Following A Successful 'Warm-Up', London Gets Ready For The Real Games - The Paralympics!

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After hosting a spectacular 'warm-up' Olympics, Londoners are now ready for the real event - the 2012 Summer Paralympics! The 11-day competition, which begins tonight and will continue through September 9th, 2012, enables athletes with disabilities ranging from mobility to blindness and even cerebral palsy, to showcase their athletic prowess in an international arena.

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  • oskellingr4
    oskellingr413년 이하
    I learnt: the Dutch Sensation hasn't lost a match since 2003 and Esther Vergeer is the world's top-ranked tennis player since 1999
    • averrenkampr4
      averrenkampr413년 이하
      It is important that we have the paralympics because then even if you are disadled you still can have fun when you are in a wheelchair!
      • ghortonr4
        ghortonr413년 이하
        that they play and tennis
        • jjohnstonr4
          jjohnstonr413년 이하
          wow, some of these people are amazing i mean like playing tennis in a wheel chair any way.so the awnser for me is that it is that it is very important that we have paralympics so the people that are disabled can have a chance to enjoy life.so cooooooooooooool
          • mbachr4
            mbachr413년 이하
            I never new there was wheelchair tennis,Australia's Kurt Fearnley who won the gold at the 2008 Beijing and Rome hosted the world's first International Paralympics Games. so disabal people can compet
            • rbaxterr4
              rbaxterr413년 이하
              how do they play basketball in wheel chairs? it must take a lot of skills!
              • oskellingr4
                oskellingr413년 이하
                I think that its amazing how they can put up with the pain and that they are that good! I wish Dahnie was in the Olympics for gymnastics.
                • jseabrookr4
                  jseabrookr413년 이하
                  People in the paralympics are very telented.
                  • hwoottenr4
                    hwoottenr413년 이하
                    Wow it's great to see all the athletes trying hard in all the great sports!
                    • spowrier4
                      spowrier413년 이하
                      1)They are disabled 2)They play tennis in the paralympics 3)They are very talented

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