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Paralympic cyclist Darren Kenny for sports personality of the year
He won 4 golds and a silver in the paralympics! What an achievement! more than any of the brits in the actual olympics. I think it would be good for a disabled person to win as they havent really featured in the competition before and why shouldnt he? he has won more gold medals than rebecca adlington and chris hoy who are current faves to win
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Because not many people are interested in the Paralympics. Paralympic golds are not as prestigeous as Olympics ones.
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They shouldn't. There are a lot more able-bodied people than disabled so it's generally much harder to win an Olympic medal.
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i think its harder to win a medal in the actual olympics then the paralympics
there is more competion in the paralympics there are less people in the competions because there is only a limited amount of disabled people who put themselves forward |
Chris Hoy/Rebecca Adlington to win.
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how is it easier to win a medal? they have to compete against as many other athletes just the same. Just because there are less disabled people doesnt make it any easier
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They compete against the same amount of athletes, as bbE said.
Plus, markymark - they don't want the supposed "special treatment". They're world class Olympians. You're not. |
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But the winning of a medal is not made easier for this fact. |
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There were several events of the Paralympics where there weren't even heats, just the final. If I remember correctly, the vision-impaired track events had like...4 competitors overall. Not a lot of competition, by any means.
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Furthermore; Able bodied people in the World Vs. Able bodied people competing in the Olympics is lower than the number of Disabled people Vs. Disabled people competing in the Olympics. Anybody able-bodied can train to the standard of Olympians, whereas disabled athletes have to endure excruciating pain when training, and take the extra step to compete. The standard is still high... for example. Oscar Pistorius is "good enough" to compete against able-bodied athletes. This would obvious take more effort than that of ablebodied people. There's also Natalie Du Toit who can also compete in the Olympics. |
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Steven Gerrard for Sports Personality of the Year.
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