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P a r a l y m p i c s The Paralympic Games, or Paralympics, are a major international multi-sport event, where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, and they are held immediately following their respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The Paralympics have grown from a small collection of British World War II veterans in 1948 to the second-largest international sport event in 2008. The formal explanation of the term "Paralympic" is that it derives from the Greek preposition παρά, pará ("beside" or "alongside") and thus refers to a competition held in parallel with the Olympic Games. The Summer Games of 1988 held in Seoul was the first time the term "Paralympic" came into official use. Image credit: Scholz & Friends Image credit: Alexignatiou Template:/box-footer Great Britain competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from March 7 to March 16, 2002. The team was able to be made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom; athletes from Northern Ireland, who elected to hold Irish citizenship under the pre-1999 article 2 of the Irish constitution, were eligible to represent either Great Britain or Ireland at the Paralympics. However no Northern Irish athletes took part in the Winter Paralympics until 2010 in Vancouver. In order to be eligible to take part in the Games athletes had to have a disability that fell into one of the six Paralympics disability categories. Two British athletes competed, both in alpine skiing events, and no medals were won. The size of the team was a decrease from that which had entered previous Games, in the 1998 Winter Paralympics 20 British athletes had participated. One reason for this is that whilst funding for the two athletes was provided by the British Paralympic Association, it totalled only £1,500 compared to the £4 million worth of funding available to British athletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Kirill Mikhaylov from Russia is awarded the 'Order for Services to the Fatherland, fourth degree' by President Dmitry Medvedev. Kirill Mikhaylov from Russia, is awarded the 'Order for Services to the Fatherland, fourth degree', by President Dmitry Medvedev, for winning three gold and two silver in biathlon and Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver. A total of 13 athletes were awarded state decorations. Yip Pin Xiu (Chinese: 叶品秀; pinyin: Yè Pǐnxìu), born 1992) is a Singaporean backstroke swimmer. She has muscular dystrophy and competes in the S3 category for the physically impaired. Since 2005, she has won medals in international competitions such as the World Wheelchair and Amputee Games, Japan Paralympic Swimming Championships and International German Paralympic Swimming Championships. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the 50 metres backstroke and a silver medal in the 50 metres freestyle, setting world records in both events. Hence she was conferred a state medal, the Meritorious Service Medal. Her achievements contributed to public debate about the treatment and recognition of disabled athletes in Singapore. Image credit: melandering ...that Jeroen Straathof is the first and still only sports person in the world to represent his country at the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics and the Paralympics? ...that the Spanish Paralympic basketball team were stripped of their gold medals from the 2000 Sydney Games because ten of their players did not have a disability? ... that in January 2006, British Paralympic sprinter John McFall's racing prosthesis was stolen, but anonymously returned a week later? Template:/box-header Paralympics on Wikinews The Paralympics Task Force is a task force that helps to assemble writers and editors interested in Paralympics related articles. The aim of this project is to standardize and improve articles related to the Paralympics, as well as to create any missing articles. To become a member of this Task Force (anyone may join), simply click here - and add {{user|YourUsernameHere}}  FA   A   GA   B   C   Start   Stub   FL   List   Book   Category   Disambig   File   Portal   Project   Redirect   Template   NA   ???  Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 More info on project.... Template:/box-footer Whistler, BC, site of the 2010 Winter Paralympics. Whistler, BC, site of the 2010 Winter Paralympics. 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