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	Encyclopedia: Paralympic Games
		The new Paralympic logo consists of three elements in red, blue and greenâ”the three colours that are most widely represented in national flags around the world.
		Stoke Mandeville is a village to the south of Aylesbury in the county of Buckinghamshire.
		The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Paralympic-Games (2360 words)

	Summer Paralympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Normally festive Paralympic closing ceremonies will take on a more somber note, as organizers have decided to curtail the artistic portion of the ceremony out of respect for victims of a bus crash who were on their way to watch the Paralympic Games.
		Paralympic officials simply stated that she had erroneously been given the wrong credential, one reserved for national paralympic administrators.
		Just after the Paralympic Games, a Spanish magazine writer revealed that he, and several other basketball players on the Spanish team were not intellectually disabled, and that a few other members of Spain's delegation in table tennis, swimming and track and field were also not intellectually disabled.
	www.internationalgames.net /paralympsummer.htm (4432 words)

	BBC - Ouch! - Paralympics 2004 - 25 Paralympics facts
		The Paralympics required a player to have an IQ of 70 or less to be eligible for this competition category.
		The Paralympics are sometimes confused with the Special Olympics, which is a program that focuses on year-round sports and training for all people with an intellectual disability, not only elite athletes.
		Paralympic competitors are subjected to rigorous and painful physical tests to make sure they are as disabled as they say they are, so that no one gains an edge by competing against more severely disabled opponents.
	www.bbc.co.uk /ouch/paralympics/facts (1088 words)

	Summer Hill Station
		Summer Hill residents have lobbied for nearly 60 years to have improved access to Summer Hill station.
		Summer Hill railway station was officially opened on the 15th September 1879, with a tunnel beneath the railway lines linking Grosvenor Crescent, North Summer Hill with Carlton Crescent, the shopping centre and the rest of Summer Hill where all the churches, schools, taxi rank and other amenities are located.
		Summer Hill is a suburb ideally placed to offer accommodation for visitors to both the Olympics and the Paralympics in 2000.
	www.hreoc.gov.au /disability_rights/transport/Cityrail_subs/rash.htm (1839 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Games of the XXIII Olympiad were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, United States.
		Los Angeles was the only city to bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.
		After the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba boycotts these Olympics (the USSR announced their intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
	open-encyclopedia.com /1984_Summer_Olympics (367 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Six lifters have tested positive
		At a press conference about the initial positive cases, International Paralympic Committee president Dr. Robert Steadward said there would be new doping hearings Sunday.
		There were 129 out-of-competition tests during the week between the opening of the Paralympic Village opened and the Oct. 18 opening ceremony.
		The four banned athletes were identified as Radko Radev of Bulgaria, Aurel Berbec of Romania, Ali Mahmoudkikordkheili of Iran and Marina Diakonova of Russia.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/1019/827613.html (344 words)

	aarogya.com "The Wellness Site" - International Day For Disabled Persons
		In order to compete in the Paralympics, each athlete must meet strict qualifying standards and be selected to his or her national team.
		The Paralympics are not to be confused with the Special Olympics, for athletes with mental retardation.
		The Summer Paralympic Games were held in Atlanta (USA) in 1996 and thereafter Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney (Australia) in October 2000.
	www.aarogya.com /Miscellaneous/Events/Disability/paralypmics.asp (665 words)

	House of Commons - Culture, Media and Sport - Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence
		The British Paralympic Association (BPA) was incorporated as a Company limited by guarantee in April 1989 and registered as a Charity in November 1989.
		The BPA's remit is to organise and co-ordinate British participation in Winter and Summer Paralympic Games and to assist Governing Organisations of Paralympic Sports in Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the preparation of competitors in their respective sports for the Paralympic Games.
		The BPA supports the IOC Reforms adopted by the IOC during its 110th Extraordinary Session in December 1999 in Lausanne aimed at ensuring that, whenever possible, the Olympics and Paralympics are held in the same venue, with bids being considered jointly by the IOC and IPC.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmcumeds/286/286ap02.htm (1101 words)

	House of Commons - Culture, Media and Sport - Minutes of Evidence
		The British Paralympic Association was incorporated as a Company limited by guarantee in April 1989 and registered as a Charity in November 1989.
		The exceptions to date were 1968 (when the Olympics were in Mexico and the Paralympics in Israel), 1980 (when the Olympics were in Russia and the Paralympics in the Netherlands) and 1984 (when the Olympics were in the USA and the Paralympics were split between the USA and the UK).
		The British Paralympic Association and the British Olympic Association have not yet held any discussions on the inclusion of the Paralympic Games in a potential London 2012 Olympic bid, but the BOA Chief Executive has given assurances that the BPA will be included in the deliberations at an appropriate future point.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199899/cmselect/cmcumeds/124/124ap30.htm (2283 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Paralympics \| Paralympics down the decades
		The Paralympic movement began as the dream of English neurosurgeon Sir Ludwig Guttman.
		The 1988 Paralympic Summer Games in Seoul, Korea, is often considered the beginning of the modern Paralympics, shifting from a "rehab" model to one of sport and athletic competition.
		Since Seoul, and Albertville in 1992, they have also taken place at the same venues as the Olympics.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/low/english/paralympics/newsid_1760000/1760673.stm (354 words)

	Paralympics on dope-alert - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Salt Lake Winter Paralympics open Thursday amid a growing awareness of the darker side to sports, a realization that some of its athletes have used illegal substances to boost performances.
		Doping, though, was a huge story at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney.
		After five cases in 1992 in Barcelona and none four years later in Atlanta, Reiff said there were 11 in Australia — 10 involving powerlifters.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70001811,00.html (266 words)

	ABILITY Magazine \| 2002 Paralympics, part 1
		Xavier Gonzalez, a veteran of three Paralympic Summer games, is the Managing Director of the Salt Lake 2002 Paralympic Winter Games.
		XG: The Paralympics is a sporting event for athletes with disabilities—for elite athletes with disabilities.
		The Paralympic Games has opening and closing ceremonies that have all the same elements that you would expect from the ceremonies at any large sporting event, including high quality entertainers.
	www.abilitymagazine.com /kinggimp_para.html (791 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics - Paralympics
		The Paralympic movement began as the dream of an English neurosurgeon Sir Ludwig Guttman, with the goal of providing athletes with disabilities the opportunity to compete at an international level equivalent to non-disabled athletes.
		Although the term Paralympics originally was derived from the word paraplegic, the prefix "para" is now interpreted as defining the games for disabled athletes which have evolved to "parallel" and complement to the Olympic Games.
		The 1988 summer Paralympic Games in Seoul, Korea was considered the beginning of the modern Paralympics as the emphasis clearly shifted from a "rehab" model to one of sport and athletic competition.
	www.utah.com /olympics/paralympics.htm (448 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The last Paralympic Summer Games were held in Athens, Greece, from 17 to 28 September 2004.
		The next Summer Paralympics in 2008 will be held in Beijing, China, with the 2010 Winter Paralympics being staged from 12 to 21 March (2010) in Canada.
		The IPC organises, supervises and coordinates the Paralympic Games and other multi-disability sports competitions at elite level, of which the most important are world and regional championships.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/paralympic/index_uk.asp (541 words)

	www.eyes-2004.info: History of the Paralympic Games
		In the beginning the Paralympics were primarily a sporting event for people in a wheelchair.
		Since the Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games and the Albertville 1992 Winter Paralympic Games they have also taken place at the same venues as the Olympics.
		On 19 June 2001, an agreement was signed between the IPC and the International Olypmic Committee securing this practice for the future.
	www.eyes-2004.info /11180.0.html (279 words)

	disinformation \| disqualifying the paralympics 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Some Paralympic powerlifters bench press over 273 kilos (approximately 602 pounds), and Australia's Troy Sachs scored 42 points in a basketball game in the 1996 Games, which is higher than the Olympic record for a single player.
		In the 1992 Olympics, the USOC made sponsors - such as Visa, Kodak, and McDonalds - spend part of their money on the Paralympics, but for the 2000 games - nothing.
		In short, the treatment of US Paralympic athletes is a national disgrace, and the global treatment of the Paralympics as a whole isn’t much better.
	www.disinfo.com /archive/pages/dossier/id479/pg1 (1442 words)

	CNNfyi.com - Paralympics making great strides - October 26, 2000
		As the Paralympics prepare to end Sunday in Sydney, Australia, Runyan's qualifying run has come to symbolize what many athletes and organizers want the Paralympics to be: a world-class athletic event in which competitors just happen to have disabilities.
		But Paralympics means "with" or "parallel to the Olympics." Some Paralympic athletes, according to Wolff, believe that this equality should translate into more equal media coverage and financial support.
		National anthems were played for the first time in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992, and the intense commercialization of the 1996 Games brought the Paralympics into the international spotlight as never before.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/fyi/news/10/23/paralympics (809 words)

	1992 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Games of the XXV Olympiad were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
		All the IOC countries participated in the Games.
		Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo lights the Olympic Flame by shooting an arrow into the cauldron.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics (409 words)

	2012 Summer Olympics Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012.
		London's bid featured 28 sports, in line with other recent Summer Olympics, but the IOC voted to drop baseball and softball from the 2012 Games two days after it selected London as the host city.
		Before the removal of baseball and softball the organisers planned to issue 8 million tickets for the Olympics and 1.6 million for the Paralympics.
	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/2012_Summer_Olympics (1998 words)

	1964 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Detroit, Vienna and Brussels also made a bid for these Games.
		Tokyo had already been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour had been passed to Helsinki because of Japan's involvement in China.
		The 1940 Olympics were eventually cancelled because of the outbreak of World War II.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/1/19/1964_summer_olympics.html (225 words)

	inMotion: The 1996 Paralympics: Triumph of the human spirit -- Soaring beyond earthly bounds
		Paralympic sailors will demonstrate their skills by capturing the winds as boats race over the waves of Lake Lanier.
		This summer's Paralympics will host some 4,000 athletes representing over 100 countries; the first attracted 400 from 23 nations of the world.
		But, numbers aside, the 1996 Paralympics are about far more than bursting finish ribbons, gold medals, and triumphant winners at the peak of their careers.
	www.amputee-coalition.org /inmotion/jun_jul_96/paralympics.html (835 words)

	Disability Central @ctivTeen > Special Features > Paralympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was introducedto skiing through his family and wanted to ski more often each time - moving to thecompetitive level was a natural progression for him At the 1998 Innsbruck Paralympics he finished 12th in the Slalom; 11th in the Giant Slalom and 18th in the Downhill.
		At the 1992 Albertville Paralympics he took Gold in the Slalom; 4th in the Giant Slalom; Silver in the Super G and 8th in the Downhill.
		At the 1994 Lillehammer Paralympics he took Silver in the Slalom Gold in the Giant Slalom; Bronze in the Super G and Bronze in the Downhill.
	www.disabilitycentral.com /activteen/magazine/features/canaparalympians.htm (1449 words)

	1992 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Games of the XVI Winter Olympiad were held in 1992 in Albertville, France.
		The last Winter Games to be staged in the same year as the Summer Games.
		Freestyle skiing and short-track speedskating made their debuts as medal disciplines, as did women's biathlon.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/1/19/1992_winter_olympics.html (202 words)

	Paralympics
		Since the modern Paralympics include athletes with a wide variety of disabilities, the prefix para is now interpreted to mean parallel.
		The first Paralympic Summer Games were held in Rome in 1960.
		The emblem features the Paralympic motto "Mind, Body, Spirit," represented by three red, green and blue marks that form an abstract image of an athlete in motion.
	2002.uen.org /html/sports/lessons/paralympics.html (873 words)

	1992 olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the independent teams of Estonia and Latvia made their first apparition since 1936 and...
		Olympiad were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain...
		1992 Olympics - The first Olympics since the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the breakup of the Soviet...
	www.111-olympics.com /16/1992-olympics.html (453 words)

	1992 Summer Paralympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		See also: (additional info and facts about 1992 Summer Olympics) 1992 Summer Olympics
		The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth (additional info and facts about Paralympic Games) Paralympic Games to be held.
		They were held in (A city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean; 2nd largest Spanish city and the largest port and commercial center; has been a center for radical political beliefs) Barcelona, (A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power) Spain.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1992_summer_paralympics.htm (1156 words)

	WPI Wire, Vol. 10, No. 2 - Summer 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		WPI swim team captain Jason Wening moved into the international spotlight this summer when he competed at the Paralympics from Aug. 16 through Aug. 28 in Atlanta.
		Wening earned the right to swim on the U.S. National Disabled Swim Team, a subset of the U.S. Paralympic Team, by qualifying in the 400-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly events, where he swam a world-best time for this year (4:58.68) in the 400 freestyle and set a new U.S. record (1:19.54) in the 100 butterfly.
		Three days later he finished eighth in the 100-meter freestyle and, on Aug. 23, he and his teammates came in fifth in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.
	www.wpi.edu /News/Wire/Summer96/swimmer.html (232 words)

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