What are the paralympic games?
"As the Opening Ceremony for the 1948 Summer Olympic Games commenced in London, a similar sporting competition was taking place a few miles away. But the men at Stoke Mandeville weren't your typical athletes. They were paralyzed World War II veterans. The games at Stoke Mandeville were so successful...
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New York :
Penguin Workshop,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- What are the Paralympic Games?
- The idea forms
- The early years
- Challenge on the court
- Growth and change
- Legend in the pool
- Paralympic breakthroughs
- Wheels on the track
- A victory, a scandal, and a record
- It happened in Athens
- Teammates and rivals
- Unexpected endings
- All-around athletes
- 2018 and beyond.
