39 Hilarious 2012 Summer Paralympics Puns

Disabled sportspeople deserved to be celebrated. They won medals in 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics at a time when Sri Lanka was doing horribly in Olympics. But this time unfortunately COVID-19 hampered their preparations. Its not fair to put pressure on these athletes to win medals this time.

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👤︎ u/Cutiesf

📅︎ Aug 24 2021

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TIL In 1981, polio-sufferer Ian Dury released Spasticus Autisticus, a protest song *against* the International Year of Disabled Persons. It was banned by the BBC for being offensive, but was broadcast worldwide during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spa…

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👤︎ u/MoralGuardiansSuck

📅︎ Jul 14 2020

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TIL: Achmat Hassiem, a South African swimmer that won a Bronze in the 100m butterfly at the 2012 Summer Paralympics once lost the lower portion of his leg in a shark attack. Ever since, he has devoted much of his time to shark conservation. telegraph.co.uk/paralympi…

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👤︎ u/3slyfox

📅︎ Jul 12 2019

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TIL Victoria Arlen, after spending 4 years in a vegetative state, recovered and went on to medal multiple times in the 2012 Summer Paralympics. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic…

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👤︎ u/junebug172

📅︎ Oct 04 2017

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Matt Stutzman was born without arms. To help feed his family, Matt learned to shoot a bow. He was soon competing in tournaments and came in second at the 2012 London Paralympic Games. He missed out on the gold medal and had to settle for silver..

but you still have to hand it to him though.

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👤︎ u/Schnauss

📅︎ Aug 13 2021

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Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aus…

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👤︎ u/Tamosauskas

📅︎ Aug 19 2019

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[Music] Coldplay - Strawberry Swing Live at the London Summer Paralympic Games 2012 youtu.be/JzFX3WfP9jA

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👤︎ u/egstein01

📅︎ Jan 30 2019

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Does anyone remember Wenlock and Mandeville from the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics? (other photos too) reddit.com/gallery/pa4hh5

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👤︎ u/WenlockOlympics

📅︎ Aug 23 2021

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India at the 2012 Summer Paralympics en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ind…

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👤︎ u/puppuli

📅︎ Aug 30 2012

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Stunning Photos From The 2012 Summer Paralympics theatlantic.com/infocus/2…

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👤︎ u/BlackCyan

📅︎ Sep 19 2012

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As hosts of the 1980 Summer Olympics, the USSR was invited to host that year's Paralympics. In response, they issued a statement denying the existence of *any* disabled people in the country (and hence the lack of disability sports). Why did the Soviet government state such a ridiculous claim?

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👤︎ u/benjaneson

📅︎ Sep 14 2021

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The 2012 Summer Paralympics theatlantic.com/infocus/2…

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👤︎ u/marquis_of_chaos

📅︎ Sep 06 2012

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In 1992 with the world watching, Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo shot the arrow of a lifetime to light the Olympic cauldron in Barcelona to begin the Summer Games. He had extracted a promise from organizers to allow him a second shot if he missed. It was not necessary v.redd.it/nnhjuh9d32c71

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👤︎ u/solateor

📅︎ Jul 18 2021

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TIL Jimmy Carr suffered a huge backlash when he joked that servicemen amputees would give the UK a good Paralympic team in 2012. In fact, the UK, including many Vets, came 3rd in that year, winning 34 golds [r/todayilearned by u/pufballcat] theguardian.com/culture/2…

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👤︎ u/topredditbot

📅︎ Oct 07 2021

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[#1|+17853|942] TIL Jimmy Carr suffered a huge backlash when he joked that servicemen amputees would give the UK a good Paralympic team in 2012. In fact, the UK, including many Vets, came 3rd in that year, winning 34 golds [r/todayilearned] reddit.com/r/todayilearne…

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👤︎ u/FrontpageWatch2020

📅︎ Oct 07 2021

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In 1992 with the world watching, Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo shot the arrow of a lifetime to light the Olympic cauldron in Barcelona to begin the Summer Games. He had extracted a promise from organizers to allow him a second shot if he missed. It was not necessary v.redd.it/nnhjuh9d32c71

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👤︎ u/Raisingkane2917

📅︎ Jul 19 2021

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A Record Number Of Out LGBTQ Athletes Will Compete In The Tokyo Paralympics — At least 28 publicly out Paralympians will be competing in the summer games in Tokyo, more than double the number that took part in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, according to the website Outsports. npr.org/2021/08/23/103026…

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👤︎ u/Exastiken

📅︎ Aug 23 2021

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Tao Zheng of China competes in the Men's 50m Freestyle - S6 heat 3 on day 6 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games

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👤︎ u/viral-speeches

📅︎ Aug 23 2021

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Sarah Storey received backdated TUE for salbutamol at 2012 Paralympics cyclingnews.com/news/sara…

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👤︎ u/HarryCoen

📅︎ May 10 2021

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Around 80 percent of people in Japan believe the postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, planned for the summer, should be canceled or rescheduled, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday. mainichi.jp/english/artic…

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👤︎ u/honolulu_oahu_mod

📅︎ Jan 10 2021

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European countries at the Summer Paralympics

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👤︎ u/Udzu

📅︎ Aug 12 2021

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This ad for the 2012 Paralympics popped into my head this evening, still goosebumps youtube.com/watch?v=tuAPP…

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👤︎ u/FormalFistBump

📅︎ Sep 07 2021

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Hi Reddit, Morgan Hurd here! Can’t wait to chat all things gymnastics with you on Thurs. May 6 at 1 pm ET for the Olympic ＆ Paralympic Ask Me Anything Reddit Series. I’m working on my first time being an Olympian and can’t wait to go to Tokyo this summer to bring back Gold!

Reddit – are you ready? It’s Morgan Hurd I’m super pumped to be chatting with you today for the Olympic Reddit Ask Me Anything Series! I love gymnastics and compete on the balance team, uneven bars, floor and all-around. I started gymnastics when I was only three years old in a mommy and me class and by six I was in love with gymnastics, now at 19 I’m definitely living my best life and ready for Tokyo this summer. I also love Marvel movies – who is your favorite, Iron Man, Thor, Dr. Strange, Black Panthor, Hawkeye or Spiderman? I also LOVE to read. Ask me about my favorite books and we’ll be here till next week! Ok, Reddit, I’m ready Ask Me Anything!

Proof: https://i.redd.it/c4dnpobgy6x61.jpg

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👤︎ u/nbcolympics

📅︎ May 06 2021

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Reddit – It’s your favorite Sport Climbers – Nathaniel Coleman, Kyra Condie and Colin Duffy coming to hang out with you Thurs. May 13 at 1 pm ET for the Olympic and Paralympic Ask Me Anything Reddit Series. We’re super excited to be one of the brand new sports this summer headed to Tokyo!

Reddit, ready to hang out? It’s your favorite Sport Climbers – Nathaniel Coleman, Kyra Condie and Colin Duffy we are really excited to chat with you today. Hope you have great questions for us! We all train together and are thrilled to be part of one of four new sports added to the Olympics this summer. Have you ever thought of climbing? You should – ask us how to start out and how we got started. Ask us what kind of training we need, do we free climb, what would we do if we weren’t climbing – we want to hear it all – SO Reddit, Ask Us Anything!

Proof: https://i.redd.it/m1wiwkoydqy61.jpg https://i.redd.it/9avr7sxqcqy61.jpg https://i.redd.it/wnriz9epcqy61.jpg

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👤︎ u/nbcolympics

📅︎ May 13 2021

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European countries at the Summer Paralympics [OC]

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👤︎ u/Udzu

📅︎ Aug 12 2021

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Sir Lee Pearson has won his TWELFTH Paralympic gold medal! First place medal Cyclist Jaco van Gass and swimmers Tully Kearney and Maisie Summers-Newton also won gold medals - and set world records too! Star-struck

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👤︎ u/viral-speeches

📅︎ Aug 26 2021

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Wow so ______ really got the most medals from 2020 Summer Paralympics?

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👤︎ u/ynsk112

📅︎ Sep 10 2021

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From London 2012 to Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: Paralympic wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft MBE in the spotlight disabilityhorizons.com/20…

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👤︎ u/trabasack

📅︎ Aug 20 2021

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My local post office has a gold postbox after someone who was born here won a gold medal at the 2012 Paralympics

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👤︎ u/bradbrazer

📅︎ Mar 25 2021

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Canada will not send athletes to Olympic and Paralympic Games in summer 2020 due to COVID-19 risks paralympic.ca/news/team-c…

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👤︎ u/Stepside79

📅︎ Mar 23 2020

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Hong Kong table tennis athlete Wong Ting-ting wins bronze at Tokyo Paralympics// Hong Kong has sent 24 Paralympians to Tokyo following its record-breaking success at the summer games. hongkongfp.com/2021/08/28…

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👤︎ u/miss_wolverine

📅︎ Aug 28 2021

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Russian Mikhail Astashov won second gold at the Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Astashov became the champion in the 16 km time trial cycle race. An athlete from Buryatia covered the distance in 24 minutes 53.37 seconds.

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👤︎ u/Proper-Sock4721

📅︎ Aug 31 2021

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No international fans will be permitted at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. bbc.com/sport/olympics/56…

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👤︎ u/NinjaDiscoJesus

📅︎ Mar 20 2021

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Any channels hosting 2020 Summer Paralympics viewing?

Knowing that today is the opening for the games, i could not find any info on who is broadcasting the games. Anyone knows about this?

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👤︎ u/tienguan

📅︎ Aug 24 2021

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Robbie Hummel here Reddit! I’m ready to chat with you this Thurs. May 20 at 1 pm ET for the Olympic and Paralympic Ask Me Anything Reddit Series. Let’s chat all things basketball – especially my favorite 3x3 basketball and how I’m going for Gold this summer in Tokyo! Can’t wait to hang out!

Robbie Hummel here Reddit! Let’s just dive right into it and talk basketball, particularly 3x3 basketball! I’m pumped to be here today for the Olympic and Paralympic Ask Me Anything Reddit Series. I was the 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup champion, MVP of the 2019 Red Bull USA Basketball 3x3 Nationals and 2019 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year. I was also drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2010. I’ve been training like mad to go to the Olympics this summer and win big at Tokyo. Besides basketball I love being outside, particularly playing golf and fishing…not much like basketball but I love them! I’ve also played overseas in Spain, Italy and Russia 5x5. My favorite meal is definitely my mom’s pesto pasta – it’s the best hands down. Alright Reddit, let’s do this – Ask Me Anything!

Proof: https://i.redd.it/lq9g9iqzyyz61.jpg

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👤︎ u/nbcolympics

📅︎ May 20 2021

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As hosts of the 1980 Summer Olympics, the USSR was invited to host that year's Paralympics. In response, they issued a statement denying the existence of *any* disabled people in the country (and hence the lack of disability sports). Why did the Soviet government state such a ridiculous claim? reddit.com/r/AskHistorian…

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👤︎ u/HistAnsweredBot

📅︎ Sep 16 2021

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As hosts of the 1980 Summer Olympics, the USSR was invited to host that year's Paralympics. In response, they issued a statement denying the existence of *any* disabled people in the country (and hence the lack of disability sports). Why did the Soviet government state such a ridiculous claim? /r/AskHistorians/comments…

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👤︎ u/IvyGold

📅︎ Sep 15 2021

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"Kendall Gretsch becomes just the fifth American to win gold at both summer and winter Paralympics" olympics.nbcsports.com/20…

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👤︎ u/Cutiesf

📅︎ Aug 29 2021

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Chiba Prefecture halts a program that allow children to watch in-person Tokyo Summer Paralympics after two school teachers tested positive for COVID-19. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/e…

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👤︎ u/Civobot

📅︎ Aug 31 2021

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