September 18, 2008

Daring to win

We all saw opening ceremony and games... on TV and even saw some great pictures online...

...but I don't think the Paralympic Games that followed the main Olympics in China and ended just yesterday, have got as much coverage in mainstream media.

Well...at least you can now enjoy some amazing pictures from the Paralympic Games, thanks to Boston.com. [Hat tip to Kaushik Gala, who shared the above link with me on an email-list]

Amazing people; perhaps even more amazing than Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, Shawn Johnson, and even the Dara Torres's of the world!

Btw, top 10 medal winners at the games...

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China China 89 70 52 211
2 Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain 42 29 31 102
3 Flag of the United States United States 36 35 28 99
4 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 24 18 32 74
5 Flag of Australia Australia 23 29 27 79
6 Flag of South Africa South Africa 21 3 6 30
7 Flag of Canada Canada 19 10 21 50
8 Flag of Russia Russia 18 22 23 63
9 Flag of Brazil Brazil 16 14 17 47
10 Flag of Spain Spain 15 21 22 5

Table from Wikipedia.

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Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. - Bernadette Devlin

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