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PARATRIATHLETE
A new term has been created "PARATRIATHLETE" by the International Triathlon Union and the International Paralympic Comitee. Finally we can get past the long and time robbing "physically challenged athlete".
So if you are physically challenged and swim, bike and run all together consider yourself proudly a PARATRIATHLETE. Of course, if you currently do only one of the three but have ambitions to maybe do more - FUTURE PARATRIATHLETE sounds pretty darn good, too.
Make sure you use this new term whenever and wherever you can so your environment can get used to it.
Quite frankly, I don't know about you but if I as an abled body person mention physically challenged athlete to someone who is not familiar with this world, usually I am required to explain myself because many people really have no idea what exactly I am talking about.
Hope you all like it because I sure do!
So if you are physically challenged and swim, bike and run all together consider yourself proudly a PARATRIATHLETE. Of course, if you currently do only one of the three but have ambitions to maybe do more - FUTURE PARATRIATHLETE sounds pretty darn good, too.
Make sure you use this new term whenever and wherever you can so your environment can get used to it.
Quite frankly, I don't know about you but if I as an abled body person mention physically challenged athlete to someone who is not familiar with this world, usually I am required to explain myself because many people really have no idea what exactly I am talking about.
Hope you all like it because I sure do!
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Permalink Reply by Mark Dobersch on -
Am I still a Paratriathlete if I am not a parapalegic? I of course am in a wheelchair (which you know). Anyway just wondering.
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Permalink Reply by Annekathrin Wulfers on -
Mark, Mark - tsss... Didn't know that the Paralympics were for parapalegic only!
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Permalink Reply by James Heath on
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I think para means parallel to or "the same as"...atleast that is the way the term is used for the paralympics.
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