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The Paralympic Games or Paralympics are a periodic series of international multisport events for athletes with a range of disabilities, organized in parallel with the Olympic Games. The Paralympics, which began as a small gathering of British World War II veterans in 1948, has grown to become one of the world's largest sporting events. Today there are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following their respective Olympic Games. The governing body for the Paralympics is the International Paralympic Committee.

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The Paralympic Games or Paralympics are a periodic series of international multisport events for athletes with a range of disabilities, organized in parallel with the Olympic Games. The Paralympics, which began as a small gathering of British World War II veterans in 1948, has grown to become one of the world's largest sporting events. Today there are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following their respective Olympic Games. The governing body for the Paralympics is the International Paralympic Committee.

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Subject ID: 116301