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As you approach Olympic Park you cannot but be impressed by the image of UK’s Ellie Simmonds who, at 17 years, is swimming at her second Paralympics. So far she has won 2 golds, 1 bronze and a lot of hearts…
I am in awe of the Australian Paralympic athletes! Such enthusiasm and excitement at being at the event. Not a tear in sight at winning silver or bronze instead of gold, but instead they are enjoying the…
When the mascots for the Olympics (Wenlock) and Paralymics (Mandeville, above) were announced, the response was somewhat cool, if not downright negative. And while we may eventually warm to the one-eyed…
Day 6 had 14 sports on the program with 52 medal events in 8 sports (including the first day of medals in Boccia and Wheelchair Fencing). There are just two sports that are yet to start competition (road…
Day 5 of the Games had 14 sports in the program with 50 medal events across seven sports. Australia won five medals. Russell Short won a bronze medal in the F11/12 shot put and achieved a season’s best…
It’s not about gold medals, it’s not about prosthetic designs: it’s the legacies that remain. The IPC’s charter say the broad area of legacies are: accessible infrastructure development of disability sport…
The debate about Pistorius’s comments about blade length is very interesting. He has recently apologised for the timing of the comments. In my humble observation, it is only double-leg amputees who can…
In keeping with the achievements of all Australian Paralympic medal winners, the 1,000th medal was a team gold medal in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay in a Paralympic record time of 3:50:17. An APC media…
The ABC has come up trumps both in terms of the quantity and quality of its TV coverage of the Paralympic Games. The quantity is evident in the amount of time devoted to the Paralympics. Sports fans are…
Day 4 of the Games had 16 sports in the program. There were 60 medal events in eight sports. Rowing There were four Rowing finals at Eton Dorney. As with all Paralympic sports, rowers are classified in…