Paralympic Coverage

Paralympic Coverage

Paul E. Prusakowski

10/9/2000

This information is from Kathy Celo of Disabled Sports USA. I am sure it
will be helpful to all interested in the Paralympics.

-Paul Prusakowski


Information on TV/Website coverage:

To witness Team USA's domination of the Paralympic World, live, go to
www.wemedia.com. This will be the largest webcast of anything - ever! A
$10,000,000 production. There will be three separate live rolls at any
given time during competition.

For those relegated to television viewing, Fox Sports Net, Pax TV and CBS
will broadcast some of the events. Here's the details:

Fox Sports Net (scores and highlights of each day's competition) October
18-20 and 23-27 11:30am-12:00pm (local time)
Fox Sports NY will air 12:30-1:00pm ET and Fox Sports Florida will air
noon-12:30pm ET

Pax TV (feature oriented)
October 18-29 midnight-12:30am (Eastern and Pacific)
11:00-11:30pm (Central and Mountain)

CBS Sports will present a two-hour special on December 31, adjacent to its
coverage of the AFC Wild Card Game. This WeMedia production will take
viewers back to the Games and tell the compelling stories of competition,
courage, and dedication.

For live web coverage, here are some details:

Time differences:
EST - 15 hours. Example: 1pm in Sydney on October 19th is 10pm on the East
Coast on the 18th.
PST - 18 hours. Example: 1pm in Sydney on October 19th is 7pm on the West
Coast on the 18th.

For more complete scheduling and other info, go to:
www.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/paralympics/

Websites:
Australian Paralympic Committee: <URL Redacted>

International Paralympic Committee: <URL Redacted>

Official 2000 Paralympic Website:
<URL Redacted>

Sydney Games 2000: http://www.sydneygames-2000.net/paralympics.html

Road to the 2000 Paralympics:
http://home.earthlink.net/~fwwaa/Paralympics.html

Sydney Morning Herald: Paralympic 2000:
http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/paralympics/

Paralympic Background Information:
http://www.goethe.de/an/syd/Para/Eniparal.htm

We media site (Paralympic Page):
http://www.wemedia.com/wehome/bu_index.jhtml?business_unit=wesports&viewer=%

A Paralympic Volleyball Site: ttp://www.wovd.com/par2000.htm

USOC Site: http://www.usoc.org/games/index.html

Amputee athletes results will be posted on
www.dsusa.org

Images and Video clips will be available online after the event at
www.oandp.com