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In 1976, and in 2010, Canada also hosted the Olympic Games counterpart, the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics respectively. Canada did not host the Paralympic Games counterpart to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta; this was the last Winter Olympics that the host city did not also host the Winter Paralympics.
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. Host cities are selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Currently, they are selected seven years in advance. [1]
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 ...
The Summer Games of 1988 held in Seoul was the first time the term Paralympic came into official use. "Spirit in Motion" is the current motto for the Paralympic movement. The current Paralympic flag is used since 2020 and contains three colours, red, blue, and green, which are the colours most widely represented in the flags of nations.
Several team sports will also begin group-stage play. At 7:30 a.m. ET, Team USA’s mixed-gender wheelchair rugby team will face Canada, where Sarah Adam is poised to make history as the first ...
The women's goalball team qualified by being one of two teams from the 2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament to not have qualified through other tournaments. Roster. Canada's roster of six athletes was named on June 24, 2021. [14] The following is the Canada roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [15]
The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games are nearly here. We've rounded up everything you need to know, from the featured sports, to how to stream, and more. The 2024 Paralympics Kick Off Today!
a Postponed to 24 August to 5 September 2021, [24] due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the first time that the Paralympic Games had been postponed. They are still called the 2020 Summer Paralympics, even with the change in scheduling to one year later. [25]