FabSwingers.com forum: Why Are The Olympics Divided?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Why do we still have a seperate Olympic Games for Abled and Disabled bodied people?

Could the two not have been one longer event?

If the 100M final of both Olympics was at the same venue on the same night would that diminish either or be another step in the direction of breaking down barriers?

Pie in the sky? Or is a future Olympic Games somewhere going to make history?

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Personally i think it would diminish the disabled. Two events on the same night, who would go first, would people be concentrating that length of time. I like the paraolympics as for me it really brings home what these people can achieve and the thought and effort that went into last nights opening ceremony was amazing. It really made me think about equality and the disabled really got their time to "shine". Would it become more "watered down" if they where put together?

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

Logistics...how big would the Village have to be ? Ticketing arrangements, not everyone wants to see the Paralympics and vice versa. Athletes train allowing for a certain length of time between heats and finals.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Both good points, but why don't we have seperate Womens and Mens games then? Wouldn't that help logistics and keep the costs down?

Is it really beyond the wit of man to produce a combined games?

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

do you know how much the cost of both games combined works out at per person in the uk

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They are also very separate organisations ... The paralympics are not anything to do with the Olympics

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why do we still have a seperate Olympic Games for Abled and Disabled bodied people?"

Solely due to the fact they started as two completely separate 'movements' with different aims.

I am in two minds over whether the Paralympics should merge with the Olympics. Would it become lost in amongst the egos of the likes of Mr Bolt etc? Don't know tbh.

I hope it will be clearer in my mind by the end of the Paralympics which, so far, seem to be doing just fine the way they are...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Interesting fact to compare the different organisattions..

The 100meters gold medal..

The olympics award 2 (men & women), the paralympics 29 due to the various classifications of disabilities

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By *b430Man
over a year ago

Tayside

Some of the venues also needed to be altered to accommodate some of the events in the Paralympics, this all takes time and is one reason for start of these games not bing straight after the Olympics.

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By *b430Man
over a year ago

Tayside

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By *iggamanMan
over a year ago

London

two differents events why should they evan be together??

plus i don't see how it would ever work as some(not all) venues need converting after the olympics for the paralympics

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Both good points, but why don't we have seperate Womens and Mens games then? Wouldn't that help logistics and keep the costs down?

Is it really beyond the wit of man to produce a combined games?"

No it isn't. Man is quite capable of doing it but demand dictates that the main Olympics and the Paralympics are kept separate. There wouldn't be much point merging the two sets of Games if you also favour dividing it into sexes.

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why do we still have a seperate Olympic Games for Abled and Disabled bodied people?

Could the two not have been one longer event?

If the 100M final of both Olympics was at the same venue on the same night would that diminish either or be another step in the direction of breaking down barriers?

Pie in the sky? Or is a future Olympic Games somewhere going to make history? "

Its all to do with ticket allocation and availability. Many able bodied families struggled to get more than one ticket to watch and it would have been the same for the disabled Olympics. As it stands people wanting to watch will fund it easier to get tickets,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some of the venues also needed to be altered to accommodate some of the events in the Paralympics, this all takes time and is one reason for start of these games not bing straight after the Olympics."

All the venues at london where built for the paralympics from the start . so no need to adapt them

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By *bbandflowCouple
over a year ago

South Devon

Watching the Paralympic Basketball. Disabled? No, Super-abled! I am emotional, inspired and humble. Life is hard; it can be stressful, but we muddle through. Watching this tonight just makes me have a big think.

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By *b430Man
over a year ago

Tayside

All the venues at london where built for the paralympics from the start . so no need to adapt them"

They did have to make some changes

Quote from LOCOG's Chief Exec -

“The transition to what will be the largest Paralympic Games ever has been a huge operation in a short time period but we are getting ready to welcome the world’s Paralympians,” said Paul Deighton, Locog chief executive.

That transition was both costly and time-consuming, and not least in simply making the facilities in the Olympic Park and surrounding area accessible for the thousands of disabled athletes who have descended on the capital in recent days.

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

All the venues at london where built for the paralympics from the start . so no need to adapt them

They did have to make some changes

Quote from LOCOG's Chief Exec -

Transport really would not have coped if all of the specialist equipment and wheelchairs etc. arrived at the same time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I also think there's an element of not pretending that we're all the same. Having the Paralympics celebrates difference and adversity, why shouldn't disabled people have the same sporting opportunity to showcase their talents? They would get 'lost' in a dual event in my opinion.

I watched a woman with no arms come third in 100m backstroke heats this morning it was fucking incredible. I wouldn't have said the same about watching the Olympic 100m backstroke.

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