Paralympics

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Paralympics [ˌpærəˈlɪmpɪks]

pl n

(Individual Sports, other than specified) the. a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors Also called the Parallel Olympics

[parallel + Olympics]

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Grey-Thompson Paralympian Paralympic			Byline: By SARAH JUDD TEESSIDE athletes past and present have welcomed news the 2008 Paralympics were the most watched ever. BEIJING WAS BIG WINNER; Joy at record audiences for Paralympics by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) A lot has been mentioned in the news about the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics which are getting funding from the Lottery. Letter: Viewpoints - Show athletes that they are just as special by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) The success achieved by Welsh athletes at this year's Olympics and Paralympics has already shown that we have world-beating facilities and coaches. WALES: Aussie Paralympian boost by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			parallel-veined leaf Parallelable parallelepiped parallelepipedon paralleling parallelism Parallelistic Parallelize Parallelless Parallelly parallelogram Parallelogram of velocities parallelogram rule Parallelogrammatic Parallelogrammic Parallelopiped Parallelopipedon paralogia Paralogical paralogism Paralogize paralogy Paralympian Paralympic Paralympic Games Paralympics paralysation paralyse paralysed paralysis paralysis agitans paralytic paralytic abasia Paralytic discharge Paralytic secretion Paralytical Paralyzation paralyze paralyzed paralyzing Param paramagnet paramagnetic paramagnetism Paramaleic Paramalic paramania Paramaribo Paramastoid paramatta paramecia			paralogisms paralogisms paralogist paralogist paralogist paralogistic paralogistic paralogistic paralogists paralogists paralogists Paralogize Paralogize paralogous locus Paralogous Sequence Mismatches Paralogous Sequence Quantification Paralogy paralumbar paralumbar fossa paralumbar fossa paralumbar fossa paralutein cells Paralympian Paralympian of the Year Paralympic Paralympic Paralympic Games Paralympic Games Paralympic Goalball Paralympic winter games Paralympics Paralympics New Zealand paralysation paralyse paralyse paralyse paralyse Paralysed Paralysed Paralysed Paralysed paralyses paralyses paralyses paralyses Paralyses, familial periodic paralyses. paralyses. paralyses. paralyses. paralysingly paralysis paralysis paralysis paralysis paralysis agitans paralysis agitans paralysis agitans paralysis agitans Paralysis By Analysis Paralysis in Children

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