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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson Shares Her Hopes for 2012 With Sports Think Tank

Posted: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:41

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson Shares Her Hopes for 2012 With Sports Think Tank

The Olympic and Paralympic Games have been part of my life for almost as long as I can remember. I can remember all the talks of boycotts at the 1980 Games, and who could forget the men on space packs at the Opening Ceremony of LA in 1984. But to have a Games on home soil is something that I think we should celebrate.

One of the reasons that I got involved in the bid process was because I saw how important it could be for shaping inclusion of disabled young people, not just in school sport, but also from grass roots to elite. To put it in to context.. Read More »

Tags: 2012, Disability Sport, Paralympics, Tanni Grey-thompson