Sentence examples for paralympics from from inspiring English sources

The Olympics, which end on August 24th, will be followed by the Paralympics from September 6th to 17th.

But traffic controls on private vehicles will apply only to downtown Beijing starting Aug. 28 and through the Paralympics, from Sept. 6 to 17, the officials said.

Ade Adepitan is on Channel 4 presenting the Paralympics from 29 Aug. C4 is the domestic host broadcaster of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Several team members say they were inspired to compete when the watched the Beijing Paralympics from their hospital beds, he says.

As impressive as the ad is, the huge push given to it by Channel 4 is a clear bid to bring the Paralympics from the sporting wings to centre stage.

Perhaps inevitably, it was Pistorius who personified many of the issues around the London Paralympics – from the vastly increased profile that has made him one of the most recognisable sportsmen on the planet to the complex debates about classification and technology that the movement now has to wrestle with.

From 10am TV broadcast privileges for the Paralympics switch from the BBC to Channel 4. The broadcaster will be screening from 7am on terrestrial Channel 4, flipping to More 4 when not on the main channel, and with unlimited coverage on three further dedicated channels available on Sky, Virgin and Freesat and online at channel4.com.

Bangor skier Kelly Gallagher said she was "upset" after a second early exit in as many days prevented her from adding another medal to her Super-G Winter Paralympics gold from Monday.

Lady Grey-Thompson, who won 11 gold medals at the Paralympics from 1992 to 2004, and is a regular critic of government policy on disability issues in her new role as a life peer, said the legacy of 2012 was mixed.

Diagnosed with transverse myelitis at the age of 24, she began playing wheelchair basketball in 1991 and participated in the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, the Gliders, at three Paralympics from 1992 to 2000.

The London 2012 Paralympics run from 29 August and will follow the Olympic Games, which take place from 27 July to 12 August.