GILLETTE Elexis
  LI Duan
  EL HANNOUNI Assia
  GOMES Felipe
  ZHIOU Abderrahim
  KORIR David
  DEVINE David
  KTILA Walid
  TRIKOLICH Fedor
  PAUTOVA Elena
  MATZINGER Gunther
  EXPOSITO PINEIRO Jose Antonio
  TARBEI Abraham
  NOUIRI Azeddine
  WANG Zhiming
  ASHAPATOV Alexey
  MI Na
  CUNNINGHAM Alphanso
  SAIFI Nassima
  ENEVA Stela
  BARRY Orla
  WEIR David
  WAHORAM Prawat
  KIM Gyu Dae
Ukraine
04 September 201213:51
Silence is golden for Katyshev
The Olympic Stadium roar was reduced to a whisper today as Ukraine's Ruslan Katyshev claimed Long Jump gold.
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  UKR
  USA
  CHN
  RUS
  POL
  RSA
  CZE
  JAM
  IRI
  MEX
- Athletes: Ruslan Katyshev ... See all Athletes
  KATYSHEV Ruslan
  GILLETTE Elexis
  LI Duan
  ASHAPATOV Alexey
  ROKICKI Janusz
  LOUWRENS Michael
  MI Na
  XU Qiuping
  BERNA Eva
  CUNNINGHAM Alphanso
  JOKAR Abdolreza
  MAXIMO de JESUS Mauro
Ireland
03 September 201223:03
McKillop cruises to second gold
Ireland's Michael McKillop sealed his status as the world's greatest Paralympic middle-distance runner by making it double gold in London tonight.
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  TUN
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  JPN
  AUT
  POL
  MAR
  KEN
  CUB
  GER
  FIN
  GBR
  FIJ
  CHN
  UKR
- Athletes: Michael McKillop ... See all Athletes
  McKILLOP Michael
  SCOTT Brad
  SMYTH Jason
  CHARMI Mohamed
  MARTIN Raymond
  ITO Tomoya
  GEIERSPICHLER Thomas
  KUCHARCZYK Karolina
  CHENTOUF El Amin
  KIMANI Samwel Mushai
  DURAND Omara
  KOBER Birgit
  PIISPANEN Toni
  BUSHELL Mickey
  CHIDA Mohamed Farhat
  DELANA Iliesa
  McFADDEN Tatyana
  YAO Juan
  LIU Fuliang
  HOLIVETS Andrii
  DIETZ Sebastian Ernst Klaus
People's Republic of China
03 September 201213:28
Record-breaking Yao claims gold
China's Yao Juan today set a new world record as she claimed gold in the women's Shot Put - F42/44.
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  CHN
  GER
  UKR
  RUS
  AUS
  FRA
  AZE
- Athletes: Juan Yao ... See all Athletes
  YAO Juan
  YANG Yue
  FLOETH Michaela
  HOLIVETS Andrii
  ANDRYUSHCHENKO Vladimir
  SHORT Russell
  LIU Fuliang
  ASSOUMANI Arnaud
  HASANOV Huseyn
  DIETZ Sebastian Ernst Klaus
  PASHKOV Oleksii
  WANG Wenbo
South Africa
02 September 201223:58
Oliveira stuns Pistorius to claim gold
Brazil's Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira produced a blistering finish to edge out defending champion Oscar Pistorius in the men's 200m - T44 final at the Olympic Stadium tonight.
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  RSA
  BRA
  USA
  GBR
  CHN
  RUS
  FRA
  FIN
  ESP
  SUI
  SRB
- Athletes: Oscar Pistorius ... See all Athletes
  PISTORIUS Oscar
  OLIVEIRA Alan Fonteles Cardoso
  LEEPER Blake
  WEIR David
  GUILHERMINA Terezinha
  NASCIMENTO Yohansson
  MARTIN Raymond
  GAO Mingjie
  LI Huzhao
  LABZIN Alexey
  RODOMAKINA Nikol
  SHVETCOV Evgenii
  ZHOU Guohua
  FRANCOIS-ELIE Mandy
  le FUR Marie-Amelie
  TAHTI Leo Pekka
  CASINO David
  HUANG Lisha
  WOLF Edith
  DRAGIC Tanja
  DAVIES Aled
Great Britain
02 September 201223:24
Weir dazzles on golden night
An amazing day of track and field action at the Olympic Stadium culminated with David Weir adding a golden finish for Great Britain.
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  GBR
  AUS
  FRA
- Athletes: David Weir ... See all Athletes
  WEIR David
  FEARNLEY Kurt
  CASOLI Julien
Switzerland
02 September 201215:36
Gold success for Wolf
Switzerland's Edith Wolf won a sprint finish at the Olympic Stadium to claim gold in the women's 5000m - T54.
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  SUI
  USA
  AUS
  SRB
  RUS
  AUT
  GBR
  UKR
  CHN
- Athletes: Edith Wolf ... See all Athletes
  WOLF Edith
  REILLY Shirley
  DAWES Christie
  DRAGIC Tanja
  SOROKINA Anna
  EDER Natalija
  DAVIES Aled
  CARTWRIGHT Kelly
  POMAZAN Mariia
  WANG Jun
  WU Qing

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