Which sports are in the Paralympics? Of the 22 Paralympic sports, only two do not have an Olympic equivalent — goalball and boccia. Goalball is played on an indoor court the size of a volleyball court with goals set up at each end. Teams of visually impaired or blind players (we...
Goalball is unique to Paralympic sports – a fast, skillful game without an Olympic counterpart in which visually impaired players seek to score by throwing balls into a goal defended by the other team.
First founded as an archery contest for 16 disabled veterans, the games now rival the Olympics as an athletic spectacle.
Katy was the first person in the world with two prosthetic legs to___running as a competitive sport. She entered the final of the 100 meters in the 2012 London Paralympics. Katy’s family, friends and fans look up to her as an___of someone who has overcome her difficulty and achieved...
There are several elements considered key components of the Olympic closing ceremony. First the head of state of the host country enters along with the International Olympic Committee president. Then the national anthem of the host country is played or sung as the host nation's flag is raised....
Paralympicswheelchair sportsdisabled sportsThe increasing number of participants at the Paralympic games clearly shows the growing importance of participating in sport activities for disabled people; but not only competitive sports, also rehabilitation exercise and recreational exercise play a decisive role. ...
The Olympics are the world’s most overwhelming sporting event to follow. Unlike March Madness or the World Cup, there are dozens of different sports, countless rules to familiarize yourself with and the possibility of being fully entranced by an event you can’t quite remember if you’ve ever...
The much smallerIsraeli Paralympicdelegation of 33 athletes –18 women and 15 men – competed in 11 sports and returned home with nine medals in two sports: swimming and rowing. These medals are triple the number of medals won at the Rio Paralympics in 2016. It is the highest med...
This feature makes English fairly adaptable – which is a good thing for a world language – but it causes irregularity in spelling and pronunciation. I: English spelling baffles me, too.P: English also has the largest vocabulary. Often there are words for the same thing, one is Anglo-...
But its popularity signals that associating with the returning president is now far from taboo in the sports world, after the snubs of the first term. Image: Donald Trump dancing with The Village People at a rally before his inauguration. Pic: AP ...