Olympic Games of hosting three Olympic Games, all Summer, more than any other city. The other nations hosting the Summer Games twice are Germany, Australia, France and Greece. The other cities hosting the Summer Games twice are Los Angeles, Paris and Athens. With the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, Japan and Tokyo, respectively, will hold these statuses. In addition to the United States, nations hosting multiple Winter Games are France with three, while Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Japan, Canada and Italy have hosted twice. Among host cities, Lake Placid, Innsbruck and St. Moritz have played host to the Winter Olympic Games more than once,
2006 Winter Paralympics male and 101 female. This is an increase from the 430 athletes participated in 2002. Despite overall increase of delegates and athletes, the following nations who participated in the 2002 Winter Paralympics did not send athletes to Turin. Mexico is the only country who had sent an athlete to these Games but not the Winter Olympic Games in 2006. These are the second Paralympic Games to be held in Italy, which hosted the first Summer Paralympics in Rome in 1960. These are the first Paralympic Games to feature a live webcast of events, hosted by ParalympicSport.TV. The Games mascot is