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The rise of the Paralympics

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The First Official Paralympic Games

The first official parolympic games were held in stot mandeville, France. There were 21 nations participating and 330 athletes who had spinal cord injuries. They competed in a hundred and 17 events over nine sports. In 19 forty-nine there were only two sports and 36 athletes or 39 athletes. But the games grew and grew at stot Mandeville until they became international.

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