Fiji_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics

Fiji at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Fiji at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Fiji competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consisted of a single athlete, visually impaired sprinter Ranjesh Prakash, who competed in two events in athletics. Prakash was also his country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony.[1]

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High jumper Iliesa Delana was initially reported in May 2007 as having qualified for the Games,[2] but it was later reported that he had "fallen short during trials".[3]

Athletics

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "I'll do it for Fiji" Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, Fiji Times, August 29, 2008
  2. [2]
    "Fiji disabled athletes do well in Arafura Games". Radio New Zealand International. May 15, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Prakash will carry flag at Paralympics" Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, Fiji Times, July 9, 2008


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