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All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Okay, kiddo, let me explain what this all-time Paralympic Games medal table means!

So you know how there are the Olympic Games where athletes from all around the world compete for medals? Well, there's also something called the Paralympic Games. These are games where athletes with disabilities from all around the world come to compete against each other to WIN medals too!

Now, when we say "all-time", we mean from the very first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960 to the most recent one. So, what's a medal table? It's basically a chart that shows how many medals each country has won at the Paralympic Games. These medals can be gold, silver, or bronze, just like in the Olympics.

The all-time Paralympic Games medal table shows which countries have won the most medals since the beginning of the Paralympic Games. The more medals a country has won, the higher up they are on the table.

How do they decide which country is the best? They use something called a "medal count". This is when they add up all the medals a country has won - gold, silver, and bronze - and then order the countries based on which one has won the most. The country with the most medals is usually considered the "best".

So, that's it! The all-time Paralympic Games medal table shows which countries have won the most medals at the Paralympic Games since it began more than 50 years ago. It's a way to celebrate the achievements of disabled athletes from all around the world, and to see which countries have been the most successful over the years!