Voice of America: Biggest Paralympic Games Opens in London Aug 29th 2012, 17:12 Voice of America | Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries | | Biggest Paralympic Games Opens in London Aug 29th 2012, 15:31 LONDON — The Paralympic Games are opening in London, where the afterglow from the Olympic Games will shine on disabled athletes from around the world. The Paralympic flame was lit amid much fanfare Tuesday at the place where concept of sports for disabled people originated, the town of Stoke-Mandeville, about 75 kilometers from this year's Olympic Park. From humble beginnings in a hospital courtyard in the 1940s, the Paralympics has grown to involve nearly 4,300 athletes from 166 ... | | | | |
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