September 14, 2004

The 2004 Paralympic Games: September 17th – 28th in Athens!

4,000 athletes, representing 143 countries in 19 sports, will participate in the ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games. The Paralympic Games are going to take place from 17th to 28th September 2004. It is a top-level sports event of equal value to that of the Olympic Games and which for the first time in its history the athletes will not be asked to give any financial sum for their participation.

During the Paralympic Games, Athens will offer hospitality to 3,000 press officials, 1,000 technical officials and judges, 2,000 team escorts and 2,500 official guests. In order to cover the needs for the organisation of the Paralympic Games 35,000 people are employed, with the 15,000 of them being volunteers.

The Canadian team numbers 144 athletes from all 10 provinces who will compete in 13 of the 19 sports on the Games program. Learn about the athletes and follow their performances on www.paralympic.ca

Or you can read the Paralympic Insider at: http://www.paralympic.ca/english/products/insider.asp

Ou en francais au:
http://www.paralympic.ca/french/produits/actualympique.asp

Media Coverage

In 2004, the Paralympic Games will receive excellent coverage by Canadian media. Many journalists will be on site to cover the 12th Summer Paralympiad.

Here is the list of principal media offering coverage of the 2004 Athens Paralympic Summer Games.

TELEVISION

On CBC

Radio -Canada

In ADRÉNALINE TV Show : Sunday Oct. 3 3:00 pm (ET)
Sunday Oct. 10 3:00 pm (ET)


RADIO

On CBC Radio (Toronto and National network) Daily reports with Teddy Katz

On Voiceprint Daily interviews with athletes

NEWSPAPERS

In the Vancouver Sun Daily articles written by Gary Kingston

OTHER

Radio-Canada website Paralympic Games section with daily updates

Sportcom website (french only) Daily summaries and audio interviews with Quebec athletes

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