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There will be 20 different sports at the 2012 Paralympic Games.

archery

running

basketball

Here are some of them. Do you know what they are?

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Five a side football is played by those who are blind or partially sighted.

How do you think they manage to play football when they can’t see?

How do they know where the ball is?

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When Natasha was a baby she became ill with a virus that damaged her spine. Now she can’t feel her legs or use them when she’s riding. Instead, she controls her horse by using her voice.

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Why do you think that might be?

We might think of these disabled athletes as “heroes” but none of the athletes who take part in the Paralympics like being called heroes.

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