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Article: IPC chief expects Beijing Paralympics to be a hard act to follow
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 3, 2008
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IPC chief expects Beijing Paralympics to be a hard act to follow
BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The organizers of the Beijing
Paralympics would set a good model for future hosts, the president
of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said here on
Wednesday.
The Paralympics, the world's premier sporting event for elite
disabled athletes, will open in Beijing on Saturday, nearly two
weeks after the Chinese capital successfully hosting the Olympic
Games.
Philip Craven, who has been in Beijing over the past five weeks,
said he was impressed by the preparation work done by the Beijing
Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG) when
addressing a meeting of IPC executive board.