The first Winter Paralympic Games
Nearly two hundred competitors took part in the inaugural Winter Paralympics in the Swedish town of Örnsköldsvik in 1976. Sporting Witness speaks to two of them.
The first Winter Paralympics were held in the Swedish town of Örnsköldsvik in 1976. Nearly two-hundred competitors came from 16 countries. Rachel Naylor speaks to two blind skiiing competitors with very different experiences - Finnish multi-gold medallist, Pertti Sankilampi, and Londoner Mike Brace, who learnt his sport shortly before the Games.
PHOTO: Paralympic skier Larry Kuntz in the 1970s (Getty Images/Denver Post)
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