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The Paralympic Games have returned to the country where they were first conceived. The idea of games for the disabled was created in 1948 by pioneering neurologist Professor Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who worked at Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshire. He came to England in 1939 after fleeing the Nazis from his native Germany and is seen here addressing some of his early patients at Stoke Mandeville.

In 1960, the International Stoke Mandeville Games were staged for the first time in the same country and city as the Olympic Games - on that occasion in Rome, Italy. They are regarded as the first Paralympic Games. Seen here is the British team appearing at the opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Types of disabilities in sport: Although the different classifications of disabilities are the most used: physical disabilities, mental and sensory (hearing and visual), in sports are classified as disabled:•Physical•Intellectuals•Visual•Cerebral Palsy

There are three types of sports: •Adapted sports: having modification in the rules, pitch, material, etc., To adapt it to the needs of the disabled space who practice it.

•Inclusive sport: the disabled who practice together with the rest.

•Standard Sport: sport practiced with all its rules.

Different sports:Different sports:There is evidence in a wheelchair, there are athletes who run, jump or throw with their prosthesis, blind compete with his guide, his arms bound with a rope, while the rest of the handicapped, cerebral palsy, visual impairment or intellectual disabilities who do not require technical aids participate normally in virtually the same evidence of the Olympic program.

Wheelchairs and prostheses used by athletes is specially designed for racing, with lightweight materials and high technology applied. For its part, the guides that accompany the blind can never exceed the blind to which they are attached by rope, but they can not be left behind, so you have to have a high competitive level, similar to that of his company.

Paralympic Athletics includes races, throwing, jumping, pentathlon and marathon.

Competitors are divided according to their disabilities and subdivided into classes according to their functional ability for the sport.

Another sports are: Another sports are: • basketball• cycling• judo• swimming• fencing• football 7• Goal ball• rugby• tennis• table tennis• weightlifting• archery• volleyball

The Paralympic sports in the winter are: Alpine skiing, FUND, ICE HOCKEY, ICE AND DANCE ICE SPEED

They participate in all these sports the following disability groups:-PHYSICAL-psychic-VISUAL-OTHER.

Mexico has nine medals at the Paralympics in London 2012, after the athlete Daniela Velasco Maldonado was awarded the bronze medal in the 400 meter test T12 category.

Velasco, who at 17 is participating in his first Paralympic Games in category for the visually impaired, finished in third place with a time of 58.51 seconds, below the Ukrainian Oxana Boturchuk. "It was very hard work, a lot of sacrifice, a lot of effort.'m Really excited because finally see the results of the work," Velasco said in an interview with the Conade. The sprinter native Mexico State competes in a division that includes athletes with low vision, although compared to the T11 category, may or may not help of a guide. In his case, ran alongside Daniela Velasco Jose Guadalupe Fuentes. The day of medals Tuesday opened Mauro Maximum of Jesus with his bronze in the javelin, her second medal in the Paralympics. The first was a silver in shot put on Friday. Maximum of Jesus, born in a community Otomi in Mexico State, threw 20.14 to settle for third place, behind the Iranian and Jamaican Abdolreza Jokar Alphanso Cunningham, who won gold.

"We came to respect the work of our opponents, for me there is no easy teams. God knows the work we did to make a great story," said Mexican athlete who last Friday won the silver medal in the shot put.

This pitcher has been on the podium since Atlanta 1996 Paralympic when took the bronze in shot put and in the past editions, Athens and Beijing, was champion in that discipline. In Sydney 2000 he won silver in the javelin. Benjamin Gonzalez sprinter qualified for the 400 meters T12 final after posting 50.43 seconds. The athlete hails from the northern state of Sinaloa, will compete again next Thursday. In swimming, the athlete was disqualified Gonzalez Mexican Doramitzi their preliminary round, which was looking for a place in the final of the 50 freestyle S6, for making a false start. Vianney Trejo Delgadillo was a time of 39 seconds 60/100 and was located at position 15, while Karina Domingo Bello was in 19th place overall with a time of 42.46. With these results, there will be competing in the final Mexican on Tuesday in London Aquatic Center S6 50 freestyle.

A little of historyThe story behind the medalInspired by the endurance, focus and achievement of elite Paralympic athletes, Lin Cheung has created a medal that not only represents the core values, beliefs and spirit of the Games, but that is also a desirable object, rich in elements of illustration, typography and texture. 

One side of the medal represents ‘Spirit in motion’, the Paralympic motto, and features a close-up section of an outstretched wing of the Greek Goddess of Victory. This image represents forward flight, power and lightness, a metaphor for the spirit of the Paralympic Games.

The reverse of the medal represents ‘The heart of victory’. Symbolizing inclusion and togetherness, it incorporates a direct mould from the heart area of the plaster cast of ‘The Nike of Paionios’, the Greek Goddess of Victory, residing in the British Museum Cast Collection.

Medal specification:• The gold medal is made up of 92.5% silver, 1.34% gold with the remainder copper (a minimum of 6g of gold)

• The silver medal is made up of 92.5% silver with the remainder copper

•The bronze medal is made up of 97% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin The precious ore for the medals has been supplied by London 2012 sponsor Rio Tinto and was mined at Kennecott Utah Copper Mine near Salt Lake City in America, as well as from the Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia. For the small amount of non-precious elements that make up the bronze medals, the zinc was sourced from a mine in Australia as well as from recycled stock, while the tin originates from a mine in Cornwall.

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