After the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics drew to a close, the other Summer Olympics got ready to begin. I’m speaking of the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.
See a slideshow of the Torch Relay for the Paralympics
HERE
The Paralympic torch was lit at the Beijing Paralympic flame lighting ceremony in the Temple of Heaven on Thursday.
(Xinhua Photo)
"In front of the symbolic Hall of Annual Prayer, deaf-mute flamecollector Jiang Xintian lit the flame out of a concave, burnished mirror[before the 13th Paralympics open on Sept. 6].
The flame was then handed to a wheelchair-ridden girl, before it lit a torch held by Liu Qi, president of the organizing committee of the just concluded Beijing Olympic Games.
Liu passed the torch to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who lit a cauldron and announced the beginning of the 10-day torch relay."
Read the article HERE
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U.S. Paralympic Team
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The success of Beijing Olympics provided good experience in presenting an excellent, successful and passionate Paralympics, [Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping]said.
Xi said the country's attention to the rights of handicapped people was a remarkable feature of China's human right cause.
"A successful Paralympics would further promote the development of the country's cause of the disabled," he said.
Chinese Vice Preesident Urges More Efforts On Beijing Paralympics
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"Paralympic athletes personally embody the lofty Olympic spiritby challenging the limits of mankind. I wish for you players to give courage and hope to the entire nation by doing your best at the Paralympics," said the president at the letter.
S. Korean President Encourages disabled Athletes for Paralympics
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Keep updated on the Results of Team USA in the Beijing Paralympics by checking daily on the Beijing Paralympics tab on my sidebar.
