Images from the 2008 Paralympic Games
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
More than 4,200 athletes with disabilities gathered in Beijing from September 6-17 to compete in the 2008 Paralympic Games. With several countries competing in the Paralympic Games for the first time and the use of the same outstanding venues used for the Olympic Games, International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven declared the Games "the greatest Paralympic Games ever." The Paralympic Games are elite sport events for athletes from six different disability groups and emphasize the participants' athletic achievements rather than their disability.