participation across all groups in society through the Games; and • Ensuring that the OIympic Park can be developed after the Games as one of the principal drivers of regeneration in East London. Opportunities for economic growth The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are already producing a considerable economic benefit all around the UK. British companies have been able to access almost £6 billion of contracts to build and supply the 2012 Olympic Games. Bringing in high value investment is another key
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they feed on your reaction and if they see you being affected by what they say or do‚ they’ll keep doing it. If paralympians had their minds posted to the bad comments people give‚ they would’ve never reached success. The reason why I chose the Paralympics instead of the Olympics as inspiration‚ is the fact that paralympians are disabled and they need to work so much harder to gain a certain goal. Their disability can easily break their will to keep on working towards these goals as well as their
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time‚ not the day or two. When you see a prosperous person‚ remember that his way to success has most probably been hard and long‚ while most of us only see his results and have an illusion that he caught his luck easily. If you have ever watched Paralympic Games‚ each of the participants who became professional sportsmen despite being disabled is an excellent example of outstanding patience and fortitude. However‚ we don’t always get
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so they develop Spread Phenomenon. Spread Phenomenon occurs when we tend to associate one disability like mental impairment with a person who has physical disability .Zupan doesn’t like the fact that people think Special Olympics is the same as Paralympics‚ this is considered a Spread Phenomenon. Zupan and USA team also don’t like many stigmas’ that are associated with Paraplegic conditions. For Instance‚ Scott Hogsett who is one of the members for the USA team describes a situation when a family
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London Games gives Singapore hoteliers a boost Singapore based hoteliers are doing brisk business in London‚ for the period of the upcoming London Olympic Games. This article was published on 25 June‚ 2012 written by Yasmine Yahya on The Straits Times newspaper. Which 95% of the rooms of The Ascott‚ Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (M&C) and Frasers Hospitality were booked. The games had actually started on 27 July‚ 2012. In addition‚ GuocoLeisure will also have benefit like for example 5
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the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games has provided a boost to London’s renewal‚ giving the opportunity to enhance and accelerate existing plans‚ and making new projects possible. The Games will take place throughout July – September 2012: Olympics takes place 27th July – 12th August Paralympics takes place 29th August – 9th September • 26 Olympic sports in 31 venues • 20 Paralympic sports in 21 venues • 10‚250 Olympic athletes and 4‚000 Paralympic athletes • 20‚000 press and
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Assisting Sport for Disabilities Disability Identification Due to the Paralympics being held in London in 2012 the British public were treated to a media extravaganza. With the fantastic live coverage that was available‚ we not only got to witness a fantastic spectacle where competitors would compete to a very high level‚ we also got to see behind the scenes footage of how the athletes live with their personal disability in their day to day lives. These high profile athletes brought awareness
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their interest by adding a motor to their manual wheelchair design. In 1952‚ the beginning of wheelchair sports occurred with the first games held at the Stoke Mandeville Rehabilitation Center in England (Cooper R. A. 1996). After than the first Paralympic Games were held in Tokyo‚ Japan 1964. The revolution in lighter weight manual chairs driven by the need and
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ASL 101-06 Professor Anisa Guy 10/13/11 Journal: Deaflympics The Deaflympics is an event similar to the Olympics but geared towards the hearing impaired ("Disabled World"). This event first began in 1924‚ where it took place in Paris ("Disabled World"). The Deaflympics became the first international athletics even held for people with disabilities. This event was originally called the International Games for the Deaf‚ International Silent Games‚ World Games for the Deaf‚ and occasionally
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without both fibulas. His parents decided to have both his legs amputated below the knees when he was very young so that he could learn to walk with prosthetic legs and feet. Pistorius is a natural athlete and has participated in many events in the Paralympic games. He uses artificial limbs named Cheetahs made from carbon fibre. Pistorius should be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games because his use of carbon fibre blades does not go against the Olympic motto and creed. The Olympic motto is “citius
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