Saturday, August 25, 2012

The Paralympic Games

The Olympics are over with the USA winning with 104 medals of which 46 are gold; but don't worry, there's still more exciting sporting to come! And the next big thrill will be "The Paralympic Games" also being held in London and will start on Wednesday 29th of August!

The Paralympic Games will last for a good 15 days with a lot of interesting variety of events such as wheelchair fencing, sitting volleyball and the one I’m looking forward to the most, the wheelchair rugby! There will also be events that all of us are familiar with such as swimming, cycling track and track and field.

Queen Elizabeth II will be officially opening the games just like she did for The Olympics. Prince Philip was also suppose to attend the opening ceremony, but it looks like he is too sick with a serious bladder infection.

“Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorious is making history by competing in both The Olympics and The Paralympics this year! There were so many complaints about him competing in the 400m run in The Olympics because a percentage of The Olympics fans think that he had an unfair advantage with his bouncy blade feet.

So everyone, don’t forget to turn on your TV starting 29th of August to follow The Paralympic Games! See you guys on the next post.

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