ANNOUNCE EARLY TASTE OF THE CARNAGE THAT IS WHEELCHAIR RUGBY TONIGHT
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I was riding my bike in Spain.
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Scotty wins the participation medal
Honestly, the Paralympics should be held before the Olympics when the hype is still building not after where it becomes an afterthought
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ANNOUNCE ā ā ā ā ā ā IN SCOTLAND
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Commonwealth games comes more interesting where we might actually be more competitive in athletics without the US there. I mean Kenya and Jamaica still are but might be able to have relay teams make finals and stuff like that.
Thatās actually a fair shout.
Its probably logistically impossible but Iād live to see them ran at the same time.
Not one story at all on the main page of news.com.au about the Paralympics
Says it all really
*and they are an official team sponsor
The Hun has three articles in its online edition.
should run it all concurrently and make the olympics 4 weeks
I lived in Sydney in 2000. No Olympics attendance for me (I cycled the marathon route, to ascertain what parking would be removed).
I went to one day of Paralympics; 10 bucks (?) and you could go to any event that day. Was cool.
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Paralympics is a separate organisation from the Olympics.
ANNOUNCE MURDERBALL
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These guys certainly donāt skip arm day.
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ANNOUNCE BROKEN CHAIR
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ANNOUNCE SOME OF THE SWIVEL MOVES ARE LEGIT INSANE
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Oh cool, didnāt know this was a mixed gender sport
has a bit of robot wars about it
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Boccia is a para sport - Bowls without the lawn.
Iām sure itās not āpolitically correctā, but on now is ummm ahhh little people shot putting
It was originally developed as a series of physical exercises to develop coordination in muscles etc for people with cerebral palsy. Nothing to do with height AFAIK.