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Paralympic Games

proper noun

  1. a series of international contests for athletes with disabilities that are associated with and held following the summer and winter Olympic Games
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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: Blend of paraplegic + Olympic Games.

  1. An international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue.

    “The flames will then be joined together next week at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, the home of the Paralympics, and the united flame will make its final journey to London for the opening of the 14th Paralympic Games next Wednesday.”