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This ceremony at the heart of the city is a strong symbol illustrating our ambition to capitalise on our country hosting its first-ever Paralympic Games to position the issue of inclusion for people with disabilities at the heart of our society,
said Tony Estanguet, the president of the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games This is one of the key expectations we have around Paris 2024; we believe that we need people with disability to be put back on the global agenda,
Putting Paralympic athletes in the heart of the city is already a political marker in the sense that the city is not sufficiently adapted to every handicapped person,
Jolly said earlier this week What made a success of the Olympics was the atmosphere,
We decided on purpose to position the games during back to school in France because we want to take advantage of the opportunities it offers,
I like the French expression ‘la fête continue’ and tomorrow’s opening ceremony is going to be fantastic, it’s going to be incredible, no doubt,
It's a different context but with the Paralympic Games, we offer a little bit of a break from politics for (those who need it). I think we will experience quite the same atmosphere,
To us, it's like the city of Paris is giving this gigantic hug to our athletes, embracing the paralympic movement,
said Parsons, who was elected IPC president in 2017. The paralympic movement has become more relevant than ever,
We hope France can win a couple of medals, especially in the very first days, it's important,
the 47-year-old Brazilian said