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2008 Summer Paralympic Games photography

I don't mean to link to every single thing on The Big Picture, but Alan's knocked it out of the park again with these fantastic photos of the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games. These sports look more difficult than the ones at the regular Olympics. Take, for instance, goalball:

Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded in it, into the opponents' goal. They must use the sound of the bell to judge the position and movement of the ball. Games consist of two 10 minute halves. Blindfolds allow partially sighted players to compete on an equal footing with blind players.
The Games aren't being broadcast on American TV but you can catch them on the web at Universal Sports.

and my rant/comment:

“wow actual coverage!
yeah universalsports.com is the ONLY place covering them... but events are LIVE- Beijing time... and theres a few highlight videos, but otherwise theres a daily/the past days' 4 HOUR CHUNK of streaming video... that you can't ffwd at all. or save.
oh AND the international quad rugby teams are all super competitive, and the brackets suould be filled with great games... but even the friggin web coverage is only showing the Gold Medal game.
Beijing spent another couple [tens of] million[s?] to make these games just as spectacular [check the pics], and nobody knows these games even exist. only news ive seen on the AP feed is that double amputee guy Pistorius.
oh hey look, a blog post.”

as if i didnt already hate the msm