Basketball player recovers from collision
Off to the International Paralympic Day in Trafalgar Square for a promotion event just ahead of the tickets for the Paralympics at London 2012 going on sale.
Don’t know about you (obviously) but given the choice between watching a football match on TV or watching athletics I will always go for the athletics.
In the UK I also think that many people quite rightly regard the Paralympics as being the equal of the Olympics themselves. It’s not just about competing at the highest level possible but the sheer guts involved in getting to that point.
Anyway I had a great day in Trafalgar Square although I could have done with various able bodied ‘celebs’ playing table tennis. Who cares? I came to photograph paralympians thanks!
The shot above was taken during an exhibition basketball match. I can safely say I was rubbish at basketball even though I am quite tall, and the sheer physical intensity of the game reminded me of water polo – which I loved!
It seems pretty normal to be bounced out of your chair during a match but the athletes just pick themselves up and carry on.
Photographing the table tennis was good fun too (see slideshow for shots) and dodging the balls was much less dangerous than when I was dodging flying skateboards at the VANS Europe event the other week.
Tickets for the Paralympic Games go on sale this Friday 9 September 2011.
