Q. What do you understand by Paralympics ? Explain the answer
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The word “Paralympic” derives from the Greek preposition “para” (beside or alongside) and the word “Olympic”. Its meaning is that Paralympics are the parallel Games to the Olympics and illustrates how the two movements exist side-by-side.
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The originator for paralympic game is Sir luding Guttmann. He started paralympic movement that finally developed into paralympic games. Now the paralympic games are the world’s largest sporting event for the people with physical, visual and intellectual disabilities .In 1948 Sir luding Guttmann organized a sports competition for British world war II veterans patients with spinal with spinal cord injuries.These games were known as the stoke Mandeville games .in fact these games were a great success and boosted the movements momentum. By1960 the games had become very popular and in the same year these games were held in Rome after the Rome Olympics. In 1976, paralympic Games events for amputees and visually impaired athletes were organized for the first time. After four years the events for the athletes with cerebral palsy were included in 1980 Paralympic games. Inspite of these improvements, the paralympic games were still not considered equal or parallel to the Olympic games