Paralympic Games

De Paralympic Games anaa Paralympics be periodic series of international multisport events wey dey involve athletes wey get range of disabilities. Winter den Summer Paralympic Games dey, wey since de 1988 Summer Olympics insyd Seoul, dem hold South Korea shortly after de corresponding Olympic Games. Ebe de International Paralympic Committee (IPC) wey dey govern all Paralympic Games.

De Paralympics begin as a small gathering of British World War II veterans insyd 1948. Na de 1960 Games insyd Rome draw 400 athletes plus disabilities from 23 countries, as wey doctor Antonio Maglio propose. Currently e be one of de largest international sporting events: de 2020 Summer Paralympics dey feature 4,520 athletes from 163 National Paralympic Committees. Paralympians strive for equal treatment plus non-disabled Olympic athletes, buh der be a large funding gap between Olympic den Paralympic athletes.

Dem dey organize de Paralympic Games in parallel plus den insyd a similar way to de Olympic Games. De IOC-recognized Special Olympics World Games dey include athletes plus intellectual disabilities (although since 1992, na people plus intellectual disabilities sanso dey participate insyd de Paralympic Games), wey na dem hold de Deaflympics since 1924 be exclusive for deaf athletes.

Given de wide variety of disabilities of Para athletes, der be chaw categories insyd wich dem dey compete. Dem dey divide de allowable disabilities into ten eligible impairment types: impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment den intellectual impairment. Dem further divide dese categories into various subcategories.

 Host cities 
YearSummer Paralympic GamesWinter Paralympic GamesEditionHost(s)Top nationEditionHost(s)Top nation19601 RomeItaly19642TokyoUnited States19683Tel AvivUnited States19724HeidelbergWest Germany19765 TorontoUnited States1ÖrnsköldsvikWest Germany19806ArnhemUnited States2GeiloNorway19847 New York City
Stoke MandevilleUnited States3InnsbruckAustria19888SeoulUnited States4InnsbruckNorway19929Barcelona & MadridUnited States5 Tignes den AlbertvilleUnited States19946LillehammerNorway199610 AtlantaUnited States19987NaganoNorway200011SydneyAustralia20028 Salt Lake CityGermany200412AthensChina20069 TurinRussia200813 BeijingChina201010 Vancouver-WhistlerGermany201214LondonChina201411SochiRussia201615Rio de JaneiroChina201812PyeongChangUnited States202016 TokyoChina202213 BeijingChina202417 ParisChina202614 Milan-Cortina202818 Los Angeles203015 French Alps203219Brisbane203416 Salt Lake City
Na dem postpone am to 2021, secof de COVID-19 pandemic, wey mark de first time wey na dem postpone de Paralympic Games. Dem still dey call am de 2020 Summer Paralympics, even plus de change in scheduling to one year later. Na dem hold de Games from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

 References 

 Read further 







 Peterson, Cynthia and Robert D. Steadward. Paralympics : Where Heroes Come, 1998, One Shot Holdings, .
 Thomas and Smith, Disability, Sport and Society, Routledge, 2008, .

 External links 

 Official website
 Paralympic Sport TV, web-TV channel of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)


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Category:Recurring sporting events dem establish insyd 1960
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