Following its trademark trend, Google today has marked the commemoration of the Paralympics 2016 hosted by Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with its new doodle. It is GIF based that depicts athletes with various disabilities playing sports. The doodle has marked its reach all over the globe barring Russia and some countries in the Middle East.

This is what Google had to say about the Doodle-

“What started as a small gathering of British WWII veterans in 1948 has bloomed into the world’s largest sporting event for athletes with physical disabilities, drawing 4,500 athletes from 176 countries worldwide.

Today’s Doodle celebrates the opening of the 2016 Summer Paralympics and highlights the incredible feats of athleticism the participants will demonstrate in Rio. They’ll go for gold during a year of firsts: Rio, the first Latin American city to host the Paralympics, will debut canoeing and paratriathlon among the more than 500 existing events.

Tune in to cheer your favorite Paralympians on through September 18 when the Games wrap up.”