Remember the successful Adidas "Long Live Sport" commercial with Double Below Knee Amputee Jamie Goldman? Recently Nike, an other leading sports wear manufacturer, came up with an ad showing amputee wrestler Rohan Murphy, who lost both of his legs at the age of 4.
WATCH NIKE COMMERCIAL

Around the world, amputee athletes and athletes with other disabilities are preparing for the Paralympic Games in Beijing. For some Paralympians, preparing for the competition has been especially difficult. Due to the ongoing war in Iraq, the country's National Paralympic Weightlifting Team had to train abroad to qualify and get ready for the Games. Visit aliveinbaghdad.com to watch a video about their stay in Syria.
ALIVEINBAGHDAD.COM

From April 25 to 27, the Ponds Forge Swimming Center in Sheffield hosted the 2008 British International Disability Swimming Championships. Amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities from all over Europe and several other countries took part in the competition, including swimmers from New Zealand. The event - the third biggest swimming competition for disabled athletes after the World Championships and the Paralympic Games - this year also incorporated the Beijing Paralympic Games Trials. To find out more about the event, check results and view photographs - CLICK HERE.

From March 28 to 30, amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities met in Nancy for this year's Championat de France Open de Natation Handisport, the French Winter Swimming Open for athletes with a disability. The competition was organized in the sports center of Nancy Gentilly and an other chance for disabled swimmers to prepare for the upcoming Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. To find out more about the event and view 80 photographs - please CLICK HERE.

When the first Malmö Open for amputee athletes and athletes with other disabilities were organized in 1977, only 25 table tennis players took part in the event. Thanks to the determination of one of Sweden's largest sports associations for disabled athletes, the Föreningen idrott för handikappade (FIFH), and the help and support of the Malmö Municipality, the competition has grown over the years and has recently attracted more than 2000 participants competing in 14 different events. Find out more and view two sets of photographs taken during the wheelchair basketball and the ice sledge hockey competition of the 2008 Malmö Open - please CLICK HERE.

The 2007 Amputee Football World Championships were held from November 11 to 21 in Antalya, Turkey. The competition was attended by Amputee Soccer players from Brazil, Sierra Leone, Russia, the Ukraine, England, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Iran, Liberia and France and won by the amputee football team of Uzbekistan, which beat the team of Russia with 2 : 1 in the final game of the match. To find out more and view five sets of photographs - visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site. CLICK HERE.

Last fall, thousands of Canadians went running to honor legendary amputee Terry Fox and to raise money for cancer research. Terry Fox, who lost his right leg above the knee to cancer at the age of 18, became well known when he ran across Canada in 1980 to show the capabilities of amputees and to raise money for research. Until today the foundation set up in his name has raised millions of dollars to continue what he has started.
THE TERRY FOX FOUNDATION
TERRY FOX MOVIE (ON YOUTUBE)
TERRY FOX MOVIE ON DVD (SOON)

Jackie Foster is an amputee artist, who lost the four fingers of her left hand in a childhood accident and uses her residual finger nubbins as painting "tools". She developed an interest for art as a child, and has been involved with painting, drawing, and photography for many years. Find out more about Jackie Foster by visiting her web site, where you will get to see some of her finished paintings and pictures depicting her unique painting technique.
JACKIE FOSTER WEBSITE