From August 24 to September 5, Tokyo 2020 hosts the Summer Paralympic Games. A total of 540 gold medals will be at stake in 22 disciplines.

Since the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, 3,027 gold medals have been awarded in the sport. The USA has won the most with 385. 5. Ninety-two countries ...

1. The Paralympics started at a UK hospital · 2. Women are evening up the score · 3. The medals are accessible, too! · 4. Wheelchair rugby was once called ' ...

The Paralympic Games was originally a rehabilitation program · Several sports are unique to the Paralympics · Not all Paralympic sports allow the use of aids.

16 мая 2021 г. · The Paralympic Games were founded by Sir Ludwig Guttmann, a Jewish doctor who fled Nazi Germany to England, where he opened a spinal injuries ...

11 сент. 2024 г. · Gold medals in the Paralympic Games are actually silver medals plated with gold. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympic/Paralympic Games, each medal was made ...

26 июн. 2024 г. · With plans to host an estimated 4,400 Paralympic athletes, including a record-breaking 236 medal events dedicated to women's competitions, this ...

7. The hoop used in wheelchair basketball is 3.05 metres from the ground, just like at the Olympic Games. 8. Para-swimming is the only Paralympic sport.

13 сент. 2016 г. · The Paralympics are younger than the Olympics, but in just sixty seven years they have grown to encompass more than 170 countries and 4,000 ...