2008 ASEAN Para Games
The 4th ASEAN ParaGames is a biannual multi-sport event held after every Southeast Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities from the ASEAN member nations, which include Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Timor Leste and Vietnam. The games are hosted by the same country where the SEA Games takes place. Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima province hosted the 4th ASEAN Para Games 20 – 26 January 2008 under the theme concept: "FRIENDSHIP, EQUALITY, OPPORTUNITY"
The ASEAN Para Games aims to promote friendship and solidarity among persons with a disability in the ASEAN region through sports, develop sports for the persons with a disability in the ASEAN region and rehabilitate and integrate persons with a disability into society through sports.
Patterned after the Paralympics, the Games includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputees, visual disabilities and those with cerebral palsy. Joining the action were delegations from Southeast Asian countries as well as top ASEAN athletes who've competed in the 9th FESPIC Games, held in Kuala Lumpur 2006. The previous 2005 ASEAN ParaGames was held in Manila, Philippines.
Fourteen 14 sports were contested resulting in 186 gold medals won. The 4th ASEAN Para Games sports include archery, athletics, badminton, boccia, chess, fencing, goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis. The ASEAN ParaGames is subject to the regulations of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF).
Read more about 2008 ASEAN Para Games: 4th ASEAN ParaGames Objectives, History, Participant Countries, Emblem and Mascot, Sports, Venues, Medal Tally
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