Despite the heavy rain, around 60,000 people celebrated the closing of the tournament with a huge party at the Stade de France. To the rhythm of “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor and the popular French song “Les Champs-Elysées”performed by the Republican Guard of France, The flag bearers of the 168 delegations paraded before their nearly 4,400 parathletes.
“Although the emotions were ephemeral, the memory of this summer [boreal] “History will remain engraved in our memories,” he said. Tony Estanguetpresident of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee.
“The Games are coming to an end, but their message does not die tonight. Let’s keep trying, keep failing, and get back up again. Let us continue to believe and, above all, let us continue to dare.“, he emphasized.
The Olympic flame was extinguished in Paris
Brazilian Andrew Parsons, president of the The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was responsible for presenting the Paralympic flag to the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgoand the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass. In this way, the The Olympic movement has said goodbye to France and is preparing for a new chapter in the American city.
Paris 2024 “will be the benchmark (Paralympic) Games, in all aspects,” he said. Parsons, who highlighted that the event was “more competitive than ever.”
Shortly after, The Paralympic flame was extinguished, marking the end of the Paris 2024 GamesThe iconic cauldron, located in the Tuileries Gardens and unable to fly for the last time due to bad weather, was darkened to symbolically conclude the eleven days of competition.
However, the rain did not prevent the show from going ahead. In the north of the city, the party began with a show by 24 DJs in homage to the ‘French Touch’, the name by which the electronic music genre originated in France in the 1980s and 1990s is known internationally, accompanied by an impressive light show.
Argentina bid farewell to Paris 2024 with a historic performance
As for the Argentine delegation, the delegation made up of 70 athletessaid goodbye after a historic performance: he achieved his fifth best performance and the most outstanding since Arnhem 1980, finishing 37th overall.
Argentina achieved a total of 13 medals: two gold, three silver and eight bronze. The medalists of gold were Iñaki Basiloffwho stood out in the 200-meter individual medley SM7, and Brian Impellizzeri in long jump T37. The medals of silver were obtained by Hernan Urra in shot put T35, The Bats in men’s football for the blind, who lost the final to France on penalties after a 1-1 draw, and Alexis Chavez in 100 meters T36.
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In Paris 2024, China confirmed itself as the great dominator of Paralympic sportThe Asian giant, which since Athens 2004 has always ended up leading the medal table, closed with 94 golds, 76 silvers and 50 bronzes for a total of 220 medals.
He followed with 124 medals for the United Kingdom (49-44-31), and the United States with 105 (36-42-27).
The 2024 Paralympic Games achieved a media record
From a media perspective, 165 television channels around the world followed the competitiona record number. It was also the Paralympic tournament with the largest number of delegations in history, with 168, and the number of women competing, with almost 2,000 (1,983), practically double the number who took part in Sydney-2000 (988).
In terms of tickets sold, London 2012 holds the record with 2.7 million, slightly more than in Paris (just over 2.5 million, according to the organisers).
Source: Ambito
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