on 12/12/00 11:44 am, soc-lab at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Agreed, absolutely...including the stuff about the royal
> wots-his-name !!
> In fact, if my maths are correct, and I freely admit they're
> not the greatest !! Britains paralympic team was the most
> successful team on the show in terms of the number of awards
> won...by light years.
>
I agree with the sentiments about Tanni Grey-Thompson's treatment by the
BBC. I'm interested that no-one has referred to the other award that she got
- a 'special award' for achievement in the face of adversity (though
probably not the kind of adversity most of us mean). I think the recognition
of Tanni's achievements in sport per se is long overdue, and we must support
her. However I don't think we can make direct comparisons between the
Olympics and the Paralympics in terms of numbers of awards. It is my
understanding that the number of events and the number of heats for each
event differs in the two (there are less events/heats in the latter) and
also that quite a lot of events are divided up on the basis of impairment,
which gives potentially more events.
Best wishes
Mairian
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