# Will you pay any attention to the paralympics? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** olympic-sports-track\ **Created:** [August 5, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pay-any-attention-to-the-paralympics/1005274 "2024-08-05T17:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 32
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pay-any-attention-to-the-paralympics/1005274/32 "2024-08-27T02:16:22Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I went to the Olympic stadium to watch an athletics session (including a certain Oscar Pistorius) at the London Paralympics in 2012 and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was reminded of this thread. > [@What's your first thought when you see this photo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368): > > [Photo of man and girl running](http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151026098176997&set=a.396506201996.182299.275733681996&type=1&relevant_count=1) I’m curious whether anyone else had the same (horrifying) thought when they saw this photo. I’m also curious whether other people would be horrified or heartwarmed by the idea. The article is gone but this is one of the photos. > **[MV168 ทางเข้า คาสิโน ออนไลน์ เว็บตรง รองรับ Ture wllet](https://tvaraj.com)** > > MV168 ทางเข้า เว็บพนัน ออนไลน์ ครบวงจร เกมคาสิโน ใหม่ล่าสุด 2025 รวมค่ายชั้นนำ สมัครฟรี ฝากถอนไว ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ รองรับ ทรูวอเลท The article was actually from three years before the London Olympics. The little girl is Ellie Challis who at the time was the youngest person in the world to receive running blades. She lost both her feet and hands to meningitis. I got curious about what she did in the years after. Turns out she’s been a busy young lady. Silver in the 50m backstroke 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. 3 Gold, 5 Silver and 2 Bronze in the World Championships 2019, 2022, 2023 and she’s on the team for the 2024 Paralympics. > **[Ellie Challis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellie_Challis)** > > Ellie Challis (born 23 March 2004) is a British para swimmer. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. > Challis made her international debut at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships and won a bronze medal in the women's 50 metre backstroke S3. > Challis competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke S3 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal. > **[ParalympicsGB announces swimming team for Paris 2024](https://www.aquaticsgb.com/news/para-swimming-news/paralympicsgb-announces-swimming-team-paris-2024/)** > > With the countdown at 100 days to go, ParalympicsGB has named the 26-strong para-swimming team headed to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games this summer. > Tokyo Paralympians Ellie Challis, Louise Fiddes, Grace Harvey, Suzanna Hext, Louis Lawlor and Toni Shaw complete the roster of athletes with prior Games experience – with Challis, Fiddes, Harvey and Shaw all having reached the podium three years ago at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Games, which yielded a phenomenal 26 medals for ParalympicsGB in the pool. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pay-any-attention-to-the-paralympics/1005274)._