41. Goethe-Institut - Sports - Topics The olympic hosts had frequently refused to organise the paralympics as well, The Athens paralympics demonstrated in more ways than one that sport http://www.goethe.de/kug/ges/spr/thm/en148861.htm

Contact About Us FAQ Presse ... Institutes Sports: Topics The Arts Society Contemporary History Europe ... Search Across All Frontiers – the 12th Paralympics in Athens The 12th Summer Paralympics in Athens have finished. From 17 – 28 September 2004, 3969 athletes from around 130 countries with physical or mental disabilities competed in 19 sporting disciplines for a total of 525 medals. And they were very successful – the competitors amassed 304 world records and 448 Paralympic records, while a global audience became involved on an unprecedented scale. The German team put on a brilliant performance as well – the 213 Paralympic athletes from Germany won precious metal 78 times (of which 19 were gold metals, 28 silver and 31 bronze), which secured them eighth place out of 73 nations. But despite all the victories, the Paralympics does not just focus on the athletes' personal success, it also demonstrates that sporting motivation and fair play across all frontiers encourages people and brings them together. The 12th Paralympics in Athens was also an impressive testimonial not only to the fact that competitive sport for handicapped people has progressed considerably, but to the development of the entire associated area as well – including publicity, work at association level, and promotion of sport by governments and other institutions. Even before the start of the first competition, the Paralympics in Athens claimed its first superlative – they were the biggest games ever held. The athletes, of whom there were around 4000, were accompanied by 2000 support personnel and 15000 voluntary helpers in the 20 competition venues. 3000 media representatives provided 24-hour coverage of the Paralympics. 850.000 tickets for the games were sold.

42. Olympic Sports Face Anxious Wait : Badminton News & Discussion - Badders.com UK Sport has backed a major review of olympic funding that recommends cutting the based on olympics, paralympics and World Championships, by 2012. http://www.badders.com/news/item/644/Olympic-sports-face-anxious-wait

//var DOCUMENTGROUP=''; //var DOCUMENTNAME=''; //var ACTION=''; News Death of a Champion Badminton blow for Scots players Badminton to start new scoring system? Articles The Strangulation of a Sport The Secret of Building Talented Players Gail wants Britain in big league Interviews No Racket over his Retirement Dave Lindley Interview Golden couple seek silver lining Tournament Results Duchy of Cornwall Open Championships DUCHY OF CORNWALL “OPEN” BADMINTON China pulls out of Asian Badminton Championship Comment Pensions For Olympic Medalists Kang Young Joong elected new boss Badminton Coaches Wanted!! main articles Olympic sports face anxious wait Author: BBC Sport Thursday 27 January 2005 UK Sport has backed a major review of Olympic funding that recommends cutting the number of sports and elite athletes receiving financial support. Great Britain finished 10th in the medal standings at the Athens Olympics, but the National Audit Office (NAO) says there is room for improvement. Gymnastics, triathlon, shooting, judo, taekwondo and weightlifting got a total of £12.4m but did not win any medals. Funding levels for the 2008 Games in Beijing will be unveiled next week.

43. Bayer Sport, Paralympics- Home Disabled sports Home paralympics Achievement - results Athletics Sitting volleyball The paralympics - olympic Games for disabled athletes http://www.sport.bayer.com/index.cfm?BEREICH_ID=300

44. Paralympics On Olympics' Heels FREE PRESS sports WRITER. One olympic flame will be extinguished, Buck is anewcomer to the paralympics. Miller won a bronze medal in discus in 2000 at http://www.freep.com/sports/2004olympics/oparalympics11e_20040811.htm

none) new COOLjsMenu("test",MENU_ITEMS); (none) More photos and top stories Multimedia gallery from AP U.S. Olympic team Web site LII.org: Olympic Games ... PRINTER-FRIENDLY FORMAT Paralympics on Olympics' heels Disabled make second use of venues August 11, 2004 BY JO-ANN BARNAS FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER One Olympic flame will be extinguished, but another will be lit Sept. 17. That's the date of the Opening Ceremonies for the Paralympic Games in Athens, where disabled athletes from 130 nations will gather for 11 days of elite competition. Nearly a dozen athletes from Michigan are on the U.S. Paralympic roster, including three who are members of the women's goalball team favored to win the gold medal Nikki Buck of Paw Paw, Asya Miller of Battle Creek and Robin Theryoung of Clarkston. Miller and Theryoung were part of the team that won the 2002 world goalball championships. Earlier this year, Buck and Theryoung were among the first blind or visually impaired to obtain residency at the U.S. Olympic training center in Colorado Springs, Colo. "The Olympic training center has pushed the bar so far up in terms of our conditioning," said Buck, 20. "We realize that there's so much to reach for when we're there in Athens."

45. Athens Olympics :: Fearnley Will Be Hot Stuff At Paralympics The Athens olympic Games Blog is a Site dedicated to the latest olympic News andInformation. sports Illustrated olympics CBC olympic Coverage http://www.livingroom.org.au/olympics/archives/fearnley_will_be_hot_stuff_at_par

Athens Olympics 2004 News, Information and Results Merchandise Athens Medal Table Hot News Paris Hilton Michael Jackson Trial Michael Jackson Trial Verdict American Idol ... World Cup Football News - Germany 2006 Web Olympics Blog Athens Olympic Sports Aquatics Archery Athletics (Track and Field) Badminton ... Wrestling Athens Olympic News Official Athens Games Site ABC Olympic News (AUS) BBC Olympics Coverage Eurosport Olympic News ... Athens Olympics Schedule Other Athens Olympic Blogs 18 Days in August 2004 Olympics OL Weblog 2004 Olympic Fever ... The Olympics 2004 Contributing Bloggers Ande Darren Ian Kit ... Steve Athens Weather Athens Olympics Merchandise Athens Olympics Books Athens Olympics Apparel Athens Olympics CDs Olympic Games Pins ... Signed Olympic Memorabilia Athens Olympic Archives September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 ... May 2004 August 11, 2004 Fearnley will be hot stuff at Paralympics You'd be forgiven for thinking Paralympian Kurt Fearnley has gone a little mad in the lead-up to the Athens Paralympics, but the Carcoar athlete wants the scorching summer heat of Athens to live up to its reputation. Fearnley thrives in the heat and isn't concerned that he'll be racing every day from August 19 to August 27.

46. LII - Results For "olympics" Covers olympics history, athletes, and specific sports. Subjects paralympics olympic Games (28th 2004 Athens, Greece) http://www.lii.org/search?searchtype=subject;query=Olympics;subsearch=Olympics

47. Zeal.com - United States - New - Sports - All Sports - Sports Reference - Events sports sports Reference - Events - olympics - paralympics - paralympicsAthletes. Cara Dunne has medaled in both winter and summer olympic sports. http://www.zeal.com/category/preview.jhtml?cid=577921

48. Apcnews_Jan02 - InternetChallengeTM How many years ago did snowboarding become an olympic sport? 24. Name fourof its winter sports. 25. How did the paralympics begin? Very good! http://edu.ns2000.net/webs/apcnews_Jan02/internetchallengetm.htm

Home New at ThePlanet InternetChallengeTM LessonPlanLinks ... Download With the Winter Olympics approaching, let’s take a cyberspace journey to an award-winning Web site created by six students and their two “coaches” at George Washington Elementary School located in a suburb north of New York City. When you think of the Winter Olympics, you might think of sports like ice skating and skiing. In this month’s Internet Challenge™ we’ll look at some other, less familiar Winter Olympic sports, such as luge, bobsledding and biathlon. These may not get as much publicity, but the athletes involved are as dedicated as any in this world-class sports competition. Ready to begin? The site that we’re going to is called “Unusual Sports in the Olympics.” library.thinkquest.org/J002862/main.htm The title, “Welcome to the Thinkquest Library of Entries,” will appear on your screen. Scroll down the page and click the words “click here to enter this site” or “click image for site.” You’ll see the Olympic rings on the Home page. Click “Sports.” Then, click “Winter.” Read about each of the five sports: snowboarding, biathlon, luge, bobsledding, and curling. Click your browser’s “Back” button to read about another winter sport. Then answer these questions. 1. Which two people helped to create the sport of snowboarding?

49. UK National Audit Office Press Notice - UK Sport: Supporting Elite Athletes Elite athletes competing in olympic and Paralympic sports have been provided withmajor In the paralympics, Great Britain was second in the medal table, http://www.nao.org.uk/pn/04-05/0405182.htm

@import "/screen.css"; @import url("http://nao.org.uk/resizer.css"); Skip navigation Accessibility and accesskey details Sitemap home ... links bigger text smaller text reset text National Audit Office Press Notice UK Sport: Supporting elite athletes THIS STATEMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION OR BROADCAST BEFORE 00.01 HOURS ON THURSDAY 27 JANUARY 2005 Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General HC 182 - SE/2005/9 2004-2005 27 January 2005 ISBN: 0102932034 Price: £10.75 Full Report (608 KB) Executive Summary (162 KB) Elite athletes competing in Olympic and Paralympic sports have been provided with major benefits as a result of lottery funding distributed by UK Sport. However, according to head of the National Audit Office Sir John Bourn, while UK Sport met its Olympic performance targets in Athens, performance in medal terms has been mixed and there is scope for UK Sport to improve its management of the funding programme. To build on the achievement in Athens, UK Sport should be prepared to take tough decisions based on performance about which sports merit funding and on what scale. Between April 2001 and March 2005, UK Sport awarded £83.5 million under its World Class Performance Programme in support of Summer Olympic and Paralympic sports. The funding has enabled national governing bodies of sport to provide a comprehensive package of support services, such as coaching and sports medicine. According to the athletes interviewed by the National Audit Office, there have been dramatic improvements in the services, equipment and training opportunities now available to them. Athletes also receive personal awards which have made a significant difference to their ability to train and compete.

50. Athens 2004 - Paralympics Translate this page Das olympic Stadium, das Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit währen den paralympics 2004,befindet sich in Das Stadion ist Teil des olympic sports Complex. http://www.swissparalympic.ch/paralympics/athen2004/de/sportstaetten_sports_comp

Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OCO) Sport: Leichtathletik Rolstuhl und Standing Wettkampftage: 19. - 27. September 2004 Anzahl Athleten: Erwartete Zuschauer: Distanz zum Paralympic Village: 14.5 km Hauptpressezentrum mehr Informationen und Foto

51. ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games olympic sports. Baseball © ATHOC Get to know all the olympic sports through theeducational animations. more News Articles. 1 Dec http://www.athens2004.com/

Unforgettable Games, Dream Games A grand celebration, the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games, which for 17 days returned to Greece, the country where they were originally born and the city where they revived, is completed. These Games broke many records. Athens hosted 11,099 athletes, the largest number ever and also the most women athletes ever. Representatives of 202 countries took part, more than any other sport event. The Olympic flame traveled for the first time to all continents. Shot Put was held in Olympia and women competed there for the first time. Four billion viewers all over the world watched these Games. They all saw Greece, inside and outside the stadiums. With a warm  Closing Ceremony , full of music and singing, Athens bade a final farewell to the athletes and its guests.  Visit the Closing Ceremony Image Gallery Wallpapers Highlights of the Games Read the highlights of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games and feel again the excitement of the most important events of each competition day. Olympic Sports Get to know all the Olympic sports through the educational animations.

52. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES olympicstyle games for athletes with a disability were organised for the first time The next Summer paralympics in 2008 will be held in Beijing, China, http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/paralympic/index_uk.asp

OLYMPIC GAMES PARALYMPIC GAMES OLYMPIC GAMES SPORTS ATHLETES NEWS ... ORGANISATION P ARALYMPIC G AMES HISTORY Credit: Adam Pretty/Getty Images In 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttmann organised a sports competition involving World War II veterans with a spinal cord-related injury in Stoke Mandeville, England. Four years later, competitors from Holland joined the Games, and the international movement, now known as the Paralympics, was born. Olympic-style games for athletes with a disability were organised for the first time in Rome in 1960. In Toronto in 1976, other disability groups were added and the idea of merging together different disability groups for international sports competitions was born. In the same year, the first Paralympic Winter Games took place in Sweden. PARALYMPIC GAMES Credit: Matt Turner/Allsport The Paralympic Games have always been held in the same year as the Olympic Games. Since the 1988 Seoul Summer Games and the 1992 Albertville Winter Games, they have also taken place at the same venues as the Olympic Games. On 19 June 2001, an agreement was signed between the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee aiming to secure the organisation of the Paralympic Games. The agreement reaffirmed that the Paralympic Games, from 2008 on, will always take place shortly after the Olympic Games, using the same sporting venues and facilities. Since the Salt Lake 2002 Games, one organising committee is responsible for hosting both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games. Athletes from both Games live in the same Village and enjoy the same catering services, medical care and facilities. Ticketing, technology and transport systems for the Olympic Games are seamlessly extended to the Paralympics.

53. Sport And Recreation Site Map paralympics {World Class Sport Melbourne Your sports Training Destination Olympicsports - paralympics}. Elite Training Facilities {World Class http://www.sport.vic.gov.au/web9/srvsite.nsf/pages/NewSiteMap?OpenDocument

54. Differences Between Special Olympics And Paralympics Special Olympics and paralympics are two separate organizations recognized Special Olympics is the world s largest yearround program of sports training http://www.specialolympics.org/Special Olympics Public Website/English/About_Us/

document.write(' '); English About Us Marzena Mrowczynska of Special Olympics Poland works on her strokes during kayaking practice at the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Leixlip, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Along with judo, kayaking was one of two demonstration sports offered in addition to the Special Olympics Official Sports Kayaking was chosen since it is already recognized by the IOC, and offers Special Olympics athletes the opportunity to progress to a second ‘water’ sport. By highlighting the sport and offering training clinics during the 2003 World Summer Games, the hope was to encourage local Programs to develop this sport. [Photo by Adrian Melia, IRELAND OUT] Special Olympics and Paralympics are two separate organizations recognized by the International Olympic Committee. The principal differences between the two lie in the disability of participating athletes and levels of sports ability. In addition, Special Olympics is the only organization that the International Olympic Committee [see Partnerships ] has given permission to use the word "Olympics."

55. Paralympics The paralympics are the secondlargest sports competition in the world, Like the Olympics, the paralympics are a competition of people with the highest http://www.factmonster.com/spot/paralympics.html

Ads_kid=80237;Ads_bid=0;Ads_xl=0;Ads_yl=0;Ads_xp='';Ads_yp='';Ads_xp1='';Ads_yp1='';Ads_opt=0;Ads_wrd='';Ads_prf='';Ads_par='';Ads_cnturl='';Ads_sec=0;Ads_channels='_GNM_Family,_GNM_QLook,_GNM_QPlus,_GNM_RON_Pop-Under,_GNM_RON_Pop-Up,_GNM_RON_Q,_GNM_Under18'; Home U.S. People Word Wise ... Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites Hurricane Katrina Ramadan Children Inventors The Doctor's In ... 2006 TFK Almanac Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia ... Site Map Paralympics Spirit in Motion by Shmuel Ross The Paralympics are the second-largest sports competition in the world, after the Olympics; the 2000 Summer Games included 3,843 athletes from 123 nations. They include athletes with spinal cord injuries; amputated limbs; blindness or other visual impairments; cerebral palsy; mental handicaps; and various other disabilities, including multiple sclerosis and dwarfism. The Paralympics are coordinated by the International Paralympic Committee, founded in 1989 (succeeding several committees that had existed before then), which is the only international organization representing all sports and disabilities. Like the Olympics, the Paralympics are a competition of people with the highest athletic ability. They should not be confused with the Special Olympics, which are open to all children and adults with intellectual disabilities, no matter what their levels of athletic ability are.

56. The Paralympics Olympics In Syndney, Australia Find out what types of sports these athletes are competing in and the history of Between the Olympics and the paralympics Australia had major athletic http://wiwi.essortment.com/paralympicsolym_rdvy.htm

The paralympics Olympics in Syndney, Australia Paralympics were in Sydney, Australia in October 18. Find out what types of sports these athletes are competing in and the history of this specialized olympics. Some of the 4,000 athletes from 125 countries who participated were in wheelchairs, some had cerebral palsy, some had visual handicaps and some had mental handicaps. On October 4, three days after the Olympics ended in Sydney, Australia, the torch relay which led up to the Paralympics began in the same city. The torch went to every capital city in the country. On October 18 a cauldron in Sydney was lit and the city's "other Olympics" began. The Paralympics is not only the premier athletic even in the world for the disabled, but also the second largest sporting event in the world, second only to the Olympics. Between the Olympics and the Paralympics Australia had major athletic competions for 50 straight days. There were 18 events in the Paralympics. As far as size comparison for participation, the 2,000 Sydney Paralympics was about equal to the 1956 Melborne Olympics and twice the size of the 1988 Nagano Winter Olympics. There were competitions for athletes with six categories of disabilities. Some of the events were: singles and doubles archery for standing and wheelchair competitors, with scoring identical to Olympic scoring; athletics, including track, throwing, jumping, pentathalon and marathon; basketball for those with intellectual disability and those in a wheelchair; boccia, for those with cerebral palsy; equestrian events for competitors with all types of disabilities and goalball for those with a visual impairment.

57. Paralympics At The Olympics The Sport. paralympics is an athletic sporting event for the physically The International olympic Committee supports the paralympics and they are http://library.thinkquest.org/J002862/para.htm

History The concept of the paralympics originated at the Stroke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire, England to honor veterans who suffered from spinal injuries from World War II. The inspiration behind the ideas came from Ludwig Guttman, a Jewish neurologist and refugee from Nazi Germany. The first Paralympic game took place in 1960 in Rome, Italy. The games grew by the winter games in 1976 and by the summer games of 1992 in Barcelona, Spain there were 82 competing nations and about 3,500 athletes completing. The Sport Paralympics is an athletic sporting event for the physically disabled including amputees, the blind and persons suffering from cerebral palsy. Some of the summer events the disabled compete in include track, archery, basketball, boccie ball, bowling, cycling, equestrian events, fencing, goal ball, judo, soccer, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball and weightlifting. Some of the winter events the disabled compete in include skiing, ice-sledge hockey, ice-sled, and biathlon. Many of these sports are the ones we chose to explore on this web site!

58. Paralympics The paralympics are recognised by the International olympic Committee (IOC) andgoverned and The paralympics truly signify all that is right in sport. http://library.thinkquest.org/20622/paralymp.htm

The 2000 Paralympic Games will be held Oct. 18-29 in Sydney, Australia. The Games will follow the Olympic Games and use many of the same venues. More than 5,000 athletes from 124 countries are expected to compete and 1,500 media representatives are expected to attend. The United States will have approximately 400 delegates in Sydney. If numbers do not change, the Sydney Games will have the largest participation in Paralympic history. (Atlanta hosted more than 4,000 athletes from 118 countries.) Organisation The Paralympics are recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and governed and sanctioned by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), a member organisation of the IOC. International Federations (IFs), under IPC jurisdiction, represent 5 disability groups and provide the technical guidelines through sports technical delegates for classification criteria to the Paralympics. International Paralympic Committee The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) currently resides in Brugge, Belgium, and is similar to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in form and function. It is an international non-profit organisation established for the purpose of governing and developing the world's elite disabled athletes and The Paralympic Games. English is the IPCs primary language. The IPC is formally recognised and funded, in part, by the International Olympic Committee. The IPC presides over five international federations representing 130 countries and 10,000,000 athletes worldwide.

59. Encyclopedia: 2004 Summer Paralympics See also 1994 Winter Olympics Categories paralympics 1994 in sports Norway See also 1998 Winter Olympics The Seventh Winter paralympics were held http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/2004-Summer-Paralympics

Supporter Benefits Signup Login Sources ... Pies Related Articles People who viewed "2004 Summer Paralympics" also viewed: Paralympic Games 2008 Summer Paralympics 2012 Summer Paralympics 1976 Summer Paralympics ... 2000 Summer Paralympics What's new? Our next offering Latest newsletter Student area Lesson plans Recent Updates American Gigolo Amadeus III of Savoy Alternators Alicia Keys ... More Recent Articles Top Graphs Richest Most Murderous Most Taxed Most Populous ... More Stats Encyclopedia: 2004 Summer Paralympics Updated 72 days 8 hours Other descriptions of 2004 Summer Paralympics The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens Greece , from September 17 to September 28 . The twelfth Paralympic Games , an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as demonstration sports - women's 800 m and men's 1500 m wheelchair races. These races were open to able-bodied people and were without disability classification - as such, they did not form part of the official Paralympic programme. See Wheelchair racing at the 2004 Summer Olympics for more details.

60. Encyclopedia: Paralympic Games However following cheating by the International sports Federation for Persons See also 1964 Summer Olympics The 1964 Summer paralympics were the 2nd http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Paralympic-Games

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