1 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: We're in Beijing, China for the twenty twenty two Winter 2 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: Paralympic Games, a worldwide event similar to the Winter Olympics, 3 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: but with athletes that are physically impaired. Welcome to story 4 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: Time by Lingo Kids, where we discover fascinating facts about 5 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: the world around us and the fun of clay learning. Today, 6 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: we'll skate through some Paralympics history and shine the spotlight 7 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: on a couple of the athletes. Let's start with the 8 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: name Paralympics. Para is a Greek word that means alongside. 9 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: The Winter Paralympics takes place just after the Winter Olympics. 10 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 1: Seven hundred and thirty six athletes will compete across six 11 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: sports Para snowboarding, Para alpine skiing, para ice hockey, wheelchair curling, 12 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: biathlon and cross country skiing. Oohoo. Does anyone know how 13 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: the Paralympics started? CAUI Lisa, not me No. In nineteen 14 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: forty four, after World War II, injured soldiers were encouraged 15 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: to play sports in wheelchairs as part of their rehabilitation. 16 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: It helped their bodies and minds recover and spread to 17 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: many countries before long. More events were added in nineteen sixty, 18 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: the first official Paralympic Games took place in Rome, Italy. 19 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: Para Athletes have one or more impairments. Some athletes have 20 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: weakened or missing arms or legs. Others have trouble with 21 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: muscles and coordination. There are also para athletes with vision 22 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: or intellectual limitations. Many athletes in other sports compete by age, gender, 23 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: or weight, but athlete is evaluated and scheduled to compete 24 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: against athletes with similar limitations. Does that seem fair? What 25 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: do you think, Callie? Yes, let's learn a little about 26 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: a couple of real para athletes. Do you know the 27 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 1: name of any? How about you? Billy? Yes? Brody roy Ball. 28 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: He's a two time Paralympics gold medalist and three time 29 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: world champion for para ice hockey. You may also hear 30 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: it called sled or sledge hockey. Rody was born without 31 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: femur bones the long bone in the sigh, meaning he 32 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: doesn't have legs. Brody was the youngest member of the 33 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: twenty fourteen US Paralympic sled hockey team. He was only 34 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: fifteen years old. In twenty twenty one, he was named 35 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: overall Most Valuable Player or MVP of the US team 36 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: at the World Para Ice Hockey champel in Ships. I know, Cowie. 37 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: Can you imagine playing ice hockey without any legs? No? 38 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: Some athletes, like Brodie were born with a limitation. Others 39 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 1: became a para athlete later, like Brittany Corey, for example, 40 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 1: she broke her right ankle while snowboarding in two thousand 41 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: and three. After many surgeries, her foot had to be 42 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: amputated removed. Did she give up, No, that's right. She 43 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: got back on her snowboard. She saw the twenty fourteen 44 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: Paralympic Winter Games on TV and set her mind to compete. 45 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: In twenty eighteen, she won a Paralympic silver medal. She 46 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: also became a nurse to help others. These two athletes 47 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: and the hundreds of others who will compete March fourth 48 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: through the thirteenth prove that when there's a will, there's 49 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: a way. Show us what it means to have courage 50 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: and commitment, and the Paralympics reminds the world that everyone 51 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: should be given a chance to go for the gold. Well. 52 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: That was fun. Thank you, Lingo kids listeners for joining 53 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,119 Speaker 1: us today. You can now rate our show by giving 54 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: us stars if you like, of course. 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