London 2012 will be the "biggest Paralympic Games ever." An estimated total of 4,200 athletes are expected to compete in the
Games, an increase of 250 athletes in comparison to the 2008 Summer
Paralympics. They will represent 165 countries, 19 more than in Beijing.
Fifteen countries will be making their Paralympic Games début;
including Antigua and Barbuda, Brunei, Cameroon, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, North Korea, San Marino, the Solomon Islands, and the US Virgin Islands.[39] In addition, Trinidad and Tobago will be returning to the Games for the first time since 1988.
Sports
The London Paralympics will be the first Games since the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney in which athletes with intellectual disabilities (ID) will be authorised to compete following a decision by the International Paralympic Committee in 2008.Athletics, swimming and table tennis will include events with an ID classification.Twenty sports are on the programme:
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