Archive for the 'Paralympics' Category

Sadly, it appears that despite his tears in the courtroom and assertion that he thought she was an intruder, Oscar Pistorius is facing mountains of evidence that he did, indeed, murder his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp early Thursday morning.

And some of that evidence has revealed that the paralympian did not only use a gun, but also a cricket bat!

According to new reports, authorities discovered the weapon covered in blood at the scene of the crime, and although there is still speculation that the 30-year-old model used it in self-defense against Pistorius, or that he perhaps used it in an effort to break down the bathroom door - where her body was ultimately found - sources close to the investigation have revealed that Steenkamp's body did not only have gunshot wounds, but her skull was also crushed.

The insider says:

Ever heard of Murderball?!

No, it's not some made-up sport from a movie or something.

It's wheelchair rugby and it's one of the most brutal sports out there.

They use their wheelchairs more like

We all know what doping is — it's where people take drugs, usually to increase the amount of oxygen in their bodies, to raise their performance levels.

It's illegal in all sports, including the Paralympics.

One thing you might not know, however, is the thing called "boosting" — and it's specifically for those who have had spinal cord injuries.

Boosting is this:

OMG!

What a ridiculous shot!

Disabled British ping pong player David Wetherill was playing Thomasz Kusiak from Germany.

They were in the middle of a good volley when the German worked Wetherill to one side of the table and then smacked the ball to the other.

No one expected Wetherill to dive out to save the ball and we're sure even less expected him to actually get the ball back on the table!

So did the German return it? Or did Wetherill get the point?

Check out the video (above) to find out!

Prince Harry kept it in his pants long enough to make a public appearance at the Paralympics! Ha!

He was spotted hanging out with several Paralympians, including Jessica-Jane Applegate.

Applegate won the gold medal in swimming in the controversial intellectually disabled classification.

The classification has been controversial since Spain had a gold medal winning team at Sydney in 2000 where none of the players had any intellectual impairment and one was even a professional basketball player!

That's awful!

Applegate actually has Asperger's syndrome, which is on the autism spectrum, so she was legit!

Losers (like Spain's cheater team) get embarrassed and are awful, winners get to meet Prince Harry!

Way to go, Paralympians!

[Image via WENN.]

Stephen Hawking, one of the smartest men alive today, will be narrating the opening ceremony of the Paralympics!

The whole point of the opener is to "challenge our perceptions."

David Beckham is a good guy, and a smart guy, and totally knows when to give praise when it's deserved.

Nobody deserves it more than the Paralympians!

All it took for it to completely dawn on hism was putting on a blindfold and spending a day training with Great Britain's Paralympics soccer squad last November.

Here's what he said: