The Parallel Olympics..

Yes, thats rights, the Paralympics is short for 'parallel', not 'paraplegic' as is often mistakenly thought:

Follow the links below for some amazing Paralympic news and information:

1. Google's newslinks form the Beijing Paralympics: http://news.google.co.za/news?hl=en&q=Paralympics&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=news_group&resnum=1&ct=title

2. Wikipedia's page all about the Paralympic Games: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralympic_Games

3. Wikipedia's page specifically about the Beijing Paralympics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Paralympics

4. The website fo the Intrenational Paralympic Commitee: http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/index.html

5. The personal blog of the IPC chairman, Sir Philip Craven, at the Beijing Olympics:

http://blog.paralympic.org/

6. Ernst Van Dyk' s (SA's winner of the wheelchair marathon) website and blog: http://www.ernstvdyk.co.za/

7. Chantal Petitclerc, the amazing Canadian who yesterday broke 3 world records in 1 day at the Games: http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=d385aedc-1647-4f6b-bcc8-0a79b54c72f5