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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 .
Paralympic Awards are presented for the first time. [9] 2006: 10–19 March - Torino Winter Paralympics - 477 athletes from 39 countries; [6] 58 events in 4 sports. Wheelchair curling made its Games debut. [6] IPC launched ParalympicSport.TV, an online TV channel, during the Games [9] and it attracted nearly 40,000 unique viewers from 105 ...
In the Paralympic Games they divide the athletes into different categories based on their disability the categories include: Amputee: -Athletes with a partial or total loss of at least one limb. Cerebral Palsy: -Athletes with non-progressive brain damage, for example cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke or similar disabilities ...
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; German: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports.
The 2024 Paris Paralympics Opening Ceremony will air on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 starting at 1 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. Highlights from the opening ceremony will also be featured in primetime ...
Robert Daniel Steadward, CC, AOE (born May 26, 1946) is a Canadian retired sports administrator, professor, sports scientist, and author. Steadward helped organize the first Canadian wheelchair sport national championships in 1968, and later coached Canada in wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics.
The logo of the Paralympic Games is seen on the Goalball pitch during a visit of the Arena Paris Sud venue ahead of the Paralympic Games, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien ...
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 29, 2024 The victory sets Team USA up well for the remainder of the group stage as they will play the Netherlands on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET.