Below is the complete schedule of events for our competing athletes at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

All times are displayed in GMT, minus 6 hours for Jamaica time.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Alphanso Cunningham – Class F53

10:08a.m. – 1:00p.m.
Men’s Javelin F52/53
Men’s Javelin (Final) F52/53

7:33 p.m. – 7:38p.m.
Men’s Javelin – Ceremony F52/53

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Tanto Campbell – Class F56

10:08a.m. – 1:00p.m.
Men’s Discus F54/55/56
Men’s Discus (Final)

7:19p.m. – 7:24p.m.
Men’s Discus – Ceremony F54/55/56

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Sylvia Grant – Class F57

10:00a.m. – 12:25p.m.
Men’s Discus F51/52/53
Men’s Discus (Final) F51/52/53

7:05p.m. – 10:00p.m.
Women’s Javelin F57/58
Women’s Javelin (Final) F57/58

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Friday, September 7, 2012

10:00a.m. – 10:05a.m.
Men’s Discus – Ceremony F51/52/53

10:49a.m. – 10:54a.m.
Women’s Javelin – Ceremony F57/58

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Carrying the Jamaican flag in tonight’s Opening Ceremony of the 14th Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London is so far the single biggest honour in Tanto Campbell’s 12-year career as a special athlete.

“It’s a great honour to be able to represent my country in this way. It is not everyday someone gets the chance to carry the flag in such a prestigious and big event in front of thousands of cameras and the entire world,” Campbell told the Jamaica Observer yesterday after the team’s final training session before the start of the largest Paralympic Games ever.

Veteran Jamaican athlete Tanto Campbell works out ahead of the 14th Paralympic Games recently. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)

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Come Rio 2016 at the next Paralympic Games, the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) hopes it will have representatives in more than just track and field, but in as many sporting disciplines as possible.

That was the stated view of Christopher Samuda, president of the JPA, during a meeting with Jamaica’s High Commissioner to London Aloun N’dombet-Assamba, at the Jamaican High Commission’s Prince Consort Street offices in South West London yesterday.

Paralympian Tanto Campbell (back, left) affixes a Jamaican pin onto Jamaica’s High Commissioner to London, Aloun N’dombet-Assamba, at the Jamaican High Commission’s Prince Consort Street offices in South West London yesterday. Looking on (from left) are coach Neville Sinclair; athlete Alphonso Cunningham; JPA president Christopher Samuda, and athlete Sylvia Grant. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)

The three members of the Jamaican team — Tanto Campbell, Alphonso Cunningham and Sylvia Grant — were on hand to meet the High Commissioner. Continue Reading

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Boosted by the trio of medals won by Jamaicans in the Men’s 200m at the Olympics, the national team yesterday departed for the Paralympic Games in London from August 29 to September 12.

“I’m going there to see if I can get the gold. I know the class is going to be hard but it don’t matter, I’m going there to do my best and make my country proud of me,” discus and javelin competitor Sylvia Grant told the Jamaica Observer.

Grant, who competes in the F57 class is the most experienced member of the six member squad having competed at six previous Paralympic Games. Continue Reading

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