Paralympics The Paralympic Games is a big sporting event for athletes with disabilities. It takes place just after the Olympics‚ every four years. The athletes compete in 20 different sports and are split into six different categories of disability which are; amputee‚ celebral palsy‚intellectual disability‚ les autres‚ vision impaired and wheelchair. Around 4‚000 athletes take part in the Paralympics from around the world. The London 2012 Paralympic Games will run from Wednesday 29 August to Sunday
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The Paralympic Movement Sport is a very important and essential part of our life. Sport makes us happy‚ healthy‚ keeps us fit‚ makes us more organized and better disciplined. People all over the world are fond of sport and a lot of people are also fond of sports competitions. The most famous sports competitions are The Olympic Games. The Olympic Games are an international sports competition which is held every four years in a different country. Thousands of athletes from all over the world compete
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What have the Paralympic Games achieved for Disabled peoples Human Rights? Introduction. In this essay I will look at the impact the Paralympic Games have had on the human rights of disabled people in specific relation to sport and maintain that whilst there have been significant improvements to the lives of disabled people since the Human Rights Act 1998 what has had the greatest impact on the lives of disabled people and their participation in sport has been the United Nations Convention
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Will Paralympics athletes be equal to abled Olympic athletes? Oscar Pistorius will run in the 2012 summer Olympics after achieving the qualifying time. All of a sudden people or the able athletes are scared of what an athlete who is disabled can achieve and face the possibility of being outrun. For the first time in history an athlete will run in both Paralympic and Olympic event. I strongly believe that if he has qualified with the correct time he should run in the Olympics but like any competition
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Life orientation Paralympics Group members: Cleo arendse Danielle Africa Jamie Williams Charne downes Names of different Paralympics Games Sport. . . * Archery * Athletics * Boccia * Cycling Road * Cycling Track * Equestrian * Football 5-a-side * Football 7-a-side * Goal Ball * Judo * Power Lifting * Rowing * Sailing * Shooting * Table Tennis * Sitting Volleyball * Wheelchair Basketball * Wheelchair Fencing * Wheelchair Rugby * Wheelchair
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range of strategies and initiatives to try and encourage us all to lead a healthier and physically active lifestyle. There are also a range of issues that can affect an individual’s participation in sport; the sports legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games‚ the role of the media‚ race and economic influences can all affect participation. Sports development will tackle some of these issues and the impact they have on individuals. The first part of the unit gives learners the opportunity to
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organised by Suffolk Sport‚ the County Sports Partnership for Suffolk‚ in association with local authorities‚ sports clubs‚ schools and other sports partners across Suffolk is the largest multi sport event in the County. With the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London only a couple of weeks away‚ the Suffolk Youth Games offered the young people of Suffolk a small taste of what it is like to take part in a large-scale‚ multi-sport event. The competition in all nine sports was hotly contested
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Business Project Management: Case study of a project P1 –Outline the stages of the project life cycle for a selected project London 2012 Games Construction Project London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games created the need for a major regeneration and constructions programme to provide the venues and infrastructure needed to stage the games. The project was extensive‚ technically and politically challenging and up against a fixed deadline of July 2012. The publicly funded body established in 2006
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Both the winter Olympics and Paralympics are the two mega sports event‚ where most of the countries will participate. The winter Olympics‚ is held in winter where most of the games are played. On the other side‚ the Paralympics‚ are for the people who are physically disabled sports persons. These are the world’s biggest sporting events‚ where sports person can show their talent and skills to the entire worlds. These are not only just a game event‚ it brings the whole world together and spread humanity
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In today’s era of modernisation‚ ’sports’ have become a popular topic of discussion around the globe especially among youngsters. The government‚ society and even NGO’s are implementing many new ways to cultivate sports for all. They have always been trying to improve the sports in their country. This is especially to bring up the name of the nation in international events such as the Olympics‚ World Cups and so on. Sports is an important ingredient for a healthy lifestyle. The question that arises
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