BEIJING 2008

Paralympics scraps mental ban for 2012

AAP - November 22, 2009

Athletes with learning disabilities will be allowed to compete in the Paralympics again at London in 2012.

The International Paralympic Committee general assembly voted on Saturday in Kuala Lumpur to overturn the ban that had been in place since the Spanish basketball team was revealed to have cheated at the 2000 Sydney Games.

Ten of the 12 Spaniards were stripped of their gold medals when it...Read more

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BEIJING 2008 MEDAL TALLY

Position

Country

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

1 China 51 21 28 100
2 United States 36 38 36 110
3 Russia 23 21 28 72
4 Britain 19 13 15 47
26 New Zealand 3 1 5 9

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