The 2008 Paralympics in Pictures

Posted by Miss Cellania in Pictures, Sports on September 13, 2008 at 2:49 pm


Over 4,200 athletes from 148 countries are taking part in the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games in Beijing, through September 17th. The Boston Globe has a roundup of great images. Shown is Melissa Stockwell at the Water Cube. She is one of two participating US athletes who lost limbs while serving in Iraq. Link -via Gizmodo

(image credit: Greg Baker/AP)



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3 comments to "The 2008 Paralympics in Pictures"

  1. Noelegy
    September 14th, 2008 at 11:54 am

    Thank you for sharing this! I’m embarrassed to admit that I hadn’t even heard of the Paralympics before this. As others commented on the Boston Globe website, this has received very little media coverage, and that’s a shame.

  2. Absent
    September 14th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

    It’ll be cool if they become the bionic olympics and they start beating the regular olympic records.

  3. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    September 14th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    I think it’s kind of insulting that these games aren’t televised. Why wouldn’t there be as many thrills and excitement as in the “regular” Olympics? Personally, I think it would be more amazing to see a handicapped swimmer win a gold medal than some pumped-up “normal” android (or whatever the hell Phelps is). Oh, well.


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