Para-lympics

[MightyEagles]

Para-lympics start shortly.

[Dogwatcher]

Good luck to Rod Farr in the discus, shot and javelin.

[magpie in the 80's]

south australians competing in these games

ATHLETICS

Rodney Farr
Kirrilee McPherson
Kathryn Parrish
Michael Roeger

CYCLING

Felicity Johnson
Melissa Leckie
Kieran Modra
Katie Parker (Pilot)


EQUESTRIAN

Grace Bowman

JUDO

Anthony Clarke

SHOOTING

Libby Kosmala

SWIMMING

Matt Cowdrey
Jay Dohnt
Shelley Rogers

WHEELCHAIR RUGBY

George Hucks
Steve Porter
Ryan Scott

[Dogwatcher]

Paul Benz would be disappointed about not getting selected for the athletics.
I understand he missed out by the smallest of margins.

[JAS]

Here you go guys...starts on 6th Sept

http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/index.shtml

The Aussies have quite a sizeable team going by the sounds on things...

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=605304

I recommend watching the wheelchair rugby...it's insane...how they manage not to finish with the floor littered with fingers I'll never know

Regards
JAS

[Thiele]

Coverage on ABC tv

[godoubleblues]

Here you go guys...starts on 6th Sept

http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/index.shtml

The Aussies have quite a sizeable team going by the sounds on things...

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=605304

I recommend watching the wheelchair rugby...it's insane...how they manage not to finish with the floor littered with fingers I'll never know

Regards
JAS

a doco was released a couple of years ago on wheelchair rugby in America, it was called Murderball but it was an interesting show anyway

[JAS]

Good news for those in the UK that want to watch...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 412941.stm

BBC television coverage of the Paralympics will be more extensive than ever before, action will be streamed live for six hours a day through the red button and via broadband.

Always try to follow as much as possible...I think the Paralymics is always overshadowed by the Olympics and the athletes rarely get the attention they deserve. I encourage everyone to try and watch some of it...these guys and gals work and train just as hard and sometimes harder than their able-bodied counterparts...a medal for them should be just as important...they represent our countries too.

Regards
JAS

[drebin]

BBC television coverage of the Paralympics will be more extensive than ever before, action will be streamed live for six hours a day through the red button and via broadband.

The poms will get a better coverage of the Paralympics than we got from C7 with the able bodied event!

[heater31]

BBC television coverage of the Paralympics will be more extensive than ever before, action will be streamed live for six hours a day through the red button and via broadband.

The poms will get a better coverage of the Paralympics than we got from C7 with the able bodied event!

The ABC here has at leasted committed its 2nd channel to live coverage everyday plus airtime on nightly ABC 1.

[BenchedEagle]

Yeah get behind em boys. Matt Cowdrey should clean up this year. And if my memory is still with me, i think Australia ended up winning the medal tally?!

[Squawk]

Libby Kosmala - again! still! must be her 10th visit!

[Ian]

And if my memory is still with me, i think Australia ended up winning the medal tally?!

I thought the same, but I've just checked, the last time we lead the tallly was Sydney, slipped to 5th in Athens

[MightyEagles]

Team fly out to China today.

[JAS]

Just a few days to go
The BBC was showing some primetime promotions/ads for their coverage last night which was good to see.

Looking at the official website it appears that there is an online tv channel for the Games that I think will be showing live events...might be useful if the tv stations don't live up to their promises.

http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/index.shtml

It's on the right-hand side, under 'Video'...called 'Paralympic Sport.tv'

The link takes you here...

http://player26.narrowstep.tv/assets/pl ... layer.html

...and the YouTube link is...

http://www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV

Regards
JAS

[Thiele]

the opening Cermony is on Saturday night

[MightyEagles]

the opening Cermony is on Saturday night

Starting at 9.50 pm and finish at about 1 am.

[magpie in the 80's]

SIX-time Paralympic gold medallist Russell Short will carry the Australian flag in tomorrow night's Beijing Games' opening ceremony.



http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/stor ... 28,00.html

[JAS]

Opening Ceremony on now.

Might not all be there voluntarily but it is good to see a capacity crowd.

Seems to be a lot of people doing a modern version of a Morris Dance ....very macho look for the fellas

Regards
JAS

[Pseudo]

According to Wikipedia, the "intellectual disability" category in the paralympics is currently suspended. Anyone know why?