Paralympics The Paralympic Games is a big sporting event for athletes with disabilities. It takes place just after the Olympics‚ every four years. The athletes compete in 20 different sports and are split into six different categories of disability which are; amputee‚ celebral palsy‚intellectual disability‚ les autres‚ vision impaired and wheelchair. Around 4‚000 athletes take part in the Paralympics from around the world. The London 2012 Paralympic Games will run from Wednesday 29 August to Sunday
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The Paralympic Movement Sport is a very important and essential part of our life. Sport makes us happy‚ healthy‚ keeps us fit‚ makes us more organized and better disciplined. People all over the world are fond of sport and a lot of people are also fond of sports competitions. The most famous sports competitions are The Olympic Games. The Olympic Games are an international sports competition which is held every four years in a different country. Thousands of athletes from all over the world compete
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Will Paralympics athletes be equal to abled Olympic athletes? Oscar Pistorius will run in the 2012 summer Olympics after achieving the qualifying time. All of a sudden people or the able athletes are scared of what an athlete who is disabled can achieve and face the possibility of being outrun. For the first time in history an athlete will run in both Paralympic and Olympic event. I strongly believe that if he has qualified with the correct time he should run in the Olympics but like any competition
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What have the Paralympic Games achieved for Disabled peoples Human Rights? Introduction. In this essay I will look at the impact the Paralympic Games have had on the human rights of disabled people in specific relation to sport and maintain that whilst there have been significant improvements to the lives of disabled people since the Human Rights Act 1998 what has had the greatest impact on the lives of disabled people and their participation in sport has been the United Nations Convention
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not the day or two. When you see a prosperous person‚ remember that his way to success has most probably been hard and long‚ while most of us only see his results and have an illusion that he caught his luck easily. If you have ever watched Paralympic Games‚ each of the participants who became professional sportsmen despite being disabled is an excellent example of outstanding patience and fortitude. However‚ we don’t always get
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development of transistor-controlled motors and adapted it to their interest by adding a motor to their manual wheelchair design. In 1952‚ the beginning of wheelchair sports occurred with the first games held at the Stoke Mandeville Rehabilitation Center in England (Cooper R. A. 1996). After than the first Paralympic Games were held in Tokyo‚ Japan 1964. The revolution in lighter weight manual chairs driven by the need and
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III‚ A. A. W‚ Rothstein‚ L & Reeve‚ C. (2002). Raising the Bar: New Horizons in Disability Sport Paciorek‚ M. J. & Jones‚ J. A. (1994). Sports and Recreation for the Disabled (2nd Ed.) Paralympics (2010). Paralympic Games. Retrieved 5 October 2010 from http://www.paralympic.org/Paralympic_Games/ Paralympics (2010). History of Sports for Persons with Disabilities. Retrieved 5 October 2010 from http://www.paralympic.org/IPC/History_of_Sports.html Special Olympics (2010). History about Special
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international competition‚ the 2009 Oceania Paralympic Championships in Darwin‚ Ahmed has gone on to claim back‐to‐back 100mbreaststroke crowns at the Australian Championships(2010 and 2011)‚ with both victories coming in world record time. He was then among the favourites for gold in his events at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. Ahmed has been coached by Brad Harris under the Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club since 2009. At the 2012 Paralympic games‚ Moira Kelly‚ Ahmed’s adoptive mother‚ boomed
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There are many initiatives that go beyond the sports competitions arena for the Special Olympics (Kinet‚ 2015). These initiatives help to fulfill the program into areas that the intellectual disabled need it the most. They go above the sports and into everyday life and help them to maintain a healthy and happier lifestyle. The Healthy Athlete’s initiative is one that was started in the response to much needed health care for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The official launch of this
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“Power Wheelchair Racing is a new sport that was introduced in 2006. There are few to no sports that are available for people with high level injuries‚ and people with limited mobility. Power Wheelchair Racing can be done by anyone with a power chair. This sport is good for your mind‚ body‚ and soul. Not only is it fun‚ but its filled with excitement and challenges. Everyone is welcome to join in PWRA. Racing classes (levels) will be made to match racers equally by speed‚ abilities‚ and experience
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