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FightingIllini.com | Six Illini to Compete in London 2012 Olympic Games.

A contingent of six former Fighting Illini student-athletes, plus one current UI head coach, will be in London over the next two weeks representing their respective countries in the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Stay up-to-date on all the Olympic action at Illinois Olympic Central.

AHS | 2012 London Paralympic Games.

University of Illinois students and alumni were a force to be reckoned with at the 2012 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field Trials, which took place June 29 through July 1 at Indiana University Purdue University – Indianapolis (IUPUI). Thirteen of the track and field team’s 54 members have ties to the University. More than 15 other students and alumni will also be in London as part of wheelchair basketball and sitting volleyball teams, and alumnus Tony Iniguez will coach wheelchair track. Click here to view the full roster of Illinois-affiliated paralympians.

Chicago Tribune | Driscoll makes U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

Jean Driscoll never let confinement to a wheelchair slow her down. The 45-year-old retired wheelchair racer owns 12 Paralympic medals — including five golds — and is the reigning 10,000-meter world record holder. Driscoll, who got her start in elite competition at Illinois, was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in a Thursday ceremony at the Harris Theater in Chicago. Continue.