Paralympic Games follow the Olympic games in ten days. After the 2010 Vancouver Olympics athletes are finished, what they do best, Paralympics from all over the world converge on Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia to compete.
So really, what are the games?
-What constitutes disability?
-What sports can we expect?
-Where to get position every sport?
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So just what are the games anyway?
The Second World War had a profound effect on the people of the world that has experienced this terrible conflict. Millions of brave soldiers, sailors and airmen lost their lives in search of freedom for the rest of us to win.
For every death, many more wounded and many were disabled for life. Thousands were in wheelchairs. Countless of these brave souls had lost limbs.
Sir Ludwig Guttmann wasBorn in Poland in 1899. In 1939 he was working one of the leading neurologists in a Jewish hospital in the beautiful city of Wroclaw on the Oder. He was forced to flee to England when the Germans invaded Poland.
He firmly believed that sport was a wonderful therapy to build strength and well-being of those who were seriously injured. The British government founded the National Spinal Injuries Centre in a village near London and asked him to be the director ofCenter.
He could play various games organized for the disabled. occur every year a couple of games athletes would have been included to 1953 approximately 145th
Administrators Olympics began to take note of these games were in Rome and in early 1960 after the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games is well since then. Guttmann was the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his outstanding Leadership Award. L 'Paralympic Winter Games were held in Sweden in 1976 and became an integral part of the 1992 Olympic Games as games in Albertville.
What constitutes a disability?
There are six basic groups within the competence of the Paralympic Movement. These are spinal cord injuries, visual impairment, amputations, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and another group with disabilities, the field outside the other and do not fall into anyCategory.
Every sport has its own classification rules. The athletes are governed by officials know how classifiers, their sport's athletes look inside and out. If an athlete improves, he / she may be reclassified upward or downward. The system is evolving and is always open to revision.
What sports can you expect?
There are four competitions for the Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010.
Ski Alpin.
Withthe invention of the mono ski sport has gained popularity very quickly. Now, skiers with disabilities who can not stand to stay in position and fixed on crutches with special short skis, are able to check and maintain their balance.
Cross Country
With the Paralympic Games 1976 in Örnsköldsvik in Sweden the sport of skiing has its beginning. The first is the classical form was allowed. were now 30 years later, many changesOpening the doors to a large number of skiers with a variety of disabilities.
Wheelchair Curling
The sport got its start at the Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy. very similar to regular curling the athlete sitting in a wheelchair player, or push the stones with action arm or a keyword that a slide on the ice with concentric rings. The task of pushing the stone is more challenging than regular curling, for athletes to play whileThe chair is stationary.
Ice Sledge Hockey
The exciting sport of Ice Sledge Hockey had its introduction in 1994 of the Paralympic Games in the beautiful city of Lillehammer, Norway. The basket is usually made of aluminum with two blades of steel. Players have two double sided sticks. They have a shot at one end and a curved blade, which they use to flip the disc. The collection can win the player on the ground to push the sledges on the ice.
BiathlonSkiing and Shooting
The main difference between Olympic and Paralympic Biathlon Biathlon is the firing position. It 's always the stomach in the latter sport. The categories are the same in the long run. The equipment for skiers who do not have the use of his legs with a device called a sit-ski. This is a very challenging sport.
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