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The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities.There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, have been held shortly after the corresponding Olympic Games.
Jaydin Blackwell celebrates after winning the men's 100-meter T13 final and setting a new world record during the 2024 Paris Paralympic Summer Games at the Stade de France in Paris on Aug. 31, 2024.
A wheelchair basketball game at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of ten disability categories; impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. [3]
The team then improved to a fourth-place finish in 2016, and third in 2020, and unexpectedly finished first at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The United States was the co-host of the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York. It also hosted the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta and 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City.
Viewers can watch the Paralympics on Peacock, which will cover the event live. NBC will have three time slots to cover highlights from the Games on Aug. 30 at 9 p.m. Eastern time, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m ...
The 2024 Paralympics, which are also taking place in Paris, officially kick off today. Featuring 22 sports and 4,400 athletes from around the world, the 2024 Games will see Paralympians battling ...
The 100 metres sprint has been one of original track events in the Summer Paralympics since 1968. The first track events were for male wheelchair competitors only (female wheelchair competitors took part in 60m sprints in that year, they took part in the 100m sprint in 1976). Able-bodied athletes took part in track events in 1976.
In a photo-worthy finish, teen Paralympian Ezra Frech went for gold at the 2024 Paralympic Games.. On Monday, Sept. 2, the 19-year-old earned his first gold medal with a win in the 100-meter T63 ...