The nearly 4,000 athletes participating in the Athens
Paralympics came from countries small and large, industrial,
developing, and third-world. Their equipment, prostheses, and
orthoses included everything from the latest technology to what
being called “basic” would be an understatement. Of these, athletes
from only 75 countries–about 60 percent of the total of 136–won
at least one medal.
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