Paralympics

South Africa- Oscar Pistorius and his 2012 Olympics bid. Is it Fair? By: Rachel Healy & Grace Maher

Thesis: Even though it is a controversial situation, most people believe it is fair for Oscar Pistorius to run in the 2012 summer Olympics.

[] Click on this to see Oscar Pistorius running.

According to ancient greek records, the first olympic games can be traced back to 776 BC.  Dedicated to the olympic gods, they were played on the ancient ground of olympia. They were played for about 12 centuries, until Emperor Theodosius declared in 393 A.D. that the games would be banned. The olympics were held every 4 years for 1,170 years before being banned. A campaign in France started by Baron Pierre de Coubertin restarted the Olympic games in the late 19th century . The first of the modern Summer Games won by James Connolly, were held on Sunday, March 24, 1896, in Athens, Greece.

Oscar Pistorius is planning on running in the 2012 London Summer Olympics. He will be the first disabled person to ever compete in the Olympics.


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 * ** Year ** || ** Olympiad ** || ** Event ** ||
 * 776 BC ||  1st Olympiad  || Stadium race ||
 * 724 BC ||  14th Olympiad  || double-stadium race ||
 * 720 BC ||  15th Olympiad  || long-distance race ||
 * 708 BC ||  18th Olympiad  || Pentathlon ||
 * 708 BC ||  18th Olympiad  || Wrestling ||
 * 688 BC ||  23rd Olympiad  || Boxing ||
 * 680 BC ||  25th Olympiad  || 4-horse chariot race ||
 * 648 BC ||  33rd Olympiad  || horse race ||
 * 648 BC ||  33rd Olympiad  || Pankration ||
 * 520 BC ||  65th Olympiad  || race in armor ||
 * 408 BC ||  93rd Olympiad  || 2-horse chariot race ||