Wheelchair marathon passes Big Ben
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Friendly English policemen - no guns, just smiles
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Trafalgar Square - party goers watched giant screens
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Olympic stadium, water-polo arena, aquatics centre
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Hyde Park music festival - Status Quo, Tom Jones, etc
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The disabled Olympics in London has been a shocker. Seriously, it's shocked many to watch sports with disabled athletes who have no arms, legs or eyes.
Chatting to friends, and reading websites, news reports, and twitters, the shock has been ultra-pleasant!
As an Australian commentator put it, at the Australian Paralympic Games, disabled people were accepted as athletes. At the London Olympics, disabled people were accepted as heroes.
Here's just one youtube celebration of heroes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9VWge-Q_08&feature=fvwbrel
It's been amazingly mind-boggling. At previous Paralympic Games in other countries, I remember watching near-empty stadiums on TV. At London's Paralympics, if you hadn't booked seats early, it was impossible to buy one. Every event was sold out, to cheering crowds.
I couldn't get a ticket either. So yesterday I was in London to watch the Paralympians in their wheelchair marathon. Gosh! To see such focus, strength, and determination was better than watching the "normal" Olympics.
One alternative for these disabled people, is they could have sat at home, and mourned the loss of their arms, legs or eyes etc. But their courage should serve as an example to all. It's surely a boost for all those who moan and groan about their lives. Instead of complaining, get shocked - get up and do something!
Chatting to friends, and reading websites, news reports, and twitters, the shock has been ultra-pleasant!
As an Australian commentator put it, at the Australian Paralympic Games, disabled people were accepted as athletes. At the London Olympics, disabled people were accepted as heroes.
Here's just one youtube celebration of heroes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9VWge-Q_08&feature=fvwbrel
It's been amazingly mind-boggling. At previous Paralympic Games in other countries, I remember watching near-empty stadiums on TV. At London's Paralympics, if you hadn't booked seats early, it was impossible to buy one. Every event was sold out, to cheering crowds.
I couldn't get a ticket either. So yesterday I was in London to watch the Paralympians in their wheelchair marathon. Gosh! To see such focus, strength, and determination was better than watching the "normal" Olympics.
One alternative for these disabled people, is they could have sat at home, and mourned the loss of their arms, legs or eyes etc. But their courage should serve as an example to all. It's surely a boost for all those who moan and groan about their lives. Instead of complaining, get shocked - get up and do something!
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