Something very special is going to happen in 500 days' time predicts IPC President
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The 60-year-old from Bolton has such a strong North West accent and speaks in so relaxed a manner that you almost get the feeling you are speaking with an old friend in the garden of your favorite country pub.
However, once you get Sir Philip talking on the topic Paralympic sport, his demeanor changes and his obvious passion for the subject quickly betrays the fact that he is not only President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), but also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), one of the senior figures sitting on the London 2012 Board and a former wheelchair basketball star who represented Great Britain in no less than five editions of the Paralympic Games from 1972 to 1988.