Exhilarating sport is guaranteed even if scepticism remains about scheduling the Games at the end of Les vacances
The Eiffel Tower Stadium will host blind football at the Paralympics. ‘What made a success of the Olympics was the atmosphere,’ says Paris 2024 president, Tony Estanguet. ‘We will do exactly same thing in the Paralympic Games.’The Eiffel Tower Stadium will host blind football at the Paralympics. ‘What made a success of the Olympics was the atmosphere,’ says Paris 2024 president, Tony Estanguet. ‘We will do exactly same thing in the Paralympic Games.
And on Wednesday night comes an opening ceremony that will once again take place in the heart of the city and organisers say it will act as a “gigantic hug” to the 4,400 athletes competing over the following 11 days. According to the president of Paris 2024, Tony Estanguet: “This ceremony at the heart of the city is a strong symbol illustrating our ambition … to position the issue of inclusion for people with disabilities at the heart of our society.”and tomorrow’s opening ceremony is going to be fantastic, it’s going to be incredible, no doubt,” he said.
Estanguet emphasises that the job of engaging French and Parisian people with disability sport has been ongoing. Official estimates predict 300,000 visitors for the Games, about half the number that travelled for the Olympics. Engaging locals becomes more important as a result, especially in helping to fill out the 80,000-capacity Stade de France, which will once again play host to the track and field programme.
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