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Thursday, January 19, 2006

Any News in U.S. About Winter Paralympics?

I saw a pretty nice commercial on WNBC-TV last night about the Winter Olympics. I'm just wondering, has anyone seen anything about the upcoming Winter Paralympics? In the commercial I saw, it shows some of the drama associated with the athletes themselves and what they have to endure. Seems to me there'd be some interesting drama concerning The Paralympic athletes as well. Maybe it's not time yet, but knowing how little attention The Paralympics receives I'm concerned it will be passed over as a non event again -- which it certainly is not. Anybody who has ever seen even a glimpse of The Paralympics knows how competitive it is. All I know is that I would like to see The Paralympics on national TV as is the Olympics. What does one have to do in this country to show the world what athletes with disabilities can accomplish. These are serious athletes not only seriously competing, but their personal stories of overcoming the odds are compelling at the very least. I'd say it's time for the media to be brave and give The Paralympics it's fair share of media attention it definitely deserves. If you show it, people will watch. It is successful in England, so why not here?

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