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The Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games were marred by a scandal which saw a Intelectual Disability athletes removed from the next two Summer Paralympics. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Fernando Vicente Martin, former head of the Spanish Federation for Mentally Handicapped Sports, allowed neurotypical athletes to compete at the Games in order to win the biggest ...
Hyginus Anugo, 22, of Nigeria, a 4 × 400 metres relay reserve, was killed after being struck by a car while crossing a street in Sydney eight days before the Games opened. [33] He did not have Olympic accreditation and was not staying at the Olympic athletes' village.
In 2000, East Timor was administered by the United Nations, and did not have a recognised National Paralympic Committee.Two East Timor athletes took part in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, but they competed officially as Individual Paralympic Athletes, rather than as representatives of an NPC.
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Action shot of Australian track athlete Lisa Llorens during her silver medal winning run in the 100 m T20 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Australian track athletes Katrina Webb (left) and Alison Quinn (right) celebrate with their Australian fans in the crowd over their medal wins in the 100 m T38 at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games, Day 07 ...
Eden won a bronze medal in the Men's Discus F42 event at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics. [2] His Paralympic Games career as a competitor finished at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics where he competed in the Men's Discus F42 and Men's 100 m T42 events. At the end of his Paralympic career in 2000, Eden said "I like competing; it is a nice way to meet ...
The first positive results came in the 1992 Barcelona Games with five athletes found to have used banned substances. [14] The 2000 Sydney Games saw fourteen athletes return a positive test, ten of which were in the powerlifting competition. [15] The Paralympics have also been tainted by steroid use.
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