China’s athletes earned more than twice the number of Medals than Great Britain, who ended the Paralympic Games in second place in the Medal count. Chinese athletes, including runner Li Yansong pictured above, were awarded a total of 211 Medals (89 Gold, 70 Silver, and 52 Bronze). Great Britain earned a total of 102 (42 […]
The 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games wrapped up today amid fanfare and pagentry. Below are a couple of pictures of the events:
Le Le, the mascot of the 2008 Paralympics Games dances during the closing ceremonies.
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, takes the Paralympic flag as the Games are handed off to London for 2012.
The Paralympic athletes […]
When Germany’s wheelchair basketball team (pictured above) defeated Israel on Tuesday to take fifth place in the Paralympic basketball competition, team mate Ahmet Coskun was not among the players. He was kicked out of the Games earlier in the day for testing positive for the banned substance, finasteride on August 23. Finasteride, used to prevent […]
I’ve been awed by the accomplishments of the Paralympic athletes this past week as they have overcome physical challenges to achieve athletic goals most people would never have set for them. There is Oscar Pretorius and his “blades,” Natalie du Toit winning her five Gold Medals, and Barbara Buchan, who survived two months in a […]
South Africa’s Natalie du Toit continues to excel at the Beijing Paralympic Games. The 24-year-old, who lost her leg in a 2001 motorcycle accident, won her fourth Paralympic Gold Medal on Friday in the 400m freestyle event, setting a world record time of 4:43.81 for her disability class.
Du Toit has also won Gold in […]
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Imagine competing in the long jump, shot put, discus throw, 400m, 1500m, 100m, and javelin–all in two days. Then, imagine doing it with a prosthetic leg. That’s what Jeremy Campbell of the United States did in world record style to win the Gold Medal in the Pentathlon at the Beijing Paralympic […]
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Move over Michael Phelps, Sweden’s Jonas Jacobsson just won his 14th Gold Medal in the Paralympic Games, increasing his collection to 23 Medals overall. The 43-year-old won his latest Gold Medal in the mens SH1 10m air rifle event. He is competing in his eighth Paralympic Games and will compete in […]
Oscar Pistorius of South Africa won the Paralympic Gold Medal in the mens 100m event on Monday. Pistorius, a double amputee who runs on specially-constructed blades, is best known for having won the right to compete with able-bodied athletes in the Olympic Games. He failed to qualify, but vows to try again for the 2012 […]
South Africa’s Natalie Du Toit, who won Olympic viewer’s hearts and admiration when she competed in the open water swim in the Olympics, won Paralympic Gold in the womens 100m butterfly-S9 event at the Water Cub on Sunday. Du Toit, who won five Gold Medals and a Silver Medal at the Athens Paralympic Games, set […]
Slovenia’s Veronika Vadovicova was the first to collect a Gold Medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. She led going into the final round of the 10m air rifle standing SH1 event and never relinguished her lead. Finishing second for the Silver Medal was Germany’s Manuela Schmermund. Nilda Gomez Lopez of Puerto Rico finished third […]
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Written by Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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