Paralympic facts you probably didn't know about

By Ankur Singh
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The ‘para’ bit means parallels as Paralympics form a parallel game to the Olympics. Fittingly, it comes from the Greek “para” meaning beside.
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The first Paralympic Games were held in 1960 in Rome, alongside the Olympic Games.
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Twenty members of the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Team were U.S. military veterans or active duty service members.
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It’s the second-largest multi-sport event in the world behind only the Olympics.
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US swimmer Trischa Zorn is The most successful Paralympian makes Michael Phelps looks like an underachiever with her 55 medals including 44 Gold.
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The Paralympics has three Agitos as its symbols which means ‘I move’ in Latin and it symbolizes the athletic ‘spirit in motion’.
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There will be 22 Paralympic sports represented at the Paralympics in Tokyo.
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