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The Paralympics are Olympic-style games for athletes with a disability. They were organized for the first time in Rome in 1960. In Toronto in 1976, the idea of putting together different disability groups 26 sports competitions was born. Today, the Paralympics are sports events for athletes from six different disability groups. They emphasize the participants’ athletic achievements 27 their physical disability. The games have grown in size gradually. The number of athletes 28 in the Summer Paralympic Games has increased from 400 athletes from 23 countries in 1960 to 3,806 athletes from 136 countries in 2004. The Paralympic Games have always been held in the same year as the Olympic Games. Since the Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games and the Albertville 1992 Winter Paralympic Games, they have also 29 in the same city as the Olympics. On June 19, 2001, an agreement was signed between the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympics Committee to keep this 30 in the future. From the 2012 bid onwards, the city chosen to host the Olympic Games will also host the Paralympics.