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Article: Beijing Paralympics to set new standard, says Bauer
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- September 15, 2008
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Beijing Paralympics to set new standard, says Bauer
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing Beijing Paralympics
may well set a new international standard for conduct of the Summer
Paralympic Games, said Kirk Bauer, executive director of Disabled
Sports USA, here on Sunday.
Bauer, member of the six-member US president delegation attending
the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing, has devoted 38 years of service to
Disabled Sports USA (DS/USA) -- the first 12 years as a volunteer,
and the last 26 as its executive director. He has taken a small, all
volunteer organization, making it the nation's largest sports and
recreation organization for physically disabled individuals with
more than 80 ...