Globalisation: 2.5 - Blades Of Glory

Question 1

The Paralympics is working: tickets sold

Answer 1

In 2016 Rio Games: 170,000 spectators, 2 million tickets sold

Paralympics had 4.1 billion viewers, Olympics had 3.6 billon viewers

Question 2

The Paralympics is working: representation

Answer 2

Presents disabled people in a glamorous and fully capable light e.g ‘We’re the Superhumans’ advert

Paralympics isn’t just an add-on to the Olympics, it has its own logo and name

Question 3

The Paralympics is not working: viability

Answer 3

Not viable in developing countries, prosthetics are costly (1 prosthetic is at least almost £4000) and specialist training is needed

Question 4

The Paralympics is not working: popularity

Answer 4

Still not as popular as the Olympics, some countries like Russia and Japan didn’t cover it much (but Italy showed 500 hours)

Question 5

The Paralympics is not working: athlete level

Answer 5

Para-athletes can’t compete as well as able-bodied athletes (but the world record for the able-bodied marathon is 2hours 3 minutes, for wheelchair users it’s 1 hour 20 minutes)