RIO DE JANEIRO -- IOC President Thomas Bach will miss Wednesdays opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in order to attend a state event in Germany. Nike Vapormax Damske .The International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that Bach would attend the official state mourning ceremony on Wednesday for Walter Scheel, the former West Germany president.We understand that it was an unforeseen situation that happened in Europe, Mario Andrada, the spokesman for the local organizing committee, said.Bach has named IOC member Sam Ramsamy of South Africa to represent him at the opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.The Paralympics will feature 4,300 athletes, although none from Russia. The International Paralympic Committee has banned all Russian athletes because of alleged state-sponsored doping in the country.The IOC permitted some Russian athletes to participate in the just-concluded Olympics, largely leaving the decision to international sports federations. Vapormax Off White Fake . LOUIS -- St. Nike Vapormax Panske . -- Charlie Graham stopped 67 shots as the Belleville Bulls edged the visiting Guelph Storm 6-5 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.vapormaxlevne.cz/ .S District Court against Major League Baseball, the Office of the Commissioner and his own union, the MLBPA. MAPLEWOOD, N.J. -- Hundreds of people have turned out to welcome home an Olympic medalist who was the first U.S. athlete to compete while wearing a hijab.The people of Maplewood, New Jersey, held a parade and a special ceremony Saturday for fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad. The 31-year-old won a bronze medal in the womens team sabre event at the games held in Rio.A Muslim, Muhammad was the first U.S. athlete to compete in the Olympics while wearing a hijab, the head scarf she wears in accordance with her beliefs. Vapormax Sleva. Wearing a U.S. Olympics team T-shirt and her bronze medal around her neck, Muhammad told the crowd she hoped to serve as an example to people who feel limited by some aspect of who they are. ' ' '