2.5 - Blades Of Gold (Paralympic Movement) Flashcards
1
Q
How many tickets were sold for the Rio Paralympics?
A
- 2 million
- increase from 1.5 million in Beijing
2
Q
What is the main point of the Paralympic movement?
A
- to promote seriously disabled people as being capable of great things
- instead of being a victimised minority
3
Q
What is the broadcasting situation of the Paralympics?
A
- Channel 4 showed 400hrs of coverage during London 2012
Some countries historically have had minimal coverage:
- Russia
- Japan
- US
4
Q
What are the major issues with the Paralympic movement?
A
- 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
5
Q
What are the main advantages that the Paralympic Movement brings?
A
- 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
6
Q
How many countries participated in Tokyo 2020?
A
- 162
7
Q
What did the Mayor of Tokyo propose during Tokyo 2020
A
- allowing children to spectate
- ensures future generation gains an appreciation for the abilities of disabled people and realise that they too are capable