20 August 2012 23:21 | By Maureen O'Hare
The History of the Paralympic Games

The Stoke Mandeville legacy



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The London 2012 Paralympics mascot is named Mandeville in celebration of the Stoke Mandeville's role in the development of the Paralympics Games and to the Games' return to the UK, 64 years after the 1948 International Wheelchair Games.

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