Paralympic Games called ‘best ever’
March 22nd, 2010
From the Vancouver Sun, [UK] Daily Mail:
As the 2010 Paralympic Games concluded in Whistler Village this weekend, organizers said the event set new records for attendance and visibility around the world.
“What a blast we’ve had,” Sir Phil Craven, the president of the International Paralympic Committee, shouted out to cheering crowds at the closing ceremony. “The best Paralympic Winter Games ever!”
Organizers said they had sold 230,000 tickets, or 85 percent of those available, making this year’s Winter Games the most successful ever held by the International Paralympics Committee. Canadian broadcaster CTV televised the closing ceremony live across the country in both English and French.
Full Paralympics coverage from the Vancouver Sun includes:
- Greatest games ever for Canada’s stoic snow queen
- God in the wheelchair; How religious views of disability are evolving– column by Douglas Todd
- Paralympians pose nude for ‘Baring Bravery’ photo shoot
See also: The call for one Games — Montreal Gazette
Earlier posts here.
(Photo of Russian athlete Maxim Sedakovof from the [UK] Daily Mail)
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March 23rd, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Not everything about the Paralympics was successful.
The biggest disappointment is that although NBC/Universal TV and BBC covered the 2008 Paralympics, neither covered the 2010 Paralympics. This is a setback for the Paralympics, for people with disabilities and for all residents of the USA and UK.