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The international in —— the international olympic committee. as it stands the opening ceremony is due to take place here in switzerland on thursday evening with competition beginning on friday. the athlete here range in ages from m to 18 years athlete here range in ages from 1a to 18 years old and for the first time ata to 18 years old and for the first time at a winter games there will be an equal number of female and male athletes competing. 900 of each. many of those will be hoping to use...

Two fingers on my right hand, and a big entry on my right arm. it was 18 months, from the day i was blown up to the day i discharged from the army. when i was in rehab, the one thing i wanted was independence. i wa nted thing i wanted was independence. i wanted to do things for myself. so i started travelling around the world on my own in a wheelchair. during that time, i got myself into adventures. my first one it was a couple river expeditions, that was cracking. then i hand cycled across isla...

The workshop and set the stuff up. show us that some this is the board. and the bindings. standard board simulate this here is a safety strap i put simulate this here is a safety strap iput on, simulate this here is a safety strap i put on, ive gotten into the habit of putting these on because these have failed on some of the tiger turns. this is a kitchen chopping board, because ive got five boards at home that have snapped a. so if you took to snowboarding like a fish to water, and it merely f...

When i was in rehab, the one thing i wanted was independence. i wanted to do things for myself. so i started travelling around the world on my own in a wheelchair. during that time, i got myself into adventures. my first one it was a couple river expeditions, that was cracking. then i hand—cycled across iceland. what got you into snowboarding? i did sit—skiing for a few years. in italy, i looked up and there were three young lads coming down on snowboards. and i just thought, "thats what i w...

Bindings. this here is a safety strap i put on, ive gotten into the habit of putting these on because these have failed on some of the tighterturns. this is a kitchen chopping board, because ive got five boards at home that have snapped off. swifty took to snowboarding like a fish to water, and it merely fell in love with the sport, despite the practical difficulties he faces every day he goes on the mountain. youre in a snowy environment so that makes it difficult for everyone. but if you use a...

On day two of the second test against south africa. also coming up in the programme... we speak to the double—amputee snowboarder darren 00:03:15,1000 --> 00:03:18,175 swift whos whos aiming for glory at this years british snowboard and freeski championships. we will have more on that extraordinary result for tranmere. the early kick—off involved top flight newcastle united being held to a 1—1 draw by league ones rochdale. their ao—year—old subsitute, aaron wilbraham, scoring the equal...

Different now. this is my third time at the brits. i was fantastic to get back in. writing with able—bodied people who have no definition was just right. you can watch the full interview with darren on ski sunday tomorrow. bbc two at 6pm. it is also available on the bbc iplayer. the nfl playoffs start this evening. reigning champions the new england patriots host the tennessee titans as they aim to be the first team to win seven super bowls. tom bradys been their quarter back in all six of the...

This is cnn breaking news. >> hello and welcome to our viewers around the world. im becky anderson in abu dhabi. >> im michael holmes in atlanta. now that the u.s. has killed irans

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This is cnn breaking news. >> hello and welcome to our viewers around the world. im becky anderson in abu dhabi. >> im michael holmes in atlanta. now that the u.s. has killed irans top military commander,