The Rome 1960 Paralympic Games were a tremendous step forward in ... The Closing Ceremony on 25 September was held in the Palazetto dello Sport in the Olympic Village in the presence of Sir Guttmann, ...

For the first time ever the Olympics were televised around the world and it could be argued that the Games truly began its journey to the mega event they are today. Rome owed the Olympics.

But on September 5 1960 at the Palazzo ... or car – but the Olympics was different and the prodigious talent had to conquer his fear of flying. Once in the Olympic Village, Clay blossomed ...