HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS KATHERINE VISITED THE REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR COUNTRY AT THE PARALYMPICS GAMES

Belgrade, 29 September 2004 – Her Royal Highness Princess Katherine visited in Sunday, 26 September the contest in swimming in Paralympics Games for the disabled, which took place in Athens from 17 to 28 September 2004. In race for 150 meters our representative, Mr. Nenad Krisanovic, who is competing in the Paralympics for the fourth time.

The five of our sportsmen represented our country, Serbia and Montenegro, who competed in tennis, swimming, athletics, and made very good results by achieving two bronze medals – Zlatko Kesler in table tennis and Milos Grlica in javelin throw.

HRH Princess Katherine together with the President of the Paralympics Committee, Mr. The deputy minister of health and the president of the Paralympics Committee of Serbia and Montenegro Mrs. Nada Bozic congratulated to our sportsmen for their great achievements and wished them good luck in their future contests.

Paralympics always takes place in the same year as the Olympic Games, and respecting the lateral agreement between the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympics Committee, the city, which is a host, is obligated to host the contestants of the Games. The first contest for the disabled took place in 1948 in Great Britain, and Paralympics took their today’s form in1960. Since then eleven summer Paralympics and seven winter Paralympics held. Next Paralympics will take place in Torino, Italy in 2006, while the winter Paralympics will take place in Beijing, China in 2008.