This year, 2012, is the year of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Olympic Games have been regarded as the largest and foremost sport event of the twentieth and twent-first centuries. However, there is another Olympic Game that will be held this year just for the disabled. This is the Paralympic Games. Right after the Olympic Games end in the summer and the winter, the Paralympic Games start. It is also one of the largest sports competitions in the world, with thousands of disabled athletes participating in hundreds of events.
The Paralympic Games started out as a festival in Britain for World War II veterans who were disabled after the war. Then, it grew to an annual competition with hundreds of British Veterans. In the 1970s, this event became an official competition and it started to gain international recognition. Now, in the twenty-firs century, it is the main competition that disabled athletes aim for.
What do the symbols in the image stand for?
ReplyDeletethe first image of the five rings is the Olympic Games symbol. The second image with three curves is the Paralympic Games symbol. Both images are in the shape of
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