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3 QUOTES WITH «THE PARALYMPICS»
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Rio in four years; I've got more inspiration in the last two, three weeks. I'm sure I'm going to get more in the Paralympics in the next coming weeks, so by the end of this season, I'm going to take a month off, and then the next four years is going to be good.
People aren't familiar with wheelchair sports. The only film crew in Athens for the Paralympics was the documentary crew.
I played college soccer before I was hurt, and just to be able to jump back into something that you could be so competitive at or you can achieve, to get to the Paralympics, that's the first really big achievement that you can have. It's the second biggest sporting event in the world. To be a part of it and to get a medal for that, it's unreal.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE PARALYMPICS»
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the Paralympics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Paralympic Games: Empowerment Or Side Show?
In particular the book develops the following five themes of the 'Public and Media Perceptions', 'A View of the Paralympics', 'Olympism versus Paralympism', 'Cultural Diversity at the Paralympics' and 'The Future Directions for Research' in ...
Keith Gilbert, Otto J. Schantz, Otto Schantz, 2008
2
The Olympics:
The Paralympics
This book looks at the Paralympics, from the athletes and the sports to the stadiums and the spectators!
3
The Paralympic Games Explained
The fact that the percentage for women at the Olympics is so much higher than
that for women at the Paralympics in Beijing 2008 is indicative of the extra
difficulties faced by women with disabilities to get involved in and reach the
highest ...
4
Potential Benefits of
the 2012 Olympics and
Paralympics for ...
If you ask people like Tanni Grey Thompson, Chris Hallam and John Harris,
some of our past Paralympians, about their experiences, the Paralympics 1 0
years ago was a relatively small event with a relatively low profile. It was probably
...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee, 2009
5
Disability in Australia: Exposing a Social Apartheid
turned: the Paralympics is not just parallel after all, but, rather, non pareil
because it serves as moral conscience or exemplar. Here, the Paralympics
serves as an indispensable supplement to the Olympics itself: though an inferior
and ...
Gerard Goggin, Christopher Newell, 2005
6
Nations at
the Paralympics: National Paralympic Committee
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Books Group, LLC Books, 2010
7
The Ethics of Sports Coaching
In order to make the Paralympics more commercial and to raise the value of
medals, there has been significant rationalization of the number of competitive
classes in the Games. Streamlining is considered necessary to make the Games
more ...
Alun R Hardman, Carwyn Jones, 2010
Begun in 1960, the Paralympics are held every four years, usually in the same
city or country as the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee
recognized the international governing body for disabled athletes in 1984. At
Seoul ...
9
Digital Disability:
The Social Construction of Disability in ...
We will continue to support the Paralympics Games through our daily highlights
package on C7 and with Seven's ongoing sponsorship of Paralympian Donna
Ritchie.8 There was at least one sign that Channel 7 may have regretted its “
limited ...
Gerard Goggin, Christopher Newell, 2002
10
Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies
The Paralympics traces its roots to 1948, when a competition for World War II
veterans with spinal cord injuries was held at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in
Aylesbury, England. The present host organization is the International
Paralympic ...
Roger Bartlett, Chris Gratton, Christer Rolf, 2010
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE PARALYMPICS»
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20 Gold Medal Winners From the Sochi Paralympics
Sunday brought the closing ceremony of the 2014 Paralympics, which began in Sochi on March 7. The Paralympics are always an inspiring affair, even if they ... «Mashable, Mar 14»
Sochi 2014: President Putin opens Winter Paralympics
"The Paralympics will surprise you, tremendous skills will excite you and examples of human endeavour will inspire you. The sport you witness here will change ... «BBC Sport, Mar 14»
2012 Paralympics: Huge crowds cheer David Weir to victory
We wanted to raise the bar at the Olympics and I am as proud as everyone at being a part of a team that has unquestionably raised the bar at the Paralympics. «BBC News, Sep 12»
ESPN's Lack of Coverage of the Paralympics Is Totally Indefensible
On Sunday, Paralympics superstar Oscar Pistorius placed second in the 200-meter dash, then accused a pair of fellow competitors of racing on unfairly ... «Slate Magazine, Sep 12»
Paralympics: Innovations that win medals
Paralympics: Innovations that win medals ... orthopaedic firm Ossur, always promised to be the most photographed piece of equipment at the Paralympics. «Mail & Guardian Online, Sep 12»
Pistorius Paralympics gripe: How long can blades be?
But in the Paralympics 200m final Oscar Pistorius was overtaken by a faster man with blades. Pistorius, who looked to be cruising to victory, spoke out after ... «BBC News, Sep 12»
Paralympics: 10 things you need to know
After the success of the London Olympics there's unprecedented excitement about the Paralympics. But what are the differences between the two sets of Games ... «BBC News, Aug 12»
Scrap the Paralympics
Granted, the Paralympics will receive more attention this year than ever before. In the United Kingdom, Channel 4 has launched an amazing Paralympics ... «Slate Magazine, Aug 12»
London 2012: Paralympics divide opinion, survey suggests
Nearly one in four disabled people in Britain feels patronised by the Paralympics, but a similar number feel empowered by them, a survey suggests. Some 61% ... «BBC News, Dec 11»
