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Paralympics

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About Paralympics

The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, have been held shortly after the corresponding Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

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On the show — 27 mentions total

The Spanish basketball team had to return their gold medals of the Paralympics in 2010, because their IQs turned out to be too high.

from 13: No Such Thing As A Funny Nazi, 2014-05-31 at 00:12:19 · read transcript

Other times Paralympics came up

  1. Yeah. It was awesome. I don't actually have much We sat in Homebush, which is the big stadium that was built for it. The Paralympics wasn't a big deal in the country. It's sort of the Olympics was such a big deal. 2000. 2000. I remember on the day, my impressions of it were the stadium was virtually empty. It was a lot of school excursions, which is what we were on.

    No Such Thing As Parachuting Into Hollyoaks, 2023-06-08 · listen

  2. No, it's not. Am I the only one here? No, I did that. Oh, thank you. I was so much. I first thought was, whatari and Kriya... It was in that just happened. I went to the Sydney Paralympics. Did you? Yeah. It was awesome. I don't actually have much memory. We sat in Homebush, which is the big stadium that was built for it. It wasn't... The Paralympics wasn't a big deal in the country.

    482: No Such Thing As Parachuting Into Hollyoaks, 2023-06-09 · listen

  3. Only open at Twilight. It's named after Survelding. Robert Pattinson, who was an MP for Grantham in the 1920s. Margaret Thatcher's old constituency. Strong link between Paralympic dressage and Margaret Thatcher. Sophie Wells, the rival of Sophie Wells. Seville was won silver in 2012. Her rival who took gold was called Michael George. If my son name was Michael, no, if my son was George who had a son, I'm not sure I'd call him Michael.

    No Such Thing As Parachuting Into Hollyoaks, 2023-06-08 · listen

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