Originally Posted by batdude_uk1:
“It is just as much top level sport as their Olympic counterparts, they face challengers just like their Olympic counterparts. ”
“It is just as much top level sport as their Olympic counterparts, they face challengers just like their Olympic counterparts. ”
I have acknowledged that.
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“The training and preparation for the games is just as intense (if not more considering all of the various types of disabilities that there are).”
“The training and preparation for the games is just as intense (if not more considering all of the various types of disabilities that there are).”
See above
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“As for being forgotten about, I distinctly remember watching Sarah Storey's hour record attempt, and the German long jumper trying to qualify for the Olympics, so they are not totally forgotten about. ”
“As for being forgotten about, I distinctly remember watching Sarah Storey's hour record attempt, and the German long jumper trying to qualify for the Olympics, so they are not totally forgotten about. ”
Good for you, but in the main people just aren't bothered past cheering them on just now for whatever reason they themselves are doing it.
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“How is their hard work and dedication any less worthy of being up for this award, and possibly even winning it? ”
“How is their hard work and dedication any less worthy of being up for this award, and possibly even winning it? ”
Because they are, in the main, not high profile sporting stars other than in this next couple of weeks. There are many people who try hard, are dedicated and are worthy of things but they don't get them. That's life.
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“It would be fantastic if a Paralympic athlete were to be victorious, and it would most certainly be very well deserved for such hard work and dedication against the odds.[/”
“It would be fantastic if a Paralympic athlete were to be victorious, and it would most certainly be very well deserved for such hard work and dedication against the odds.[/”
You are paying lip service to this if you think that ANY Paralympic athlete should win it and deserves it. That's like saying any footballer deserves it or any snooker player. That's exactly what I mean by the right-on cheering coming from some.




All I can say is good luck to whoever's putting that shortlist together!