1) What does paralympic mean?
2) What is the paralympics motto?
3) Who is the most famous paralympic athlete?
4) Why are the paralympics important?
5) Write a short note on paralympics?
Answers
Answer:
1. a series of international contests for athletes with disabilities that areassociated with and held following the summer and winter Olympic Games. — called also Paralympic Games.
2. The Paralympic motto is "Spirit in Motion". The motto was introduced in 2004 at the Paralympic Games in Athens.
3. Trischa Zorn.
4. They display great determination and courage to overcome mental and physical obstacles. They are truly inspirational because they prove that few things are impossible. TheParalympics also raise awareness of mental and physical disabilities in the hope of creating a better life for those with disabilities.
5 .The Paralympic Games or Paralympics are a periodic series of international multi-sport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities, including impaired muscle power (e.g. paraplegia and quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, post-polio syndrome, spina bifida), impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency (e.g. amputation or dysmelia), leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment andintellectual impairment. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).