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Date: | Thu, 1 Jun 2000 10:17:26 EDT |
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TODAY IN HEALTH HISTORY
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Rolling Along
When the first national wheelchair games were held on this date
in 1957, 75 individuals paralyzed from the chest down from the
U.S. and Canada competed. The games, held at Adelphi College,
Garden City, N.Y., included the 60-yard dash, javelin throwing,
table tennis, and other team and individual events. Three years
later the first paralympics were held in Rome and have been held
every four years since. At the last games in 1996, some 4,000
athletes from 102 countries competed in everything from archery
to basketball, cycling and fencing.
Copyright InteliHealth, Inc., 1998-2000. All rights reserved.
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