(運動)聚焦殘奧會

這是塞巴斯汀科12月14日的部落格，是為了準備2012年倫敦奧運會所寫的。他是倫敦奧運委員會的主席：

塞巴斯汀剛從北京回來，在當地他向國際殘奧委員會大會更新有關籌備倫敦殘奧會的事宜，此活動是為了殘障人士所舉辦的，背襯著2012年8月29日主要奧運會的熱情和喧鬧的熱力構成的背景。

他堅持他的委員會所做的每一件事，都要以運動員做為準備的中心。免費的電視和網路已經在倫敦的奧運村和殘奧村安置妥當。無障礙空間、交通、場地、設施和住宿等各方面正在建立新的標準，建設在1948年路德維格格特曼博士在先前倫敦奧運會所遺留的場地。

他指出，倫敦地鐵現在有63個地鐵站，從月台到大街上都有無階梯的通道。有改善的巴士系統和都市停車解決方案。

委員會的目標，是要長久改變人們對殘疾人士的態度、提供他們機會，並影響所有背景的年輕人。大眾支持持續強健，有三分之一的英國成人相信，2012年的殘奧會將會讓殘障人士享有更美好的未來。

(Sport) Focus on Paralympic Games

This is Sebastian Coes Blog of 14 December which he wrote in preparation for the London Games of 2012. He is the chairman of the London Olympic Games Committee:

Sebastian has just returned from Beijing where he updated the International Paralympic Committees General Assembly about the preparation for Londons Paralympics which is the Games for the disabled which will burst into life, set against a backdrop of passion and noisy enthusiasm after the main Games on 29 August 2012.

He insists that in everything his committee does, they have the athletes at the heart of their preparation. Free TV and Internet has been secured for the Olympic and Paralympic Village in London. New standards are being set in accessibility, transport, venues, facilities and accommodation by building on the London 1948 legacy of Dr Ludwig Guttman of the previous Olympic Games in London.

He reported that the London Underground now has 63 tube stations with step-free access from platform to street. There are improved bus fleet systems and parking solutions in the city.

The goal of the committee is to inspire a lasting change in attitudes towards and opportunities for the disabled and to inspire young people from all backgrounds. Public support continues to be strong, with more than a third of UK adults believing that disabled people will enjoy a better future as a result of the 2012 Paralympics.

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