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The first Paralympic Games were called the International Wheelchair Games, and took place the year 1948, they were intended to coincide with the Olympic Games that took place the same year. In the other hand, the first Paralympic Winter Games were held in 1976, in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden.

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Where were the first paralympics held?

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