In general, disabled athletes________________ sports for the same reasons as able-bodied people.

They ____________ pushing the limits and they _____________ the same adrenaline rush. Many of the sports.

Many of the sports. Many of the sports ____________the use of wheelchairs.

The boy in the photo below ___________________ part in a wheelchair skateboarding events.

Extreme wheelchair sports ____________wheelchair basketball.

The game_________________on the same court as traditional basketball, on the same court as traditional basketball.

In Paralympic basketball, the baskets _______________ at the same height, and players_________________ the same general rules.

At Paralympic level, a wheelchair _______________for each individual player.

Players are __________________into the chairs that travel at great speed and often_________________into each other.

The months after Abby Sunderland_____________________, a 15 – year – old Dutch girl called Laura Dekker_______________ her attempt to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe single-handedly.

Laura was born on a yacht and __________________solo by the time she ___________________six years old.

She celebrated her 16th birthday while she _______________her record-breaking trip, which she _______________in January 2012.

When she ________________on the Caribbean island of St. Martin, she __________________by members of her family and fans.

She _________________to break the record before, when she was just 14.

The Dutch authorities her from sailing because she was too young.