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This is how much gold Paralympians take home

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The 2024 Paralympic Games are seeing a wave of investment

Aug 30, 2024
The advent of social media has expanded the pool of sponsorship dollars. A record number of networks will cover this year’s events.
Athletes from Kazakhstan and France compete in sitting volleyball during the 2024 Paralympic Games. Paralympic ad sales are up 60% over the Tokyo games in 2021, NBC reported.
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What cash prizes do Paralympians win if they medal?

Aug 28, 2024
Paralympians recently started receiving as much as Olympians for each gold, silver and bronze. That extra amount helps these athletes, who have to pay a lot of money for training and equipment.
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For many Olympians and Paralympians, the path to Paris is self-funded

May 23, 2024
It's up to many athletes to pay for the bulk of training, coaching, travel, equipment and other expenses on the road to Paris.
Ben Washburne and his Paralympic teammates practice on the Charles River in Boston. Washburne juggles training with a full-time job.
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Tech is changing the Paralympics, and giving an advantage to countries with money

The Winter Paralympics have been going on since 1976. How has the technology — and the funding for it — evolved since then?
Birgit Skarstein of Norway competes in the Women's Cross Country 12km, Sitting event at Alpensia Biathlon Centre during day two of the 2018 Paralympic Games on March 11, 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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Let's do the numbers on the Paralympic Games

Mar 9, 2018
They're hard to find on cable or streaming, but worth watching.
Joe Howard of the United States celebrates a gold-medal win against Norway in sledge hockey during the Salt Lake City Winter Paralympic Games in Utah in 2002.
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Legally blind, and competing in the Paralympics

Aug 29, 2012
The 2012 Paralympic Games opened in London on Wednesday. American judo athlete Myles Porter tells us what it's like to compete in world's second largest sporting competition.

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