The Paralypmics are the Olympics for people with a handicap, visual impairment or a cerebral palsy. In 1948 organized Sir Ludwig Guttman a sportgame in England for veterans from the Word War ll with a back injury. Four years later did also athletes from The Netherlands. The international event was born. The first edition was in 1960 in Rome. Until 1972 there are only athletes in wheelchairs. From 1976 also do amputees and peoples with visual impairments. The same year there also were held The Winter Paralympics in Sweden (Örnsköldsvik).
Currently is a sport event for athletes from 6 different groups of handicaps. The number of athletes that participate had grown very hard, from 400 athletes in Rome in 1960, to 4200 at the olympics in Peking in 2008. The Paralympics are always held in the same year as the Olympics and from the summer of 1988, are always in the same city held.
There are 6 different categories: Athletes with an amputation.
Athletes with a brain damage.
Athletes who drive in a wheelchair.
Athletes with a visual impairment.
Athletes with an intellectual disability.
Other ''Les Autres'': Athletes with a physical disabilities.
On the program are in 2008, 20 paralympic games. Rowing stands for the first time on the program:
Swimming Sail Cycling Volleyball Blind Soccer
Tennis Rugby Shooting Screens Table Tennis
Equestrian Judo Archery Goalball Boccia
Bench Press Athletics Basketball Rowing Soccer
The winter Paralymics are in 2012 5 Paralympics:
Alpine Skiing
Biathlon
Cross-Country Skiing
Wheelchair Curling (since 2006)
Sledge Hockey
The capital of the United Kingdom is London. And London is also the capital of England. There are 7,5 million residents. It is the state of the most residents of the european union. It's also the political, the economic and the cultural center of the whole country. London is considered as one of the fore most traditional world states. Together with Paris, Tokio and New York City. In London are a lot of famous buildings, like the Big Ben, the historic place the Tower of London and next the Tower Bridge.
The London Eye is a big ferris. It's 135 meter high, weighs 1.700 ton and has 32 capsules. The London Eye was built in 1999 and then is was the biggest ferris of the world. The ferris was build in order from British Airways in connecting with the millennium in 2000.
In 1908 and 1948 organized London the Summer Olympics. In 2005 the organisations get the Olympics 2012 inside. London will be the first city which organizes the Olympics three times.
London was founded by Brutus van Troje. He was the legendary first king of United Kingdom from 1104 bc to 1081 bc.
The metropolis London, or Greater London, located in the southeast of England. Greater London covers an area of 1.572 km2. Right trough the city flows the river The Theems.
London consists of thirteen boroughs. The boroughs self are also divided into different districts. The city has a total of 32 administrative units.
London had a temperate climate. It does not rain so much. And also it snows not so much. Probably it had to do with the heat islandeffect.
Athletics is one of the oldest sports from the Olympics in Greece. In total there are 24 components to win medals. It's an old sport where the athletes individual or in groups have to perform. Athletics is called on the road and on athletes track practiced. Athletic is called 'the mother of sports', because it includes the most basic human movements. (walk, jump, trhow) 
- Running Horde - Race Walking - Related sport: Triathlon
