Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2020, the Summer Paralympics included 22 sports and...
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The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes...
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events across 22 sports. These games marked the first time Paris hosted the Summer Paralympics and the second time France hosted the Paralympic Games, following...
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body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports. Founded on 22...
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the Paralympic sports are set by the International Federation (IF) that governs that sport's international competition. The first official Paralympic Games...
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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States...
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the International Paralympic Committee for its sport to become a paralympic sport, though in the latter case, several Paralympic Sports are governed by...
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The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete in snow and ice sports. The event...
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2024 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main highlight for this year is the 2024 Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Paris...
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Boccia (redirect from Paralympic Boccia)
Boccia is governed by the Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) and is one of two Paralympic sports (along with goalball) that have no counterpart...
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Paralympic football consists of adaptations of the sport of association football for athletes with a physical disability. These sports are typically played...
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The 2010 Winter Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'hiver de 2010), or the tenth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British...
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National and International Sports meets.[citation needed] The organization affiliated itself to the International Paralympic Committee, as well as the...
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The medal table of the 2024 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals that were won...
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Parasports (redirect from Adaptive sports)
term Paralympic sports may also be used interchangeably with parasports, though technically this only refers to sports contested at the Paralympic Games...
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of all Paralympic medalists since 1960, organized by each Paralympic sport or discipline, and also by Paralympiad. List of multiple Paralympic gold medalists...
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odd-numbered year and the first Summer Paralympics to be held in a non-leap year. The Games featured 539 medal events in 22 sports, with badminton and taekwondo...
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The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September...
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Para-athletics (redirect from Paralympic track and field)
disability sports, and as organisations were formed by the International Paralympic Committee to organise and regulate the different disability sports, a practice...
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Goalball (redirect from Paralympic Goalball)
Japanese anime, Breakers, where Paralympic sports are featured, originally planned to promote the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Goalballer Sarah Kennedy (Qld)...
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Paralympic powerlifting, also known as para powerlifting and para-lifting, is an adaptation of the sport of powerlifting for athletes with disabilities...
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event for Paralympic sports held outside of Summer Paralympic years. The International Stoke Mandeville Games were the forerunner of the Paralympic Games...
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UK Sport (redirect from United Kingdom Sports Council)
invests around £345m in summer Olympic and Paralympic sports and £24m in winter Olympic and Paralympic sports. These investments are spread over a four-year...
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Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was...
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The Philippine Paralympic Committee (PPC), formerly known as Philippine Sports Association for the Differently Abled—National Paralympic Committee of the...
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and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games where International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability...
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2024 in parasports (redirect from 2024 in paralympic sports)
Summer Paralympics. World Boccia events calendar here. August 29 – September 5: 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris March 22–28: 2024 Paralympic Qualifier...
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Retrieved August 25, 2017. "LA28 updates venue plan to stage Olympic and Paralympic Sports in some of the world's greatest stadiums and arenas". LA28.org. June...
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Paralympics Australia (PA) previously called the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) (1998–2019) is the National Paralympic Committee in Australia for...
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Paralympic shooting, also known as shooting Para sport (Para Shooting), is an adaptation of shooting sports for competitors with disabilities. Shooting...
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