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Paralympics
5 Sep 2012 10:46 pmI've been a bit missing in action for the past few days - mainly because I've been glued to the TV most evenings watching the Paralympics.
I'm guessing that, as a lot of my friends complained that coverage in the USA of the Olympics was not brilliant, American friends won't have anywhere near as much coverage of these games as we do. Especially as the US doesn't seem to have all that many high class competitors - presumably you don't have many college scholarships for paralympians?
But, for friends who are watching, wasn't it fascinating to see Alex Zinardi win a gold medal in the cycling? The urge to compete is obviously hard to resist! And I love the style of Terezinha Guilhermina of Brazil, the blind sprinter - she is the most gloriously sparkly person there, I think.
Although I must admit that my absolute favourite sport is the wheelchair rugby - it's not known as murderball for nothing!
I'm guessing that, as a lot of my friends complained that coverage in the USA of the Olympics was not brilliant, American friends won't have anywhere near as much coverage of these games as we do. Especially as the US doesn't seem to have all that many high class competitors - presumably you don't have many college scholarships for paralympians?
But, for friends who are watching, wasn't it fascinating to see Alex Zinardi win a gold medal in the cycling? The urge to compete is obviously hard to resist! And I love the style of Terezinha Guilhermina of Brazil, the blind sprinter - she is the most gloriously sparkly person there, I think.
Although I must admit that my absolute favourite sport is the wheelchair rugby - it's not known as murderball for nothing!
