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  2. Paralympic Games - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Paralympic sports - Wikipedia

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    The Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2020, the Summer Paralympics included 22 sports and 539 medal events, [1] and the Winter Paralympics include 5 sports and disciplines and about 80 events. [2] The number and kinds of events may change from one Paralympic Games to another.

  4. Summer Paralympic Games - Wikipedia

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    Tennis: Tennis at the Paralympics is played with all the same rules as able-bodied tennis with the exception that the ball is allowed to bounce twice, and the first bounce must be within the bounds of the court. It is open to athletes with a mobility related disability which means that they cannot compete on equal terms with able-bodied tennis ...

  5. Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics - Wikipedia

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    Until the 2024 Games, only two women competed in the event, the Dutch Monique de Beer and the Canadian Sarah Hunter, both competed in 2004 and 2008, but the Dutch is still the only woman to win a medal at the Paralympics, a bronze in the doubles event in 2004. Current events. Men's singles; Men's doubles; Women's singles; Women's doubles; Quad ...

  6. List of Paralympic Games host cities - Wikipedia

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    The games have primarily been hosted on the continent of Europe (15 games). Eight games have been hosted in Asia and five in North America, and one games has been hosted in the region of Oceania. In 2016, the Paralympics were held in South America for the first time. No Paralympic Games have been hosted in the continents of Africa and Antarctica.

  7. Why do Team GB and ParalympicsGB run separately? - AOL

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    The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960, 66 years after the maiden modern summer Olympics. The British Paralympic Association was founded in 1989 and has overseen Games participation ever since.

  8. Australian Paralympic wheelchair tennis team - Wikipedia

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    Wheelchair tennis first entered the Summer Paralympic Games in 1988 as a demonstration sport and as a full medal sport at the 1992 Barcelona Games. [1] Australia has competed at every Paralympic wheelchair tennis competition. There are two categories of medals - open division and quad division. [1] Notable Australian performances:

  9. United States announces team for 2024 Paralympics, with ... - AOL

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    The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) released the full, 225-member team roster on Monday. Team USA will have 110 male and 110 female Paralympic athletes — plus five guides ...