- Title: VARIOUS: PARALYMPIC ATHLETES IN FINAL TRAINING FOR OCTOBER TOURNAMENT
- Date: 31st August 2000
- Summary: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (RECENT) (REUTERS) 1. WORKSHOP 2. PROSTHETIC TECHNICIAN SALLY ATKIN CARRYING FALSE LEG, WALKING THROUGH WORKSHOP 3. TOOLS AND LEG COMPONENTS 4. FALSE LEG 5. ATKIN PUTTING SHOES ON FALSE LEG 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SALLY ATKIN, PROSTHETIC TECHNICIAN AT OTTO BOCK, SAYING: "The service that we provide and have done at each Paralympics is to provide a repair and maintenance service for all of the athletes. The scope of that is to provide any necessary and immediate repairs in order for the athletes to compete. Obviously when there is a lot of travelling from all different areas of the world there is a lot of damage done in travel. Different climates, different environments will mean sometimes that there are adjustments that need to be made to limb sockets before the athletes are able to compete." SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (1988 FILE) (REUTERS) 7. MEN'S WHEELCHAIR 400 METRES EVENT 8. WOMEN'S 400 METRES WHEELCHAIR RACE 9. MEN'S DISCUS EVENT SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (RECENT) (REUTERS) 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ATKIN SAYING: "Our repair centre based in the residential zone inside the village will be operational as of the 11 October, that's one week prior to the opening ceremony. This is when the athletes are settling into the village and they are going through their paces, they are trying out their wheelchairs, they are trying out their orthoses and their prostheses to find out if there is any hiccups so we can iron things out well and truly prior to their competition phase." 11. PARALYMPIC ATHLETE JOHN EDEN TAKING OFF FALSE LEG 12. CLOSEUP OF EDEN'S FALSE LEG 13. EDEN (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOHN EDEN, PARALYMPIC ATHLETE, SAYING: "Before the accident, what was the Paralympics? I had never even heard of it, I never had an idea, never had a clue about peoples' disabilities. I was probably pretty arrogant and thought I knew everything about life but I knew nothing and stepping into the Paralympic movement and the Paralympic family was just the biggest buzz. I never thought I would represent New Zealand or Australia or anyone again, but after coming home in 1980 you have just got to accept it as an equal. We are athletes first and we happen to have a disability and that's how most of us approach our lives. We are people, we are humans and we are unfortunate enough to have a disability and we just get on with our lives." 14. VARIOUS OF ATKIN ADJUSTING ELECTRONIC KNEE JOINT Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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