In 2000, the spanish basketball team won gold at the paralympics.

Paralympics scandal spain. How the spanish basketball paralympic team 2000 cheated. The paralympics exist to give those less fortunate than us the chance to shine on the world stage, and it makes it all the more infuriating when you consider the motto of the. The scandal led to a total ban on athletes with an intellectual disability from the 2004 and 2008 paralympics, destroying the careers of thousands of sportspeople around the.

Today, let’s look back at the biggest and the lowest act of cheating committed on the world stage of the paralympics. A spanish gold medallist has accused the nation's paralympic team of fielding athletes with no disabilties in. The scandal led to the international paralympic committee (ipc) removing intellectual disability.

[1] spanish competitors won 106 medals, 38 gold, 30. But they didn't have a disability. Cheating at the paralympic games has caused scandals that have significantly changed the way in which the international paralympic committee (ipc) manages the events.

It was the scandal that shamed the 2000 paralympics. Doping ‘stop playing well, they’ll know you’re not disabled’ they’ve been labelled the biggest cheats in sporting history. Only days after spain's fake paralympics basketball.

March 25, 2015 dan lewis uncategorized 0. Spain competed at the 2000 summer paralympics in sydney, australia. The greatest paralympic scandal of all time gone unnoticed by the disguise.

Miguel sagarra, the secretary general of the spanish paralympic committee,. The team included 210 athletes—158 men and 52 women. In the 2000 sydney paralympics, spain bagged the gold.