41. Active Australia - Programs - Women And Sport - Women In The Olympics - A Brief Women at the Paralympic Games The paralympics, or ‘Parallel in the same countrythat hosts the olympic Games. There are some sports that are only for people http://www.activeaustralia.org/women/olym_hist.htm

Women in the Olympics - A Brief History National Policy History Sporting Attire Osteoporosis ... The Girl's Game - ABC Radio with Amanda Smith, 29 September 2000 Women have played an enormous role in painting the Olympic picture. Since Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain won gold in singles tennis at the 1900 Paris Olympics, many women have put their stamp on Olympic history. There are those who have dominated, like the great Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen who became the first woman to win four gold medals in a single Games, and Larissa Latynina of the Soviet Union, whose nine gold, five silver and four bronze over the course of three Olympiads remains a record for men and women. There are those who are renown for their "firsts" like Nadia Comanici who became the first Olympic gymnast male or female to score a perfect 10 in competition and American Joan Benoit who won the first women’s Olympic marathon in 1984. Women athletes in many countries have historically made a disproportionately high contribution to the medals count at the Games. This has certainly been true for Australia. In certain Olympic sports, particularly swimming and track and field, Australian women have been outstanding. For example in track and field up to and including Atlanta, since 1948 women have constituted just over 30% of the track and field team but have won 75% of all medals and 11 out of 14 gold medals.

42. Virtual Reference Library - Sydney Olympics information about Sydney and the olympic venues Sydney 2000 paralympics (This website no longer has news and information about, the sports, athletes, ticketing http://www.suthlib.nsw.gov.au/www_links/hot_topics/olympics.htm

home Bookshops Business Education ... Subject List Sydney Olympic Games Sydney 2000 - Official Site of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games (This web site no longer exists) The official olympic web site has news, results, daily summaries, athlete profiles, information about Sydney and the Olympic venues. Sydney 2000 Paralympics (This web site no longer exists) Part of the official Sydney 2000 web site, the Paralympic site has news and information about, the sports, athletes, ticketing, venues and schedules. International Olympic Committee Information about the IOC, upcoming Olympic Games and and Olympic Museum. Olympic Co-ordination Authority (http://www.oca.nsw.gov.au/) This site no longer exists. Information about the planning process leading up to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and the Sydney 2000 Paralympics including, games venues, environmental programs, visitor information and more. Virtual Library for the Olympics http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/vl/olympic/olymwelc.htm

43. What Are The Paralympics? in paralympics and the olympic Games, Special olympics is unique in that it encouragesparticipation and the year round, lifetime benefits of sports training. http://www.canoe.com/Paralympics/what.html

What are the Paralympics? A quick rundown: Athletes: Special Olympics involves over 500,000 athletes from 8 to 80 with mental retardation. Paralympics provides world-level competition for elite athletes with any disability. This year, for the first time, some individuals with mental retardation will compete in the Paralympic Games. Many of these athletes received their training through Special Olympics. Olympic Games are open to any athletes who qualify. Competition: While competition and winning are just as important to Special Olympics athletes as those in Paralympics and the Olympic Games, Special Olympics is unique in that it encourages participation and the year- round, lifetime benefits of sports training. We call this "Training for Life." Research shows that Special Olympics participation leads to higher social competence and better self-esteem among participating athletes. Ability Levels: Every year there are over 15,000 Special Olympics competitive events around the world. Competition in 23 sports is open to athletes of every ability level. Special Olympics does hold World Games every two years, alternating between Summer and Winter Games, to bring together Special Olympics athletes from around the world. The ninth Special Olympics World Summer Games in New Haven, Conn., in July, 1995, involved more then 7,000 athletes from over 140 countries and drew 500,000 spectators. The next Special Olympics World Winter Games will be February 1-8, 1997, in Toronto, Canada. Sources: Special Olympics International, Associated Press

44. The Aij The Games will feature 14 sports that are on the olympic sports program as wellas sports that are unique to the paralympics boccia, goalball, powerlifting http://journalism.uts.edu.au/subjects/oj2/oj2_s2000/the_aij/paralympics.html

T op Stories: Features: Opinion: ... Contact the editors: History of the Paralympics The Paralympic Games is the premier international event for elite athletes with disabilities and one of the largest sporting events in the world - bigger competitions than the Commonwealth Games and the Winter Olympics. They focus on the athletic achievements of participants, rather than their disabilities and the title 'Paralympic' is derived from the word 'parallel', as the games are conducted parallel to the Olympic Games. Athletes include those blind and partially sighted, amputees, with cerebral palsy, paraplegics, tetraplegics, wheelchair athletes and those with an intellectual disability. The Paralympic Games grew from the work of Dr Ludwig Guttman, a German-born neurosurgeon who established the National Spine Injury Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in England in 1944. He first introduced competitive sport to rehabilitate soldiers with spinal cord injuries sustained in World War II.

45. Welcome Moldova Magazine - News, Business, Culture, Education, Science, Travel, The paralympics are complementary to the olympics. The general philosophy of theParalympic Games is to follow the rules of the olympic sports as much as http://www.welcome-moldova.com/articles/paralympic.shtml

English Russian Home Web Exclusive Tourist Info ... Contact Us Paralympic Committee Of Moldova History of the Paralympic Games The Paralympic movement began with the idea of using sports as a practice for rehabilitating war veterans. In England in 1948 the neurologist, Sir Ludwig Guttman, decided to use sports to improve the quality of life of soldiers mutilated or wounded during the war. In July of that same year the first edition of the Stoke Mandeville Games was held, at the same time as the opening of the London Olympics. Four years later the International Games on Wheelchairs were held. After the Olympic Games of 1960 in Rome, the first Paralympic Games were held, in which 400 athletes from 23 nations participated. Throughout time the Paralympics movement - which until the Roman Games involved only athletes on wheelchairs - added new classes of participants with different types of physical, visual and mental disabilities. The prefix "para-", initially deriving from the word paraplegic, acquired a different meaning over the years: today it means parallel. The Paralympics are complementary to the Olympics. The general philosophy of the Paralympic Games is to follow the rules of the Olympic sports as much as possible. Such a philosophy is already implied in the name of the event. The term “Paralympic” derives from the word “Olympic” and the suffix “para”, a Greek preposition, which means “close to”. The Paralympic Games is an elite sports event in terms of both the organization and the actual competition.

46. Paralympic History world to date, second only to the olympic Games. Competitive sports dispel the ageoldstigma surrounding The paralympics truly signifies all that is right in http://www.usaba.org/Pages/parahisty.html

The Paralympic History Overview The Paralympics are a multi-sport, multi-disability competition of elite, world-class, disabled athletes. Although similar in scope to the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games provide an elite competition opportunity to athletes with a functional disability, which precludes their involvement in open competition of the Olympic Games. Paralympic athletes go through rigorous training year-round to prepare for their respective events. They are the best of the best, who through determination and hard work, earn the honor of representing the United States on the competitive playing field at the Paralympic Games. The Paralympic Games are held approximately two weeks after the Olympic Games in the same host city/country. The Paralympic Games are distinctly different than the Special Olympic World Games. The two, which are often confused as one in the same, are totally separate competitions. Each Games are developed by entirely different organizations which have different objectives. The Paralympic Games provide world-class competition for elite disabled athletes at the highest level. Much like Olympians, Paralympians compete for gold, silver and bronze medals against the best-disabled athletes in the world. Special Olympics International focuses on participation of everyone and involves athletes from ages 8 to 80 with mental retardation. All participants are considered winners and receive medals. The first Paralympic Games was held in Rome, Italy in 1960. Four hundred athletes from 23 countries participated. Since its humble beginnings, the Paralympics has blossomed and grown in size and complexity. The Paralympic Games is part and parcel of the Olympic Games. The Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee organized the 1988 Paralympics to be held in the Olympic venues two weeks after the Olympic Games. Barcelona and Lillehammer followed suit hosting the summer and winter Paralympic Games respectively, utilizing a similar time frame.

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Home Greece Hotels in Athens Contact Welcome Make the best deal for your accommodation in city of Athens in Greece. Our a portal tourist information site provides services for individuals, groups and professionals, who visit the wonderful Greece and especially the city of Athens With our tourist network we offers on line bookings for accommodation, car rentals, transfers, cruises, coach excursions, guided walking tours, sporting activities, cultural events, and other high quality services. Enjoy your virtual tour and make hot deals about your holidays in Attica. Enjoy Greek hospitality with us ... Home Contact Info http://www.olympiakoi-agones.com http://www.olybiakoi-agones.com http://www.olymbiakoi-agones.com ... http://www.olympiada.biz Athens 2004 Olympic Games Accommodation - Residences, lodgings, Apartments, Houses,Rooms, Villas, Hotels, residence, apartment, room, villa, hotel for 2004 Olympics in Athens, Crete hotels, Olympic sports in Greece in Athens 2004 Olympic sports in Greece in Accommodation Olympic Games Athens 2004 Olympic sports in Greece in Accommodation Olympic Games Olympic sports in Greece in Athens 2004 Olympic sports in Greece in Accommodation Olympic Games Athens 2004 by Greek internet services and description for this tourist guide for Greece rooms in Athens- Greece , greek internet services in Greece

50. Governance - U.S. Paralympics Paralympic Committee (IPC) recognizes the US olympic Committee (USOC US Paralympicsis applying for membership as a Paralympic sports Organization within the http://edweb6.educ.msu.edu/kin866/govuspara.htm

Home Contents Governance Organizations ... Webmaster U.S. Paralympics The following information was obtained in February 2002 from Charlie Huebner, chief executive officer of U.S. Paralympics, and is used with his permission. What is U.S. Paralympics? U.S. Paralympics serves as the Paralympic Division of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). U.S. Paralympics also exists as its own 501-C-3 entity. The general role of U.S. Paralympics is enhancing Paralympic programming in the USA. Mission U.S. Paralympics has two missions: To be the world leader in the Paralympic movement by developing comprehensive and sustainable elite programs integrated into Olympic NGBs. To utilize our Olympic and Paralympic platform to promote excellence in the lives of persons with disabilities. Vision Win medals - USA is number one in the world in Paralympic medal count and gold medals. Win hearts and minds - utilize Olympic and Paralympic platform to promote healthy lifestyles and excellence in the lives of persons with disabilities by extending the brand in collaboration with existing resources. Inclusive - reach out to key demographic audiences and constituencies to create an inclusive movement.

51. South African Sports Commission - Application: Medical Teams For Olympics And Pa Application Medical teams for olympics and paralympics, olympicS paralympics2004. MEDICAL TEAM APPLICATIONS. olympic Games sports physician. Physiotherapist. http://www.sasc.org.za/PageMaster.asp?ID=134

52. Paralympic Games The paralympics sell Day Passes for $15 each. 17 days after the Closing Ceremonyof the olympic Games countries competing at the event in the 18 sports on the http://www.tobic.com/aus/paralympics1.htm

Oct 21, 2000 Paralympic Games As you may have heard, the Paralympics are in town - just a mere two weeks after the Olympics. This weekend is the first full fledge weekend that the games are underway. Myself, a co-worker and two of his friends decided to meet at 8:30am at a train station. From there, we would take the train to the Olympic Park, and attend the games. The ticketing is different than the Olympics. The Paralympics sell "Day Passes" for $15 each. They allow you to enter the park for one day, and attend all events on a first come first seat available basis. Promo Material The Games will be held from 18 - 29 October, 17 days after the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games. There will be 4000 athletes from 125 countries competing at the event in the 18 sports on the competition program, 14 of which are also on the Olympic sports program. Unique to the Paralympic Games are boccia, goalball, powerlifting and wheelchair rugby. A Paralympic sports festival atmosphere will be created at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay, which is home to 14 of the 18 sports. Cycling, equestrian, sailing and shooting will be held at satellite venues within 30 minutes drive of Sydney Olympic Park. What is the background to the Paralympic Games?

53. Paralympics Chief Stresses Independence For Group And Athletes - 2002 Winter Oly IOC by prospective olympic host cities, of course — is that olympic sports areall more time and energy to raising the profile of the paralympics, Craven said http://deseretnews.com/oly/view/0,3949,70001792,00.html

Events schedule Format story for printing E-mail a copy of this story Paralympics chief stresses independence for group and athletes By Leah L. Culler Deseret News staff writer It was a climbing accident at the age of 16 that landed Philip Craven atop the organizational chart of the International Paralympic Committee. Philip Craven Well, perhaps Craven's ascent to the top of the group that oversees world-class sporting contests for "differently abled" athletes didn't happen in his formative years. But his accident as a teen was a turning point for Craven. It allowed him to fine-tune his athletic skills, spread his leadership wings and raise his voice in support of the Paralympic Games. During his time in the IPC's top post, Craven, who was elected in December, intends to "make certain that athletes with less movement will have just as great a chance to compete in Paralympic sport." According to the Web site for the 2002 Paralympic Winter Game www.paralympics2002.com

54. Aarogya.com "The Wellness Site" - International Day For Disabled Persons in paralympics and the olympic Games, Special olympics is unique in that it encouragesparticipation and the yearround, lifetime benefits of sports training. http://www.aarogya.com/Miscellaneous/Events/Disability/paralypmics.asp

Search www Search Aarogya Ask The Doc Catalogue Drug Search Sitemap ... International Day For Disabled Persons Paralympics 2000 Competitive Sports For The Disabled The Paralympic Games are the zenith of competition for elite athletes with physical disabilities. The fundamental philosophy guiding the Paralympic movement is that these world-class athletes should have opportunities and experiences equivalent to the non-disabled athletes. In order to compete in the Paralympics, each athlete must meet strict qualifying standards and be selected to his or her national team. They follow the Olympic Games every two years, with both summer and winter games. The Paralympics are not to be confused with the Special Olympics, for athletes with mental retardation. This year's Paralympics in Atlanta features 3,500 disabled athletes from 120 nations. The Paralympic Games began in Rome in 1960 and have been held every Olympic year since, usually in the city or country hosting the Olympic Games. Athletes: Trivia Famous Disabled People Movies on Disabled People Paralympics Highlights Disability Support Group Articles Latest News Organizations Working with Disabled People ... Pathak Special Olympics involves over 5,00,000 athletes from 8 to 80 with mental retardation. This year, for the first time, some individuals with mental retardation competed in the Paralympic Games. Many of these athletes received their training through Special Olympics. Olympic Games are open to any athletes who qualify.

55. Lukol Directory - Sports Events Olympics olympic Sponsor Site featuring the IOC Medical Commission s Sport Sciences Prize areheld, the ancient games and World olympic Records, paralympics. http://www.lukol.com/Top/Sports/Events/Olympics/

Lukol Directory - Sports Events Olympics ... International Olympic Committee [Official site] A variety of information involving the candidate and host cities, events, IOC policies, international sports federations, national Olympic committees, and Olympic museum. [Site in French and English] http://www.olympic.org/ Around the Rings Online News and photos about the business and politics of the Olympic movement worldwide. Edited by Ed Hula, a radio correspondent for Radio 2UE in Australia and KSL Newsradio in Salt Lake City. http://www.aroundtherings.com International Olympic Numismatic Federation Official site featuring the collection and study of coins, bank notes, medals and tokens. Contains event information, collector resources and a photo gallery. http://www.collectors.olympic.org/e/fino/index2... Olympic Truce Describes the history of the concept of world peace through sports, description of the foundation and news items. http://www.olympictruce.org/ US Anti-Doping Agency USADA, the independent agency, is responsible for managing the testing for U.S. Olympic, Pan Am, and Paralympic athletes, and for preserving the integrity of sport through research initiatives and educational programs. http://www.usantidoping.org/

56. Press Box - Week In Review-U.S. Olympic Sport Highlights - 6/5/2002 olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy. paralympics (May 31) US paralympics has announcedthe athletes selected to participate in the International Blind sports http://www.usocpressbox.org/usoc/pressbox.nsf/0/7d54a33ba51b23da87256bcf0065e191

57. Press Box - Week In Review-U.S. Olympic Sport Highlights - 5/15/2002 associate coach during the 1994 olympic Winter Games paralympics (May 12) The USparalympics Soccer Training Roller sports (May 10) USA Roller sports (USARS http://www.usocpressbox.org/usoc/pressbox.nsf/0/9e0e97ff4b46c7b887256bba0071399c

58. Sports, Events: Olympics received by country, historical facts, articles about various sports, and athlete areheld, the ancient games and World olympic Records, paralympics. http://www.combose.com/Sports/Events/Olympics/

Top Sports Events Olympics ... Weightlifting Related links of interest: Sports:Disabled:Mentally Challenged:Special Olympics 2002 Winter Olympics - Provides a listing of medals received by country, historical facts, articles about various sports, and athlete biographies. A Journey Through: The Olympics - An interactive site about Olympics, the IOC, how the competitions are held, the ancient games and World Olympic Records, Paralympics. Includes also message boards to voice out opinions on olympic issues, interactive puzzles and quizzes. Andrew Jennings: The Great Olympic Swindle - Investigative journalism work on Olympic corruption. Evidence of cheating, doping and bribes related to the International Olympic Committee by Andrew Jennings. Around the Rings Online - News and photos about the business and politics of the Olympic movement worldwide. Edited by Ed Hula, a radio correspondent for Radio 2UE in Australia and KSL Newsradio in Salt Lake City. AskMen.com: The Other Side of the Olympic Games - Article exposing the scandalous side of the games. Austrian Olympic History - Historical results of Austrian athletes competing at Summer and Winter Olympics. Includes medal count tables of all countries. An unofficial site.

59. The Salt Lake Tribune - 2002 Winter Olympic Games flag, which had five teardrops at the 1994 paralympics. t be confused with the fiveOlympic rings. For instance, the International Committee of sports for the http://www.sltrib2002.com/Main/Story.asp?NUM=718859&VOL=03132002

60. Apcnews_Jan02 - InternetChallengeTM until you see the olympic rings on the Home page. Click “paralympics.” 23. Whocan participate in the paralympics? 24. Name four of its winter sports. 25. 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?

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