South Africa's Fanie van der Merwe (3rd L) sprints during the final of men's 200m T37 event claiming the title with a time of 23.84 seconds and set a new world record

Gold medalist Natalie Du Toit (C) of South Africa, silver medalist Irina Grazhdanova (L) of Russia and bronze medalist Louise Watkin of Great Britain pose for group photos during the awarding ceremony of women's 50m freestyle S9 on Sunday. Natalie Du Toit won the gold medal and set a new Paralympic record with a time of 29.20 secs

South Africa's Oscar Pistorius sprints during the final of the men's 400m T44 event, claiming the title with a result of 47.49 seconds and set a new world record

South Africa's Fanie Lombaro (C), Iran's Mehrdad Karam Zadeh (L) and China's Wang Lezheng attend the awarding ceremony for the final of men's discus throw F42 event on Tuesday. Lombaro claimed the title of the event with 46.75 meters

Natalie Du Toit celebrates after claiming the title and breaking the world record of the SM9 final of women's 200m individual medley with a time of 2 mins 27.83 secs on Thursday

Ernst van Dyk of South Africa jubilates during the awarding ceremony for the Men's Individual Road Race HC C final of cycling road event. He won gold with 1:21:40

Phillipa Johnson successfully climbed to the top of the prize-giving podium by scoring high marks of 77.272 in the Individual Freestyle Test (Grade IV) of Equestrian Events on Wednesday

Natalie Du Toit celebrates after claiming the title and breaking the world record of the SM9 final of women's 200m individual medley with a time of 2 mins 27.83 secs on Thursday

Croatia's Darko Kralj (C), Russia's Maxim Narozhnyy (L) and South Africa's Fanie Lombard attend the awarding ceremony for men's shop put F42 of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, China, Sept. 10, 2008. Darko Kralj claimed the title of the event with a result of 14.43 meters

South Africa's David Roos competes during the final of men's long jump F46 of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, China, Sept. 10, 2008. Roos took the silver medal of the event

Gold medalist Charl Bouwer (C) of South Africa, silver medalist Danylo Chufarov of Ukraine (L) and bronze medalist Charalampos Taiganidis of Greece pose on the podium after the S13 final of men's 400m freestyle of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing

Natalie du Toit(C) of South Africa smiles during the awarding ceremony of the women's 100m butterfly S9 of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing on Sunday. She set a new world record and won the gold medal in the event

South African dressage rider Philippa Johnson smiles on horse Benedict after winning gold in the the Individual Championship Test (Grade IV) of Equestrian Events of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in Hong Kong, south China

The opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games held in the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, in Beijing, China

A handicapped man takes a lift at a hospital in Beijing. According to the official, 22 designated hospitals for the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games have been finished upgrading for the handicapped now

Handicapped Natalie du Toit, who took part in the women's marathon 10km swimming competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, holds the national flag for the Paralympic delegation of South Africa during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games

Members of the Paralympic delegation of China parade in the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games

The flag of the International Paralympic Committee is escorted into the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games

Girls with hearing impairment, dressed in white gown, perform sign language dance during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in the National Stadium in Beijing, China

Fireworks are displayed at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games held in the National Stadium in Beijing, China

Torchbearer Pang Jiaying lights the cauldron during the Beijing 2008 Paralympics torch relay in Shanghai, east China

Torchbearer Zhu Mingxia (R) and Zhang Jing hold up the torches during the Beijing 2008 Paralympics torch relay in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province

Athletes have their meals in the dining hall of the Paralympic village in Beijing, China

A handicapped man takes a lift at a hospital in Beijing. According to the official, 22 designated hospitals for the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games have been finished upgrading for the handicapped now

The handicapped athletes do exercises on their wheelchairs in preparation for the Beijing 2008 Paralympics

Torchbearer Wang Sen (R2) lights the torch of Zhu Changqing during the Beijing 2008 Paralympics torch relay in Shanghai, east China.

Khotso Mokoena of South Africa took the silver with 8.24 metres at the men's long jump final.

The Williams sisters claimed their second women's doubles gold medal at the Olympic tennis tournament after beating Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-2, 6-0 in the final on Sunday.

Beijing - Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson of the United States won the women's all-around 2008 Beijing Olympic gymnastics, finishing first and second at the National Indoor Stadium on Friday.

Beijing - Michael Phelps has become the most successful athlete ever after collecting his 10th and 11th Olympic gold medal on Wednesday

Beijing - Alexander Grimm of Germany on Tuesday won the Olympic canoeing slalom kayak single (K1) title in Beijing, winning his country's first gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.

Michael Phelps of the United States smiles after winning the men's 200m freestyle final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube in Beijing, China

Park Taehwan of South Korea wins silver medal in the men's 200m freestyle final with 1 minute 44.85 seconds at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Leisel Jones of Austrlia competes during the final of women's 100m breaststroke and wins gold with a new Olympic record with 1 minute 5.17 seconds

The fireworks at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games held in the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in north Beijing, China

Artists perform during the art performance of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, titled 'Beautiful Olympics', in the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in north Beijing, China

Actors prepare to enter the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, China

The first torchbearer Feng Gong (R) holds up the torch at the start of the last-day of Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Zhoukoudian of Beijing, China

Newlyweds attend a group wedding ceremony in Nanning, capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A total of 25 couples attended the group wedding ceremony in Nanning on Friday

A clock in the port-city of Qingdao, counts down the days, hours and minutes left before the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics scheduled for August. Qingdao will host the Olympic Sailing Regatta

Primary school students from China’s eastern Shandong Province rehearse ahead of the 2008 Qingdao Olympic Cultural Festival, which was held on 23 June 2008. The children played a traditional single-stringed instrument called the Er Hu.

Streets lights decorated as Olympic torches line the roads of China’s port-city of Qingdao. The modern, yet traditional city will host the Olympic Sailing Regatta during the 2008 Beijing Olympics in August.

The docking marina at the Olympic facility which will host the 2008 Olympic Sailing Regatta in the city of Qingdao beginning 9 August 2008. The R3.6 billion facility became fully operational on 20 April 2008.

The newly constructed media centre built in preparation for the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Regatta. Journalists making use of the centre will have leading technology at their fingertips, as well as historical and practical information regarding the Olympics.