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What spirit does the Paralympic Games embody?
Paralympics embodies the spirit of humanitarianism and advocates that the whole society care for special groups including the disabled, meet their special needs, understand their life value, respect and protect their individuality and creativity, and ensure their all-round development to the maximum extent. "Understanding, respect, care and help" is the concentrated expression of the spirit of the Paralympic Games.

Paralympics, the full name of Paralympics, was first held in 1960. It is a large-scale comprehensive World Games for the Disabled sponsored by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. It will be held every four years after the Summer Olympic Games and will be held in 16 by 2020.

In order to embody the principle of fair competition and enable athletes to compete with opponents with similar types and degrees of disability, athletes with different degrees of disability will be divided into different levels to compete. Therefore, each Paralympic event has its own classification, and the overall level of obstacles can be divided into physical obstacles, cerebral palsy, visual obstacles, spinal nerve injury, learning disabilities (referred to as mental retardation) and other obstacles.