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SPECIAL OLYMPICS
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OLYMPICS
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PARALYMPICS
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Olympic-type sports for persons who are classified as having a learning disability (* USA and some Special Olympics programmes may use the term - Intellectual disability)
Some athletes may also have a physical disability, but first classification = ID
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Olympic sports for elite sportspeople
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Elite sports for persons with a disability – principally a physical or sensory disability
Impairment Classifications = Athletes with Cerebral Palsy (CP-ISRA), Athletes with Spinal Cord Lesion, Spina Bifida and Polio (ISMWSF), Athletes with Blindness (IBSA) and Athletes with Les Autres or Amputations (ISOD)
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Athletes of all ages are catered for:
Minimum age for entering competition = 8 yrs
NO upper limit – in 1987 there was a 70 yr old Swedish Level I artistic gymnast
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Age of athletes vary according to sport, but few very young or old athletes
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Age of athletes vary according to sport but few young or older athletes
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All ability groups are included in the sports competition
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Elite athletes only – entry standards
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Elite athletes only – entry standards
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Year-Round Training and Competition
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Year-Round Training and Competition
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Centralized training prior to competition
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Every athlete receives recognition for all events
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Only first three are recognised
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Only first three are recognised
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Some events have been adapted to meet ability levels of athletes
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Regular standardised competition
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Some events have been adapted to meet ability levels of athletes
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Summer and Winter World Games
every 4 years –
First International Summer Games in 1968, Chicago, USA; First International Winter Games in 1977, Colorado, USA
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Summer and Winter Olympic Games every 4 years –
First Modern Olympics held in 1896, in Athens, Greece; Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix, France in 1924
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Summer Paralympic Games one month after Olympic Games – begun in 1988 after Seoul Olympic Games
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Independent organisation and structure
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Government supported
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Government supported
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Competition Levels:
School- Local, Area/District
State/Province, National
Regional, International
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International Only
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State, National, Regional and International
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