| Country | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 103 | 81 | 81 | |
| Canada | 78 | 69 | 70 | |
| Brazil | 41 | 40 | 60 | |
| Cuba | 36 | 27 | 34 |
PrideHouse Toronto are set to continue to promote their message of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) during the Parapan American Games.
An energetic and colourful Opening Ceremony celebrating the unity of cultures of the continent got the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games underway in the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletics Stadium at York University.
US Paralympics have announced Curtis Lovejoy will be the United States’ Flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony of the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto.
Paralympic boccia bronze medallist Marco Dispaltro will be the Flagbearer for Canada at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games, it has been announced.
Four-times world champion Brent Lakatos of Canada hopes the upcoming Parapan American Games in Toronto can help the development of Paralympic sport in the nation.
Toronto 2015 volunteers will be thanked for their efforts during the Pan American Games at a gathering in the city today ahead of the Parapan American Games, due to underway with the Opening Ceremony on Friday (August 7).
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has revealed it will live stream four sports at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games on their website, as well as a mixed channel during the eight-day multi-sport event.
The Canadian Paralympic Committee have announced their largest ever team for a Parapan American Games with 216 athletes set to compete in front of a home crowd in Toronto from August 7 to 15.
US Paralympics have announced a 241-strong team for the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, due to be held from August 8 to 15.
Toronto 2015 is expecting ticket sales for the Parapan American Games to gather “similar momentum” to those for the recently-held Pan American Games, according to chief executive Saäd Rafi.
Venezuelan weightlifter Jesus Gonzalez Barrios has become the 17th athlete implicated in a doping scandal at the Pan American Games in Toronto and is set to be the first stripped of a gold medal after reportedly testing positive for an unnamed substance.
FiveCurrents, an American creative and production company, have completed the busiest 24 hours in their history after staging the Closing Ceremony of the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, having put on the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics in Los Angeles the day before.
By Nick Butler and Michael Pavitt in Toronto
Canada and Argentina were responsible for two shock victories on the final day of action here at the Pan American Games, overcoming world-leading United States and Brazilian opposition in their respective women’s softball and men’s volleyball finals.
Toronto 2015 closed in farcical fashion here this evening as headline act Kanye West threw his microphone high into the air after it cut out towards the end of his performance and then appeared to storm off stage.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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The Director of Event Operations is a member of the WorldSkills International Senior Management Team and hence has a very important role in managing all operational matters for the organization’s flagship event, the WorldSkills Competition, as well as the biennial General Assembly meetings. The Director of Event Operations is required to complete complex tasks and projects, able to make timely decisions with limited guidance, understands strategic priorities, and exercises appropriate levels of urgency and judgement to situations that require a high level of attention. The Director of Event Operations is passionate about the vision and mission of WorldSkills and is proactive, resourceful, dedicated, and works with a high level of integrity.
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