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Paralympic Hero: Disabled or Too-Abled ? Print E-mail
Monday, 22 September 2008

15runner_1_190.jpgBeijing 2008 amazed millions
of people around the world and
it was a very impressive China Show.
I enjoyed the games on TV with big enthusiasm as athletes performed to
push the limits.

Short after the Beijing 2008 Games,
the Paralympic Games started in Beijing
and I found myself stuck on TV during
the games.

I had very intensive emotional moments while watching these challenged athletes admirably. I found it to be more "human-base".

As The New York Times quoted "Is He Disabled or Too-Abled" referring to Oscar Pistorius, the amputee sprinter. These great
people really proved that they are "Too-Abled".

Here are some selected links to have a better understanding
of these highly motivated special people who have great
ambitious:

www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/sports/othersports/15runner.html

www.oscarpistorius.co.za/

news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40626000/jpg/_40626653_06_tannigrey_pa.jpg

www.chinasportstoday.com/images/blog/79.jpg