... commercialised as the Olympics. The Olympic news is in all the media at the time surrounding the games, even making front-page news. The press don't seem to be as interested in the success of the disabled athletes who are working just as hard for victory. The success of the paralympics doesn't mean as much to the country as the Olympics do. Also the games themselves obviously aren't the same, they are under the same name but are adapted to the ability of the players. e.g. Wheelchair rugby. The players pass the ball around and must place the ball down to score a point in the right area of the pitch and the game is played inside unlike the Olympic one. The Paralympic games are more demanding mentally because disabled people find it hard to move around to the think quickly and react, this is another reason why they aren't parallel. People ...

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