I Just Learned What The Paralympic Symbol Means, And It's So Clever

Those of you who’ve been watching the Paralympics will know that ParalympicsGB is winning medal after medal in the games.

Originally called The Stoke Mandeville Games, the tournament we now know as the Paralympics first began in the opening ceremony of the London 1948 Olympics ― so perhaps all those wins are fitting. 

Though the first official Paralympic Games took place in Italy in 1960, the first Paralympic logo didn’t appear until 1988.

Five curved motifs, all in the same colour as the Olympic rings...