You just  reminded me of something... Today is the start of the Empire
State Games for the Physically Challenged (Jun. 1 - 4) Which has track and
field, table tennis, wheelchair basketball, slalom and a host of other
events. Athletes between the ages of 5 - 21 can compete.  It's  really a
fun weekend... I competed myself for over 10 years, and now I volunteer.

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> From: Elaine Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Just a little tidbit
> Date: Thursday, June 01, 2000 10:17 AM
>
> TODAY IN HEALTH HISTORY
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>
> Rolling Along
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> 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.
>
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