Kavas wins Turkey's first medal in Paralympic Games
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Anatolian Agency
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Eylül 11, 2008 11:44
Neslihan Kavas of Turkey won the bronze medal in table-tennis after beating her Polish rival Malgorzata Grzelak, the country's first medal in the Paralympic Games in the Chinese capital of Beijing.
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Lei Lina and Liu Meili of
Over 4,000 elite athletes with disabilities from 150 countries gathered in
The Paralympics ("Parallel Olympics") is about competition, not disability. Since 1988, the games have taken place following the Olympics using the same facilities and venues.
Like the Olympics, the Paralympics attract global sponsors, issue thousands of media credentials, enforce anti-doping policies, and have built infrastructures for the development of disabled athletes.