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Are the Paralympics an official Olympic event?
Just wondering, as the Olympic Flame has been extinguished in London, and the flag passed on to Rio...
3 Answers
- younosygitLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
No, they are an entirely different organisation, run by the International Paralympic Committee, not the International Olympic Committee. There were pictures on the TV news last night of the signs at the entrance to the Olympic Park being taken down and replaced by similar signs but with the IPC logo rather than the Olympic Rings.
- jobeesLv 69 years ago
They have their own logo and torch relay and opening ceremony. When the torch relay first start in Korea they had one athlete of every disability group that compete carry the flame inside the studium. It also where they got their first logo and now they changed it to their own logo
- Tim DLv 79 years ago
No they are a separate entity – they are not even permitted to use the Olympic rings, which seems small-minded to me.
