Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Paralympics in pictures


The Boston Globe has a created an online site with 36 pictures from the Paralympics for its "The Big Picture: New stories in photographs" feature. Amazing images!

A picture from AFP captures the crash during the women's 5000m T54 final on Sept. 8. The race was annulled and repeated Sep. 12. Team USA's Amanda McGrory took the gold medal in the re-run race.

A picture from Getty Images shows Yunidis Castillo of Cuba with her arm raised as she wins gold in the final of the women's 100m T46 race on Sept. 10.