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Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games - archived websites in PANDORA
The exclusion was introduced after the 2000SummerParalympics in Sydney, the first games with events exclusively for people with learning difficulties, after it was found that the majority of the Spanish basketball team were not disabled.
The InternationalParalympic Committee stated that the exclusion would continue until there are sufficient tests for the disabilities and a way to measure the effect they have on a sport.
The traditional cultural display was removed from the ceremony as a mark of respect for the deaths of 37 teenagers and 4 teachers from Farkadona, travelling to Athens, whose bus collided with a lorry near the town of Kamena Vourla.
It has been a goal Paralympic sport since the 1988SummerParalympics in Seoul, but it wasn't until 1992SummerParalympics in Barcelona that wheelchair tennis acquired the status of a full-fledged competition.
The 2000SummerParalympics in Sydney have boosted public awareness immensely.
Some of the most thrilling action of all the Paralympic Games could be seen especially in the last two rounds of the men's tournament where local hero David Hall beat Kai Schrameyer of Germany in the semifinal and went on to win the final against Texan Steve Welch.