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The other day I spent a fascinating morning watching able-bodied children sit down in wheelchairs and try out Paralympic sport. The coaches organising the wheelchair basketball session were disabled and some of the kids involved also had disabilities.

Beijing It was a five-star show from swimmer Natalie du Toit at the Beijing Paralympics. The 24-year-old South African, who lost her left leg in a motorcycle accident back in 2001, was entered in five events at the Water Cube - it would have been six but for an administration error that meant she missed the 100m backstroke - and won them all.

sports.yahoo.com The Olympian who threw away his bronze medal had reason to be upset, judges rule. The Armenian-born Abrahamian—who also lost a 2004 Olympic semifinal match on a disputed call—initially wanted judges in the bout tossed out and his medal restored.

"A special set of four stamps is being jointly issued by the Royal Mail and China Post to mark the handover of the Olympic Flag from Beijing to London. The 1st class stamps feature landmarks from the two cities, including Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium where the track and... read more

There are 205 teams competing at the Olympic Games. But only 192 of these are from countries represented at the United Nations Ten of these are Caribbean or Pacific islands (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Cook Islands).

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With the 2008 Olympic Games now in full swing in Beijing, China's most prominent Linux vendor, Red Flag, has announced the availability of a special "Olympic" edition of Red Flag Linux. This is a preview of the upcoming stable release 7.0. The product is an installable live CD....

Taiwanese plan to skirt Olympics flag ban Posted on August 13, 2008 by sanooaung TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Taiwanese newspaper says fans are preparing to skirt a Chinese ban on displaying the Taiwan flag at the Olympics by waving the Myanmar flag instead.

      Anyone who watched Friday’s spectacular Olympic opening ceremony from Beijing would probably agree what they saw was “unreal.” Turns out they would be right. First it was revealed that the Chinese officials–with the blessing of the Olympic Committee–faked part of the amazing fireworks that occurred during the ceremony.

The Olympic Games have become one of the biggest sporting events of our time. Athletes from the entire world take part. Their achievements are watched from both near and far by hundreds of millions of spectators. The five rings on the Olympic flag represent the international nature of the Games.