Paralympics 2016

Paralympics 2016.
Team GB did really well at the 2016 Paralympics . They were second in the medal table finishing behind China.

Dame Sarah Story won a record 14 medals in Rio.Team GB won 147 medals -64 of them gold.

Athletes with intellectual disabilities have been allowed to compete since 1996 but scandal in Sydney in 2000 meant that some athletes were stopped from competing - Some Spanish basketball players tricked people into believing they had a disability but they didn't . They were stripped of their medals.
Because of this it was only in 2009 that a new system was put in place -This meant that it was only in 2012 that people with intellectual disabilities could compete again .

Its great to see people with learning disabilities being treated equally in the Paralympics again.