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	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Paralympics
		United States' Sarah Will wins the women's giant slalom at the Winter Paralympics to claim the 11th gold medal of her career.
		Russell Docker and Stephen Napier are ready to fly the flag for Britain at the 2002 Winter Paralympics.
		The Paralympic Winter Games were first held in Sweden in 1976, but the international movement is much older.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/paralympics/default.stm (351 words)

	The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports - E-Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Paralympic athletes are classified according to their disability: standing, sitting, and visually impaired.
		During the summer months, she built her strength and endurance competing in wheelchair marathons and triathlons (she competed at the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon in 2004 at the age of 50!).
		As you watch these Paralympic winter games and read or hear about the athletes and their stories, we hope you will be inspired to challenge yourself to reach your own fitness, physical activity and sports goals.
	www.fitness.gov /enewsletter/Winter06_featuredactivity.htm (450 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006 Paralympics
		The Paralympics are open to athletes with physical and sensory disabilities, including those with cerebral palsy, mobility disabilities, visual disabilities and amputees.
		The name "Paralympics" derives from the Greek word "para," which means "alongside," in reference to the competition being held in parallel with the Olympic Games.
		The Paralympic alpine skiing competitions will be held on the same mountain that was used for the Olympic women's alpine events; sledge hockey will be played at one of the arenas used for ice hockey; and nordic skiing and wheelchair curling will also be contested at their equivalent Olympic venues.
	www.cbc.ca /paralympics/indepth/headlines.shtml?faq.html (938 words)

	Paralympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		[1] The first Winter Paralympics were held in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden in 1976.
		This practice was adopted in 1992 for the Winter Paralympics, and became an official policy of the International Olympic Committee and the IPC following a June 19, 2001 agreement.
		Dwarfism, multiple sclerosis or birth deformities of the limbs such as that caused by thalidomide are examples of this.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winter_Paralympics (712 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)

	2004.com - Olympic history - Modern history - Paralympics
		On 28 july 1948, the opening day of the London Olympic Games, a sports competition for World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries was held and twelve years later, in Rome, Italy, 1960, Guttman's “impossible” dream came true when the first disabled persons entered the Olympics.
		The word "Paralympics" stand for "parallel" Olympics and is open for disabled athletes.
		In 1992 the first winter Paralympics was held at the Albertville Winter Games in France.
	www.2004.com /ohistory_modern_paralympics.asp (220 words)

	Winter Olympic Disciplines, Olympic Alpine Skiing, Olympic Freestyle Skiing, Olympic Snowboarding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		All of the menâs Winter Olympic alpine skiing events will take place in the resort of Sestriere.
		This is only the 3rd appearance for snowboarding at the Winter Olympics; however the event has firmly established its right to be there, with a huge fan base and breath-taking Olympic events, including the Half Pipe, Snowboard Cross and the Parallel Giant Slalom.
		Pragelato will be the setting for the Winter Olympic event of Cross-country skiing, with two tracks to push the Olympic athletes to the limit.
	www.igluski.com /winter_olympics_events.cfm (704 words)

	Disabled Sports USA
		And great promise was shown by women skiers new to the Paralympics, including Sandy Dukat (LW2) with a bronze in the slalom and the Super-G; Lacey Heward (LW11) bronze in giant slalom and Super-G; Allison Jones (LW2) silver in giant slalom and Super-G; and Stephani Victor (LW12/2) bronze in downhill.
		She was selected by other members of the US Paralympic team, who also elected Sarah Billmeier to give the Athletes' Oath during the opening ceremony on behalf of all the participants in the 2002 Games.
		Consensus was that Salt Lake City, Paralympic organizers and officials, and the thousands of volunteers did a truly spectacular job of showcasing elite adaptive sports for an audience increasing in both size and appreciation.
	www.dsusa.org /ChallMagarchive/challmag-spring02-winterparalympics.html (1376 words)

	Winter Paralympics
		Roots of the Winter Paralympics trace back to Austria, where Sepp Zwicknagl, a double-leg amputee, was among the first individuals to use prostheses to ski down a slope.
		The Lillehammer Paralympics marked the first time the Paralympic Winter Games were held in the same location as the Winter Olympics, a tradition that has continued through an agreement of cooperation between the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee.
		The opening and closing Paralympic ceremonies and the ice sled hockey competition are being held in Torino proper, with the surrounding cities Pinerolo, Pragelato and Sestriere Borgata serving as sites for the other Paralympic events.
	www.abilitymagazine.com /PAST/Natalie_Glebova/Paralympics.html (1617 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 (544 words)

	2006 Winter Paralympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The sport venues were also used during the Winter Olympics, although not all Olympic venues were in use for the Paralympics.
		This was an increase of three from the 36 represented at the 2002 Winter Paralympics.
		These are the second Paralympic Games to be held in Italy, which hosted the first Summer Paralympics in Rome in 1960.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2006_Winter_Paralympics (384 words)

	The winter paralympics: setting new standards for excellence Inside MS - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The winter event is growing slowly, and it's small compared with the Summer Paralympics, which has 18 medal events from archery to volleyball and had, in Sydney in 2000, a turnout of 100,000 fans.
		As the winter event grows, new sports are being added: the 2006 Paralympics, in Torino, Italy, will also feature ice racing and wheelchair ice dancing, and may include wheelchair curling.
		Among the winter torch-bearers taking the flame to Utah are Zoe Koplowitz, 14-time last-place "winner" in the New York City marathon; Kelly Walker Haley, a top fund-raiser and volunteer at the Colorado Chapter; and Pam Hensley, who has completed ten MS 150 bike events, despite her MS.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0850/is_1_20/ai_82736437 (869 words)

	Torino 2006 - Dream-like Paralympics: Thank You Torino » (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The end of the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games was a grand finale, a hymn to life.
		This is the goodbye given by Torino to the Paralympic Games from 19:00 until approximately 23:00.
		Taste the Paralympic excitement with the clips we are offering: among others, interviews of "our champions" and live coverage of the events broadcast in streaming on ParalympicSport.TV
	www.paralympicgames.torino2006.org /ENG/ParalympicGames/home/index.html (349 words)

	BBC - Ouch! - Play - Winter Paralympics: true or false?
		Snow, ice and high speed thrills and spills are as much a part of the Winter Paralympics as they are of the Olympic events that happen only a couple of weeks before.
		And like the Winter Olympics, the Paralympic version features sports that we may not be entirely familiar with, but make gripping viewing thanks to the action being played out on skis and skates.
		To mark the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy, Ouch sets you the challenge of guessing whether 10 fascinating facts about the event and the sports on show there are true or false.
	www.bbc.co.uk /ouch/play/quiz/winterparalympics.shtml (135 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 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.
		Still, the 2002 winter Paralympics will be here before you know it, and the Paralympics naturally will follow the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
	www.disinfo.com /archive/pages/dossier/id479/pg1 (1442 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Paralympics \| Paralympics in a Winter wonderland
		The eighth Paralympic Winter Games are set to take place in Salt Lake City, Utah.
		And for the first time ever, there is just one combined organising committee for both the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
		Links to more Paralympics stories are at the foot of the page.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/paralympics/newsid_1691000/1691288.stm (524 words)

	Winter Paralympics - Accessibility.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Germany's Thomas Oelsner has become the first Paralympian to be stripped of his gold medals after testing positive for the banned substance methenolone, the International Paralympic Committee said on Tuesday.
		The para- prefix in Paralympics is for parallel, a reminder that physically challenged athletes can do many of the same things as the stars of the Olympics.
		The Paralympic Games in Salt Lake City will be the first held in North America, with 500 athletes representing 36 countries competing in 100 medal events in four sports.
	www.accessibility.com.au /special/win_paralym.htm (189 words)

	paralympics: University of Utah News Release: January 28, 2002
		The lecture, "The Winter Paralympics-Past, Present, and Future," is free and open to the public.
		The lecture will include information about the historical origins of the Winter Paralympics, commentary on the current Games, and a review of issues that will shape the Games' future.
		Doll-Tepper is president of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education, former president of the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity, chair of the International Paralympic Committee Sport Science Committee, and serves in other international organizations.
	www.utah.edu /news/releases/02/jan/paralympics.html (304 words)

	Milton feels Winter Paralympics pressure - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News
		Carrying the flag is a fitting honour for the man who won Australia's first alpine ski gold medal in either Olympic or Paralympic competition and has a total of 10 medals to his name, six gold.
		It is a vastly different Paralympic competition scenario facing the 32-year-old from Canberra this time around.
		The Paralympics Opening Ceremony will be held in the same venue as the Olympic ceremonies, Stadio Olimpico, and begins at 7pm on Friday night (5am Sat AEDT).
	www.theage.com.au /news/Sport/Milton-feels-Winter-Paralympics-pressure/2006/03/09/1141701616662.html (737 words)

	Paralympics 2004 >>> News and Information from the Paralympics in Athens
		The Paralympics 2004 in Athens has closed as the most successful Paralympic Games ever.
		Nearly 4000 disabled athletes from 136 countries around the globe competed for 525 Gold medals in 19 sports.
		China with a total of 141 medals (63 Golds) were clear winners on the 2004 Paralympic medals table.
	www.paralympics.com (288 words)

	Paralympics Winter and Summer Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Progetto Piemonte 2006 was created entirely without architectonic barriers and with free entrance for disabled people, and the work to build facilities and to launch Piedmont as a tourist and sport area was the biggest and most capital-intensive project that an Italian region has ever attempted.
		The Australian Sports Commission funds the Paralympic Preparation Program, which the APC administers to provide funding for athletes to undertake high level training, compete against the best in the world.
		French medallists at the 2008 Paralympics are set to make history by earning the same bonuses as the...
	www.squidoo.com /paralympics (1279 words)

	1984 Winter Olympics
		The Games of the XIV Winter Olympiad were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
		The first Winter Games held in a Socialist country.
		Skier Jure Franko won Yugoslavia's first Winter Olympics medal; a silver in the giant slalom.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1984_winter_olympics.shtml (164 words)

	Turin Will Host the 2006 Winter Paralympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Turin was elected to host the 2006 Olympic Winter Games at the 109th IOC Session in Seoul (South Korea) on June 19.
		The Italian city is also prepared to host the Paralympic Games.
		The Paralympic Games have taken place at the same venue as the Olympic Games since the Summer Games of 1988 in Seoul.
	www.paralympic.org /paralympian/19991/09_turin.htm (80 words)

	BBC - Ouch! - Close Up - Next stop, Turin: Nathan Stephens heads for the Winter Paralympics
		Nathan Stephens is among the athletes representing Great Britain at this year's Winter Paralympics in Turin, which takes place between 10 - 19 March.
		While skiing and other sports at the Winter Paralympics might be self-explanatory, you could be very much forgiven for not having a clue what sledge hockey actually is.
		Also, we note that the British Paralympics Association website describes UK skiers Russell Docker and Sean Rose as being "in the form of their lives".
	www.bbc.co.uk /ouch/closeup/nathan_winterparalympics.shtml (524 words)

	ABC Sport - Sport - Mayberry secures Winter Paralympics berth
		A skier from the New South Wales north coast has qualified for the Turin Winter Paralympic Games in Italy.
		Mayberry said he was looking forward to the challenge of competing in the Winter Games in March.
		Mayberry added he and the other members of the Australian team were fine-tuning their Paralympic preparations at a training camp in Colorado before heading to Europe.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200601/s1544256.htm (288 words)

	Paralympics Events Disabled Sports
		At the 2006 Paralympics in Turin, he made a huge mistake on the downhill course...
		India Sports Council of the Deaf, the Paralympics Committee of India and Special Olympic Bharat for organizing various national/international events in India...
		Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games was produced by K-events/FilmMaster Group...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Sports/Disabled/Events/Paralympics (530 words)

	Paralympics - Telstra Kids - Accessibility.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Relive the Winter Dream - all the good old and cold times from the Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City back in 2002 - http://www.paralympics2002.com/
		Originally formed in 1990, the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) is the peak national body responsible for Australia’s elite athletes with a disability.
		SportsJones article highlighting the athleticism of Paralympics participants, and lamenting the lack of media coverage.
	www.accessibility.com.au /kids/paralympic.htm (252 words)

	USATODAY.com - Nine-day Winter Paralympics opens in Torino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		TORINO, Italy (AP) — Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and a crowd of 30,000 on Friday attended the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics, which features 486 athletes from 39 countries.
		Organizers expect 200,000 fans at the Paralympics venues in Torino, Sestriere, Pragelato and Pinerolo.
		Former Olympic ski champions Alberto Tomba and Stefania Belmondo, and Juventus coach Fabio Capello and some of his players were at the two-hour ceremony at the Olympic stadium.
	usatoday.com /sports/olympics/winter/2006-03-10-paralympics_x.htm?... (211 words)

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