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Morgan had a small role as a presenter for Channel 4's sports coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, [36] and co-hosted, with JJ Chalmers, the channel's coverage of the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro [13] [37] [38] [39] Morgan has also co-hosted Channel 4's paralympic magazine show, The Superhuman Show, with Alex Brooker ...
[3] [4] Radio coverage was provided by the BBC on its radio channels BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. [5] [6] Australia: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation broadcast the 2012 Paralympics across Australia, mostly on its digital channel ABC2. It broadcast over 100 hours of live coverage including both ceremonies. [7]
The Paralympics listed for each athlete only include games when they won medals. See the particular article on the athlete for more details on when and for what nation an athlete competed. More medals are available in some events than others, and the number of events in which medals are available overall have changed over time.
She represented Great Britain in the T12 100m and 200m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, [3] winning a silver medal in the T12 100m race. [4] She won Gold in Rio at the 2016 Paralympic Games in 100m T11 [5] where she broke the world record and T11 200m, beating the previous Paralympic record in the process, thus making her a double Paralympic ...
There have also been other amputee medallists at the Olympic Games prior to the creation of the Paralympics. Olivér Halassy of Hungary, whose left leg was amputated below the knee, won three medals (two gold and a silver) in water polo, in 1928, 1932 and 1936. Károly Takács, also of Hungary, won gold in shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics ...
In the United Kingdom, Channel 4 broadcast the Games as its second Summer Paralympics, promising 500 hours of coverage. [76] [77] As a follow-up to its "Meet the Superhumans" trailer for the 2012 Paralympics, Channel 4 produced a trailer entitled "We're the Superhumans", [78] which would win a Cannes Lions Grand Prix for film. [79]
She won gold in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, [1] [3] eleven days after the death of her mother, dedicating the victory to her memory. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 2 ] Johnson's successes were recognised when, in April 2011, she was given the honour of laying the final tile in the competition pool at the London Aquatics Centre .
Channel 4's coverage of the Games was billed as the most extensive Paralympic coverage ever broadcast in the United Kingdom; it promised over 150 hours of live coverage throughout the Games on Channel 4 and sister channel More4, and additional coverage online and through special channels carried by Freesat, Sky and Virgin TV (in both standard ...