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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Martha Ruether climbed out of the pool and listened to the crowd cheering, basking in the moment.The visually impaired swimmer had finished second in her preliminary heat of the 100-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Paralympic trials Thursday, just about the same time that, a 10-minute drive away, competitors were racing for a spot on the American roster in the 200 meters on the track at Johnson C. Smith University.For the first time, the U.S. Paralympic trials in three sports -- track and field, swimming and cycling -- are being held simultaneously in the same city. Ruether likes the idea.I think its really cool, and its a really helpful experience for the Paralympics to have it be such a big thing, so people notice it, said Ruether, from Allegany, New York. When we come to meets like this and its just swimming everybodys like, `Oh, look at the special swimmers, its a little meet, but when they have this with cycling and track, its a big thing.Generating excitement both within the Paralympic community and the wider sports world is a big part of organizers plan. The United States has historically paid relatively little attention to the Paralympics.Julie ONeill, managing director of the Paralympics for the U.S. Olympic Committee, said the idea of hosting the three major trials in one city has been bouncing around since the 2012 Olympics.It just didnt come to fruition based on timing and circumstances going into London, ONeill said. When we went to schedule trials, the three sports got together and talked about it again and made the decision to go for it.For ONeill, Charlotte was an easy choice. The city has the resources to handle the more than 400 athletes who will make it to the starting line this week, she said.Its been great, she said. Everybody local here in Charlotte has been 110 percent helpful, whether its in the specific venues or different organizations around town that weve been working with.For the athletes, hosting all three trials in one city provides a sense of community and presents an opportunity to catch up with old friends and watch them compete.One athlete, Mary Cooper of Los Angeles, both swims and does the long jump.Ive only gone to competitions where theyre separate, and so its usually like Ill have a swim sort of family and a track family, too, Cooper said. To combine them is really cool.Doug Youngblood, who spearheaded the local bid to host the trials, said the original fundraising goal was around $200,000. The committees job was made slightly more difficult since there is no precedent for hosting all three trials in one city.Were kind of learning and finding out what weve got to spend as we go, Youngblood said. Without any history, we didnt know what we were getting into and what it was going to cost altogether. We just dug in and started doing it.The fees for the venues were waived, but fundraising efforts still came up nearly $25,000 short.The biggest problem we had with it from the beginning was raising awareness, Youngblood said. A lot of people we talked to didnt know the difference between Paralympics and Special Olympics.Partners for Parks, a local nonprofit led by Youngblood, was aiming to use that money to fund the closing ceremonies on Sunday, as well as to provide a post-competition meal for athletes.The Charlotte Hornets charitable foundation, led by Michael Jordan, stepped in with a $10,000 donation to help fill the cash shortage, while others picked up the rest.Ian Silverman, a gold medal Paralympic swimmer and world record-holder, was impressed by the gesture.Its truly something special that the Charlotte Hornets organization would be able to do that, Silverman said. To have a sports figure like Michael Jordan back us like that, its definitely a step in the right direction.Joshua George, a five-time Paralympic medalist in wheelchair racing, hopes that the trials-fest will encourage more people to attend. The crowd at the track Thursday was modest -- made up mostly of competitors friends, coaches and relatives.We just have countless amazing athletes in Charlotte right now competing. Everyone should come out and see it, George said. Theyre doing themselves a disfavor if theyre not.---Allison Gasparetti is a journalism student at Penn State. Penn State and Georgia are partnering with The Associated Press to supplement coverage of the 2016 Paralympics. Nike Air Max 95 Sale . Clarke was injured while practicing on the Doha Golf Club range after the pro-am on Tuesday. The Northern Irishman arrived at the course on Wednesday hoping to start, but after hitting a few balls on the practice putting green Clarke advised officials he was not fit to play. 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Its safe to say the Gunners of Arsenal are firing on all cylinders.Arsene Wengers boys will take aim at an eighth straight victory over all competitions when they line up against Middlesbrough on Saturday at the Emirates Stadium.The Gunners have generally been slow starters over the past few seasons, and those fears popped up again after losing a wild opener, 4-3 to Liverpool at the Emirates. But since that defeat, Arsenal (6-1-1) have been nearly unstoppable, unbeaten in 11 consecutive overall fixtures. Theyve won six straight in Premier League play following last weeks 3-2 result over Swansea City, which also spoiled Bob Bradleys English managerial debut.Supremely talented yet enigmatic forward Theo Walcott seems to have put things together early this season, as the England international has racked up five goals and two assists in league action to form a dynamic attacking trio with Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil. That offensive power was on display against the Swans as Walcott netted a first-half brace while Ozil added a third goal.In addition to their fine league form, the north London outfit kept up their European success, earning a 6-0 Champions League victory over Ludogorets on Wednesday. Ozil fired in a hat trick while Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sanchez all scored in the thrashing.Obviously the goals are fantastic but we always say we want to keep a clean sheet as a team. Thats always our first goal and we managed to do that, Walcott said. We know how well we are going forward, how good we are and its just sorting ourselves at the back and weve managed to do that this season especially.And the performancees are coming.dddddddddddd ... We can be proud of that and look forward to the weekend now.Middlesbrough (1-3-4) come into the clash experiencing some typical promoted team struggles. The Teesiders are currently riding a six-match winless run and in dire need of three points to stay clear of the drop zone. Boro gave a decent account of themselves last week against Watford, but were done in by a 54th-minute goal from Jose Holebas in the 1-0 defeat.Midfielder Adam Forshaw felt his side deserved better.I think we played well at times, Forshaw said. For half-an-hour in the first half we were positive and forward-thinking and on another day we couldve won the game, never mind drawn it.We came out (of) the blocks quite well with a few half-chances and should maybe have taken a couple of them. In terms of play, we definitely deserved more on the day. Obviously, we havent scored many goals but were playing well, getting the ball wide and in the box. Theres another game on Saturday and were fighting for points.Despite the lull in form, Forshaw believes his mates will turn it around.Were all fighting for each other and I think its a matter of time before we start adding more points, he said. Weve just got to approach every game on the weekends and try to pick up points. Looking at the table does absolutely nothing for you, its what happens on the pitch and thats the main thing.These sides last met in February of 2015 in the FA Cup. Olivier Giroud potted a first-half brace to lead the Gunners to the win. ' ' '