Teaching @PineTree: Amazing athletes

Monday, September 10, 2012

Amazing athletes

'The summer of love has passed. This greatest of all sporting seasons closed with millions hoping the spirit set free by the Olympics and Paralympics can achieve a lasting hold in British life. At a minimum, they were days of boundless fun. (...)'

In, Telegraph.co.uk

Take a look at more pictures HERE

'The Closing Ceremony for the London 2012 Paralympic Games has wowed crowds with fire, a stunning light show and music from megastars. The show at the Olympic Stadium in east London was dubbed the Festival of the Flame and featured more than 1,000 volunteers. The spectacle began with a war hero who lost both legs in a blast on the battlefields of Helmand climbing a flagpole and proudly flying the Union Flag. The National Anthem was sung by blind singer Lissa Hermans, who is also autistic. Read more...'

In, News.sky.com

David Davies/PA

'One million Brits pay tribute to Olympic and Paralympic heroes in London's biggest ever street party. Britain's astonishing summer of sport came to a colourful and emotional climax as hundreds of Olympic and Paralympic athletes paraded through the capital to finally bring the curtain down on London 2012. Tens of thousands of spectators lined the streets as the procession wound its way through a sea of Union Jacks to Buckingham Palace. Up to 700 British Olympic and Paralympic athletes, including more than 90 per cent of the medal winners, took part in the parade.' Read more and take a look at a fantastic photo gallery of this venue HERE.

And last, but not least, my selection of photographs of these amazing paralympic athletes whose moto is: 'Focus on the ability, not on the disability.' - Oscar Pistorious