2.5 - Blades Of Gold (Paralympic Movement) Flashcards

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How many tickets were sold for the Rio Paralympics?

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  • 2 million
  • increase from 1.5 million in Beijing
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What is the main point of the Paralympic movement?

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  • to promote seriously disabled people as being capable of great things
  • instead of being a victimised minority
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What is the broadcasting situation of the Paralympics?

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  • Channel 4 showed 400hrs of coverage during London 2012

Some countries historically have had minimal coverage:
- Russia
- Japan
- US

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What are the major issues with the Paralympic movement?

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  • needs large financial backing to make a team, thus only 9 teams form 40% of total competitors
    • thus makes it harder to connect with those in lesser developed nations
  • can run risk of portraying only those disabled people who engage in athletics as being interesting, ignoring those in more everyday positions
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What are the main advantages that the Paralympic Movement brings?

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  • encourages R&D into enhanced mobility for disabled people (Toyota Sit-ski)
  • infrastructure for games needs to be designed around them, thus ideas can be prototyped before being taken into public
  • raises the importance of equality, may make other marginalised groups also challenge their treatment
  • other disabled people may also be inspired and could demand for more accessible infrastructure as well
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How many countries participated in Tokyo 2020?

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  • 162
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What did the Mayor of Tokyo propose during Tokyo 2020

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  • allowing children to spectate
  • ensures future generation gains an appreciation for the abilities of disabled people and realise that they too are capable
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