National Paralympic Committee

Paralympian Resolve: Intellectually Disabled Athletes Return After 12-Year Ban

Evan Jin | November 28, 2011

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In the Sydney Paralympic Games in 2000, the Spanish basketball team competing in the intellectually disabled classification easily won the gold medal.  In the group stages, they outscored their opponents 254-126, and in the medal round they won both of their games by more than 20 points.1 Three days later, after having received the praise [...]