...000 volunteers needed for test events, 18,000 for the games themselves and 6,000 working afterward on the Paralympic Winter Games. ``You have to convince the world that you know what you're doing. If you don't, they want to get involved...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Storm clouds draped the snowy Wasatch Mountains as 450 physically challenged athletes from 36 countries officially opened the Paralympic Winter Games on Thursday night. Erik Weihenmayer carried the Olympic flame through the stadium on the final leg of its Journey of Fire and handed the torch to American Paralympic skiers Muffy Davis and Chris Waddell, who lighted the same cauldron that burned through the Winter Olympics.

...disability groups. Emphasizing the Paralympic values of courage, determination, inspiration and equality, the Paralympic Winter Games showcase participants' athletic achievements rather than their physical disability in five sports: alpine...

...000 volunteers needed for test events, 18,000 for the games themselves and 6,000 working afterward on the Paralympic Winter Games. If volunteer enthusiasm is not eroded by the scandal, that's a good thing, said John Lucas, a retired...