2011 IPC Athletics World Championships: Difference between revisions

|Logo name = 20115th IPC worldAthletics champsWorld logo.gifChampionships

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| stadium = [[Queen Elizabeth II Park|QEII Stadium]]

| previous = [[2006 IPC Athletics World Championships|2006 Assen]]

| next = [[2013 IPC Athletics World Championships|2013 Lyon]]

The '''2011 [[IPC Athletics World Championships]]''' was held in [[Christchurch]], [[New Zealand]] from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a [[disability]]disabilities competed, and the Championships waswere a qualifying event for the [[London 2012 Paralympic Games]].<ref>[http://www.ipcathleticsworldchamps.com/faqs.php FAQs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122092425/http://www.ipcathleticsworldchamps.com/faqs.php |date=2010-11-22 }}, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championship</ref>

Over [http://ipc-athletics.paralympic.org/export/sites/ipc_sports_athletics/Downloads/Sport_Entries_by_Event_as_at_30_Nov_2010.pdf 10001,000 athletes] competed, including [[Oscar Pistorius]], (nicknamed the ''"Blade Runner''), who competed in class T44 at the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 100 metres#T44|100m]], [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay#T42−46|4x100m4 × 100 m relay]], [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 200 metres#T44|200m]], and [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 400 metres#T44|400m]] events.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2011 IPC Athletics World Championships |url=https://www.webcitation.org/60Yr8yzbd?url=http://ipc-athletics.paralympic.org/export/sites/ipc_sports_athletics/Downloads/Sport_Entries_by_Event_as_at_30_Nov_2010.pdf}}</ref>

Estimates placed the total visitor spendspending in the city at around $12 million.<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_4598779">{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4598779/IPC-event-brings-12m-to-Canterbury |title=IPC event brings $12m to Canterbury |date=January 31, 2011 |work=[[The Press]] |accessdateaccess-date=15 September 2011}}</ref>

The championship was staged in the 20,000-seat [[Queen Elizabeth II Park]] stadium that was built in 1973 for the [[1974 British Commonwealth Games]].<ref name="opening ceremony">{{cite news |last1=Greenhill |first1=Marc |title=Paralympians parade through Christchurch |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/4565931/Paralympians-parade-through-Christchurch |accessdateaccess-date=20 April 2016 |work=[[The Press]] |date=21 January 2016}}</ref> that was built in 1973 for the [[1974 British Commonwealth Games]]. Three weeks after the championship closed, the venue was damaged beyond repair in the 22 February [[2011 Christchurch earthquake]] and has since been demolished.<ref>{{cite web |title=Xth British Commonwealth Games 1974 |url=http://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/xth-commonwealth-games-1974/ |publisher=[[Christchurch City Libraries]] |accessdateaccess-date=20 April 2016}}</ref>

The internet-TV channel [http://www.paralympicsport.tv/ ParalympicSport.TV], owned by the [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC), in conjunction with [[Sky Network Television|Sky Television]] and [[Kordia]], broadcast daily live coverage of the Championships.<ref>[http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/General_News/2011_01_14_a.html ParalympicSport.TV to Broadcast Live Coverage of Athletics World Champs], [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC), January 14, 2011</ref> ParalympicSport.TV also added clips to their [httphttps://www.youtube.com/user/ParalympicSportTV YouTube channel].

The opening ceremony was held at [[Cathedral Square, Christchurch|Cathedral Square]] on Friday January 21 as a free event.<ref>[http://www.ipcathleticsworldchamps.com/news_issue4.php Opening ceremony] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126014304/http://www.ipcathleticsworldchamps.com/news_issue4.php |date=2011-01-26 }}, On Track, Issue 4, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships</ref> Over 1000 athletes paraded through the streets of Christchurch. At Cathedral Square, the athletes were greeted by a [[Pōwhiri]], a [[Māori culture|Māori]] welcoming ceremony. The New Zealand flag was raised and the national anthem performed. The Championships were Officially opened by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Rt Hon. [[John Key]].<ref name="opening ceremony" /><ref>[http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/Sport_News/2011_01_21_a.html New Zealand Prime Minister Opens 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships], [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC), January 21, 2011</ref>

*11-1311–13 – visually impaired, 11 and 12 compete with a [[sighted guide]]

*31-3831–38 – [[cerebral palsy]]

*41-4641–46 – [[amputation]], les autre

*51-5851–58 – wheelchair athletes

<ref name=presch/><ref name=presch>[http://ipc-athletics.paralympic.org/export/sites/ipc_sports_athletics/Downloads/2010_12_12_Competition_Schedule_Version_1_3.pdf 2012 IPC Athletics World Championships – Preliminary Competition Schedule – Version 1.3]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, IPC Athletics, December 17, 2010</ref>

<ref>[http://www.ipcathleticsworldchamps.com/faqs.php FAQs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122092425/http://www.ipcathleticsworldchamps.com/faqs.php |date=2010-11-22 }}, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships</ref><ref>[http://ipc-athletics.paralympic.org/export/sites/ipc_sports_athletics/Downloads/Final_Events_Programme.pdf 2012 IPC Athletics World Championships – Final Events Programme]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, IPC Athletics, December 3, 2010</ref> The 1st and 2nd placed [https://www.webcitation.org/60Yr8yzbd?url=http://ipc-athletics.paralympic.org/export/sites/ipc_sports_athletics/Downloads/Sport_Entries_by_Event_as_at_30_Nov_2010.pdf athletes] in any individual medal event on the [[London 2012 Paralympic Games]] Programme, qualify the [[National Paralympic Committee|NPC]] for one (1) qualification slot (per placing) for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.<ref>[http://www.paralympic.org/export/sites/default/Paralympic_Games/London_2012/Qualification_Criteria/2011_02_Athletics_London_2012_PG_Qualification_Criteria_Updated.pdf London 2012 Paralympic Games Qualification Criteria – Athletics]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC), February 2011</ref>

|bgcolor="#D0A9F5"|&nbsp;&ensp; &nbsp;||Events

| align="left" rowspan="2"| 4×1004 × 100 m relay || Men<br><small>''[[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay|Details]]''</small> || || || || bgcolor="#D0A9F5"|[[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay#T11−13|T11-13]] || || || bgcolor="#D0A9F5"|[[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay#T11−13|T11-13]], [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay#T35−38|T35-38]] || || bgcolor="#D0A9F5"|[[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay#T42−46|T42-46]] ||

| align="left" rowspan="2"| 4×4004 × 400 m relay || Men<br><small>''[[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 4 x 400 metres relay|Details]]''</small> || || || || bgcolor="#D0A9F5"|T53/54 || || || || || bgcolor="#D0A9F5"|T53/54 ||

The [[sighted guide]]s who run together with athletes with a [[visual impairment]] at the Championship, did not receive a medal. This will change for the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in [[London]]. For the first time, also guides at a major international athletics event will receive medals.<ref>[http://www.insideworldparasport.biz/insideparasport/9218-guides-to-be-awarded-paralympic-gold-medals Exclusive: Guides to be awarded Paralympic medals at London 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317184215/http://www.insideworldparasport.biz/insideparasport/9218-guides-to-be-awarded-paralympic-gold-medals |date=2012-03-17 }}, insideworldparasport.biz, February 12, 2011</ref> In Paralympic winter sports, such as [[Paralympic alpine skiing|alpine skiing]], [[Paralympic biathlon|biathlon]] and [[Paralympic cross-country skiing|cross-country skiing]] the guides receive medals, for example at the [[2010 Winter Paralympics]]. In Paralympic [[tandem cycling]] events, the pilots receive medals, for example at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]].

<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110206034630/http://202.50.239.38/results/AT000000000000000..C95.ENG.11.0.pdf Medal Standings], as of 30 JAN 2011, 202 events, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships]</ref>

| 4gold_BRA ||align=left| {{flag|Brazil}}12 || 12silver_BRA ||= 10 || 8bronze_BRA ||= 308

| 28gold_COR ||align=left| {{flag|Cyprus}}0 || 2silver_COR ||= 01 || 0bronze_COR ||= 2

| align=left | {{flag|South Africa}} ||-1−1 || || || -1−1

| align=left | {{flag|Belgium}} ||+1 || -1−1 || ||

| align=left | {{flag|Great Britain}} || || +1 ||-1−1 ||

At the competition, 57 [[List of IPC world records in athletics|world records]], 173 [[IPC Athletics World Championships|Championship records]], and a number of area records and national records were broken.<ref name=record2>[http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/Sport_News/2011_01_31_d.html World record in marathon to finish IPC Athletics], [[International Paralympic Committee]], 31 January 2011</ref><ref name=record>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110206034625/http://202.50.239.38/results/AT000000000000000..C81.ENG.9.0.pdf RECORDS SET (As of 30 JAN 2011)], Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships</ref>

There were seven world records: Brazil’sBrazil's [[Terezinha Guilhermina]] in the women’swomen's 200m T11 with a time of 24.74, China’sChina's [[Yuxi Ma]] (F37) in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's long jump#F37/38|men’smen's long jump F37/38]] with a length of 6.07m, France’sFrance's [[Arnaud Assoumani]] in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's long jump#F46|men’smen's long jump F46]] twice, first with a length of 7.36m, then with 7.58m, Algeria's [[Karim Bettina]] (F32) in the men’smen's shot put F32/33 final with a length of 10.89m and in the same event Algeria's [[Kamel Kardjena]] (F33) with 12.24m, France’sFrance's [[Thierry Cibone]] in the men’smen's shot put F34 with a length of 11.53m, China’sChina's [[Liangmin Zhang]] (classification F11) with a world record throw in the women’swomen's discus throw F12 (included both F11 and F12) with 40.42, which gave her a silver medal, while Croatia’sCroatia's [[Marija IvekovicIveković]] (F12) took the gold medal.<ref>[http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/Sport_News/2011_01_22_e.html IPC Athletics World Champs Off to Record Breaking Start], [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC), 22 January 2011</ref>

*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82oQNZaEzxc Day One] on YouTube

Eight World records: Mexico’sMexico's [[Angeles Ortiz Hernandes]] (F58) in the women’swomen's shot put F57/58 final with the length of 11.21m, Poland's [[Pawel Piotrowski]] (F36) in the men’smen's shot put F35/36 with a throw of 13.77m, Australia’sAustralia's Kelly Cartwright set a world record and took Australia's first gold medal in the women’swomen's long jump F42 with a length of 4.19m, China’sChina's [[Mingjie Gao]] in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's javelin throw#T44|men’smen's javelin T44]] final with 59.82m, Poland’sPoland's [[Tomasz Blatkiewicz]] (F37) in the men’smen's discus F37/38 with a length of 53.00m after Ukraine’sUkraine's [[Mykola Zhabnyak]] (F37) had broken it first with 52.48m, Egypt’sEgypt's [[Mostafa Fathalla Mohammed]] in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 100 metres#T37|men’smen's 100m T37]] heat with a time of 11.64 sec, and two records in the women’swomen's shot put F32/33/34: Germany’sGermany's [[Brigit Kober]] (classification F34) with a length of 9.30m, and Greece’sGreece's [[Maria Stamatoula]] (F32) with 6.60m.<ref>[http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/Sport_News/2011_01_23_d.html Field Athletes Dominate the Records on Day Two of the IPC Athletics World Champs], [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC), 23 January 2011</ref>

*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktCZO07FD-Y Day Two] on YouTube

Other world records: Egypt’sEgypt's [[Mostafa Fathalla Mohamed]] in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 100 metres#T37|men’smen's 100m T37]] final with a time of 11.61, the Ukraine's team ([[Viktoriya Kravchenko]], [[Maryna Snisar]], [[Oksana Krechunyak]], [[Inna Dyachenko]]) in the women’swomen's 4x100m4 × 100 m relay F35-38 with a time of 55.07, Brazil’sBrazil's [[Terezinha Guilhermina]] in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's 100 metres#T11|women’swomen's 100m T11]] heats with a time of 12.13, Russia’sRussia's [[Alexy Kuznetsov]] (F54) in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's javelin throw#F54/55/56|men’smen's javelin throw F54/55/56]] with a length of 29.44m, Serbia’sSerbia's [[Tanja Dragic]] (F12) in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's javelin throw#F13|women’swomen's javelin throw F13]] with a length of 36.74m, Latvia’sLatvia's [[Aigars Apinis]] (F52) in the men’smen's shot put F52/53 with a length of 10.03m, Russia’sRussia's [[Alexey Ashapatov]] (F58) in the men’smen's shot put F57/58 with the length of 16.37m, [[Paschalis Stathelakos]] of Greece, in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's discus throw#F40|men’smen's discus throw F40]] with the length 40.92, and Algeria's

[[Lahouari Bahlaz]] (F32) in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's discus throw#F32/33/34|men’smen's discus throw F32/33/34]] with a length of 20.30m.<ref>[http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/Sport_News/2011_01_24_d.html Pistorius Lights Up Christchurch With 200m Gold as Records Tumble], [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC), 24 January 2011</ref>

*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n40iHu-Brw Day Three] on YouTube

Brazil's [[Odair Santos]] set a world record in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 1500 metres#T11|men's 1500m T11]] with 4:04.70, [[Terezinha Guilhermina]] of Brazil set a world record in the women’swomen's 100m T11 with a time of 12.13sec. Other world records: [[Markus Rehm]] of Germany in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's long jump#F44|men’smen's long jump F44]] with a jump of 7.09m, Algeria's [[Lahouari Bahlaz]] in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's club throw|men’smen's club throw F31/32/51]] with a length of 36.73m, and Algeria’sAlgeria's [[Hocine Gherzouli]] in the men’smen's shot put F40 with the length 12.21m.<ref>[http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/Sport_News/2011_01_25_b.html Singleton throws down challenge to Pistorius at IPC Athletics], [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC), 25 January 2011</ref>

*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDg68CDB0hw Day Four] on YouTube

In the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 100 metres#T44|100m T44 men]] final, America's [[Jerome Singleton]] and South Africa's [[Oscar Pistorius]] battled it out with Singleton securing gold, just 0.002 ahead of Pistorius.<ref>[http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/pistorius-still-focused-on-2012-after-ipc-worlds-defeat/ Pistorius still focused on 2012 after IPC Worlds defeat] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130014239/http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/pistorius-still-focused-on-2012-after-ipc-worlds-defeat |date=2011-01-30 }}, Athletics Weekly, January 26, 2011</ref> Both Singleton and Pistorius were timed in 11.34.<ref name=pips>[http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/Sport_News/2011_01_26_e.html Singleton pips Pistorius in epic 100m at IPC Athletics World Champs], [[International Paralympic Committee]], 26 January 2011</ref>

There were five more world records: Great Britain's [[Daniel Greaves (athlete)|Daniel Greaves]] in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's discus throw#F44|men's discus throw F44]] final with a throw of 58.98m, Algeria’sAlgeria's [[Sofiane Hamdi]] in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 200 metres#T37|men's 200m T37]] final with a time of 23.64secs, Brazil's [[Yohansson Nascimento]] in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 100 metres#T46|men’smen's 100m T46]] final with a time of 11.01secs, Russia’sRussia's [[Alexey Ashapatov]] in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's discus throw#F57/58|men's discus throw F57/58]] final with a throw of 57.64m, and Cuba’sCuba's [[Omara Durand]] in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's 200 metres#T13|women’swomen's 200m T13]] final with a time of 24.24secs.<ref name=pips/>

*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKBxbwa-Jko Day Five] on YouTube

There were seven world records: [[Thierry Cibone]] of France, in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's javelin throw#F33/34|men’smen's F33/34 javelin throw]] with a throw of 35.91m, Egypt’sEgypt's [[Ia Abdelwareth]] in the men’smen's F37/38 shot put with a throw of 15.58m, Latvia's [[Aigars Apinis]] in the men’smen's F51/52/53 discus throw with a throw of 20.88m, China's team ([[Zhang Ting (Paralympic athlete)|Ting Zhang]], [[Lisha Huang]], [[Wenjun Liu]], [[Hongzhuan Zhou]]) in the women's 4X400m relay T53/54 with a time of 3:36.11, Tunisia's [[Hania Aidi]] in the women's javelin throw F54/55/56, with a throw of 17.27m, both Ukraine's [[Mariia Pomazan]] (F35), with a throw of 10.61m, and China's [[Wu Qing (Paralympian)|Qing Wu]] (F36), with a throw of 9.66m, in the women’swomen's F35/36 shot put.<ref>[http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/Sport_News/2011_01_27_b.html Weir takes third gold at IPC Athletics World Champs], [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC), 27 January 2011</ref>

*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVMAKH0PKQ Day Six] on YouTube

In the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's discus throw#F54/55/56|men’smen's F54/55/56 discus throw]], there were three world records: Bulgaria’sBulgaria's [[Mustafa Yuseinov]] (classification F55) with a throw of 39.42m, Serbia’sSerbia's [[Drazenko Mitrovic]] (F56) with a throw of 31.35m, and Cuba's [[Leonardo Diaz (Paralympian)|Leonardo Diaz]] (F56) with a throw of 43.10m.<ref name=three>[http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/Sport_News/2011_01_28_b.html Three World Records in One Event at IPC Athletics World Champs], [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC), 28 January 2011</ref>

There was also a world record in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's javelin throw#F33/34/52/53|women's F33/34/52/53 javelin]]: [[Birgit Kober]] of Germany with a throw of 23.54m. In the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 800 metres#T37|men’smen's 800m T37]], Ireland’sIreland's [[Michael McKillop]], on his birthday, set a world record with a time of 1:58.90.<ref name=three/>

*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk-uJt78WTM Day Seven] on YouTube

America’sAmerica's [[Tatyana McFadden]] took her 4th gold at the championship (200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m T54).<ref name=McFadden>[http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/Sport_News/2011_01_29_a.html Pistorius and McFadden impressive at IPC Athletics World Champs], [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC), 29 January 2011</ref>

World records: [[Mariia Pomazan]] of the Ukraine, in the women’swomen's discus F35/36 with a throw of 28.73m (1073pts) and Tunisia’sTunisia's [[Mohamed Farhat Chida]] in the men’smen's 400m T38 with a time of 49.33sec.<ref name=McFadden/>

Iran’sIran's [[Seyed Erfan Hosseini Liravi]] set a world record in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's javelin throw#F12/13|men’smen's javelin F12/13]] with a throw of 61.48m, though the gold medal was won by China's [[Pengkai Zhu]] with 61.90. Liravi is classified F13 and Zhu is classified F12, and the world record was for F13 classified athletes.<ref name=McFadden/> (F12: may recognise the shape of a hand, [[visual acuity]] of 2/60, and/or [[visual field]] of less than 5 degrees. F13: visual acuity ranges from 2/60 to 6/60, and/or visual field over 5 degrees and less than 20 degrees.)

*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFORlpdEJxA Day Eight] on YouTube

Spain's [[Alberto SuarezSuárez Laso]] set a world record in the [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's marathon#T12|men’smen's marathon T12]] with a time of 2:28:10.<ref>[http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/Sport_News/2011_01_31_d.html World record in marathon to finish IPC Athletics], [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC), 31 January 2011</ref>

<ref>[http://www.christchurch2011.com/results/AT000000000000000..C32A.ENG.1.0.pdf Entry List by NPC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315081342/http://www.christchurch2011.com/results/AT000000000000000..C32A.ENG.1.0.pdf |date=2012-03-15 }}, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships, January 20, 2011</ref><ref>[https://www.webcitation.org/60Yr8yzbd?url=http://ipc-athletics.paralympic.org/export/sites/ipc_sports_athletics/Downloads/Sport_Entries_by_Event_as_at_30_Nov_2010.pdf 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Entries by Event], IPC Athletics, December 3, 2010</ref><ref name=oct7>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120315184518/http://ipc-athletics.paralympic.org/news/2010_10_07_b.html More Teams Announced for 2011 Athletics Worlds], IPC Athletics, October 7, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/11/01/07/ATHLETICS_Paralympics.html Paralympic Team Prepare For NZ]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, sportinglife.com, January 7, 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Athletics/Oscar-to-lead-SA-team-20110110 Oscar to lead SA team], sport24.co.za, January 10, 2011</ref>

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091016072132/http://ipc-athletics.paralympic.org/Downloads/ Downloads & Forms – 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships], IPC Athletics

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*[http://www.paralympic.org/export/sites/default/Paralympic_Games/London_2012/Qualification_Criteria/2010_11_Athletics_London_2012_PG_Qualification_Criteria_Updated.pdf London 2012 Paralympic Games Qualification Criteria – Athletics]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on the Official website of the [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC)

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**[https://web.archive.org/web/20120315184544/http://ipc-athletics.paralympic.org/news/2011_02_01_a.html Results from the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships]

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