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'I Didn't Expect To Win The Marathon This Time'

HuffingtonPost.com | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK Sport
Read More: London 2012, Boston, David Weir Interview, David Weir London Marathon, Video, David Weir Boston Marathon, Paralympics, Boston Marathon Bombing, UK Sport, London 2012 Paralympics, London Marathon, David Weir, UK Athletics, UK Sport News

London 2012 Paralympic hero David Weir has admitted he did not expect to win the 2013 London Marathon. Weir fell short of winning his seventh Marat...

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David Weir Must Settle For Fifth Place After 'Tough' Marathon

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK
Read More: UK News, Boston Marathon Bombing, UK Sport, Paralympics, Mo Farah, London Marathon, London, Sport, David Weir, London Marathon 2013, UK News

Paralympic champion David Weir failed to recreate the magic that saw him take four gold medals at the 2012 Olympics in today's London Marathon. The...

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Paralympics Legend Plans Academy For Future Stars

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.04.2013 | UK Sport
Read More: Paralympics, UK Sport, Young Talent, Olympics News, David Weir, Kingsmeadow, UK Sport News

Six-time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir launched an academy today to help the elite athletes of the future. The Weir Archer Academy will work...

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What A Knight

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 07.03.2013 | UK Sport
Read More: London 2012, Kath Grainger, Team GB, Anna Watkins, UK Sport, London Olympics, Charlotte Dujardin, Ben Ainslie, David Weir, Lord Coe, UK Athletics, UK Sport News

Lord Coe was awarded a special honour by Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace for helping to stage the London 2012 Games. The London 2012 chairman an...

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Oops! Ellie Simmonds Gets Misspelled Star

WENN | Posted 08.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Paralympics, Ellie Simmonds, Bradley Wiggins, Bbc Sports Personality of the Year, UK News, David Weir, Jessica Ennis, Home News

Winning a pair of Paralympic gold medals this year is still not enough for people to learn how to spell Ellie Simmonds' name correctly. The Par...

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Ennis And Weir Voted Olympian And Paralympian Of The Year

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 18.10.2012 | UK Sport
Read More: London 2012 Olympic Games, Olympics, Jessica Ennis, David Weir Paralympian of the Year, UK Sport, Paralympics, London Olympics, London Paralympics, Jessica Ennis Olympian of the Year, David Weir, UK Athletics, UK Sport News

Heptathlete Jessica Ennis and wheelchair racer David Weir rounded off a golden year of success by being voted British Olympic and Paralympic Athlete o...

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Paralympic Tears

David J Constable | Posted 14.11.2012 | UK Sport
Read More: Ellie Simmonds, Paralympic Games, Jonnie Peacock, David Weir, Mo Farah, Olympic Games, Paralympics News, UK Sport, 2012 Paralympics, UK Sport News
David J Constable

I cried because of the noise and entire experience, but mainly because with Dan and friends, and 80,000 people, we let it all pour out. That's the best I can sum it up. It's over now. "Our revels now are ended," announced Prospero. What loomed for so long has now tailed off, gleaming but inspiring us in its wake.

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Jessica Elgot

'We're Here To Be Part Of All Those Smiling Faces'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 10.09.2012 | UK
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Has there ever been a crowd in more perfect symmetry as when the parade bus with Mo Farah steamed into view of the thousands in Trafalgar Square? ...

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WATCH: Our NEW National Anthem

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.09.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Usain Bolt, Jessica Ennis, Ellie Simmonds, Topicalol, London Olympics, UK Viral Videos, Bradley Wiggins, Spoof News, George Osborne Booed, David Weir, London 2012, Video, Boris Johnson Zipwire, London Olympic Games, Spoof National Anthem, Clare Balding, Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Oscar Pistorius, Mo Farah, 2012 Olympics, London Paralympics, Jonnie Peacock, Comedy Clips, God Save the Queen, National Anthem, UK Comedy News

Feeling a bit sad now that the Olympics and Paralympics are over? Don't! Simply be upstanding for our new national anthem - as revealed above. (Vid...

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Was It Paradise Or Punishment?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Chris Martin, Coldplay Closing Ceremony, Rihanna, Paralympics Flagbearers, Twitter, Help for Heroes, Sarah Storey, David Weir, Lord Sebastian Coe, Festival of the Flame, Paralympics-Closing-Ceremony, Boris Johnson, London 2012, Rihanna Coldplay, Paralympics News, UK Sport, Paralympics, Oscar Pistorius, 2012 Olympics, Jay Z, Seb Coe, Coldplay, UK News

Viewers took to Twitter to celebrate a fiery and colourful end to the Games, with much of the comment focusing on the prominence given to Coldplay. ...

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FESTIVAL OF THE FLAME (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Rihanna, Paralympics Flagbearers, Help for Heroes, Sarah Storey, David Weir, Lord Sebastian Coe, Paralympics-Closing-Ceremony, Festival of the Flame, Boris Johnson, London 2012, UK Sport, Paralympics News, Paralympics, Oscar Pistorius, 2012 Olympics, Jay Z, Seb Coe, Coldplay, UK News

War heroes and pop stars shared the stage as the London 2012 drew to a close, after six weeks of tears, roars and athletic prowess. The closing cer...

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Quadruple Gold Medallists David Weir And Sarah Storey Will Be Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Flagbearers, Team GB, UK News, 2012 Olympics, Paralympics News, UK Sport, Paralympics, Paralympic-Closing-Ceremony, Sarah Storey, Closing Ceremonies, David Weir, UK News

Quadruple gold medal winners David Weir and Sarah Storey will be flag-bearers for Sunday's closing ceremony, organisers said on Sunday. Wheelchair ...

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'A Seismic Effect In Shifting Public Attitudes'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Shelly Woods, Marathon, Paralympics News, Disability Rights, Paralympics, Poll, Disability, Sarah Storey, David Weir, Lord Coe, Scope, UK News

Paralympic organisers today hailed the "seismic effect in shifting public attitudes" to disability sports, claiming the Games have changed public perc...

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The Weirwolf Roars: Gold For Paralympics GB's David Weir In Marathon

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Wheelchair, UK News, Wheelchair Marathon, Paralympics News, t54 Marathon, Paralympics David Weir, London Marathon, David Weir, UK News

With a deafening roar from the crowd, Britain's 'Weirwolf' David Weir took gold in the men's T54 marathon, his fourth gold of the Games. Weir's mar...

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David Weir Wins Second Gold For ParalympicsGB

PA | Posted 05.09.2012 | UK Sport
Read More: Paralympics 2012, Emily Thorne, UK News, David Weir, Paralympics News, UK Sport News

David Weir's Paralympic campaign went from strength to strength when he won his second gold in the Olympic Stadium. The wheelchair racer, fresh fro...

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Another Golden Day For ParalympicsGB

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.09.2012 | UK Sport
Read More: Anthony Kappes and Craig MacLean, London 212, UK News, Paralympics News, David Weir, UK Sport News

The velodrome erupted on Sunday as ParalympicsGB went head-to-head in a thrilling gold medal battle of Britain tandem team tussle. Anthony Kappes a...

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