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The paralympic journey | From rehab to elite | Part 1
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The paralympic journey | From rehab to elite | Part 1
Join wheelchair racing legend Louise Sauvage for the intriguing history of The Paralympics. The games had their beginnings back in 1948 as life-saving rehabilitation for World War 2 soldiers but today have become an elite sporting event watched by millions. Along that journey Australia radically changed the way the world saw athletes with a disability by treating them equally to the Olympic competitors at the Sydney 2000 games.
Louise introduces us to some Australian sportspeople with remarkable stories. Aboriginal wheelchair basketball player Kevin Coombs who went to five Paralympic games; wheelchair table tennis star and backbone of the Australian athlete community Danni di Toro and Ryley Batt who stubbornly refused to use a wheelchair as a child but is now a rugby champion.
Presenter - Louise Sauvage
Producer - Sarah Allely
Sound designer - Russell Stapleton
Supervising producer - Claudia Taranto
For a deeper dive into the history of the Paralympics check out the podcast series Unbroken.
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The History Listen is now ABC Rewind, the home of gripping narrative history series. Dive into true stories told by the people who lived through them.
