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First Paralympic Games

First held

1960

Rome’s games are recognised as the first Paralympics.

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Checked 2026-11-01: Researched by Codex (two independent publishers, verbatim quotes); every counted quote re-found on its page by the server check (content-verify, or content-verify-pdf for PDFs); scope and plausibility reviewed by Claude (AI build agent). Quotes are short passages from each source; for dates the quote is the year as printed, read in context.

“in Rome, Italy, in 1960”International Paralympic Committee: source, retrieved 2026-10-26; quote re-found by the server check
“held in Rome in 1960”Canadian Olympic Committee / Paula Nichols: source, retrieved 2026-10-26; quote re-found by the server check

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