2024 Paralympics: Paris bids goodbye to the Games

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00:00It was absolutely phenomenal and it's still a really nice atmosphere but the sun had been

00:04out all day, people had been enjoying activities outside and now it's, you know, it's raining

00:09down really hard. I mean, if you just have a look, they were playing, lots of children

00:14were playing wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis outside. That's obviously no longer

00:19happening for now. We hope it clears up soon. But of course, one of the main reasons people

00:24have come here tonight is because they're going to be screening the closing ceremony.

00:29This is one of the biggest fan zones here in France and so people are going to gather

00:34here to kind of enjoy those final moments of the Paralympic Games before they have to

00:39get back to reality. Now, we won't be seeing a huge amount of athletes at the moment because

00:44obviously they'll be at Stade de France, they're getting ready for the closing ceremony, but

00:48they are expected back here, the whole French delegation, at about 1am to keep the party

00:52going and this venue is going to stay open until 5am. So definitely a lot to celebrate.

00:57As you mentioned before, the objective was to be in the top eight of the medal table

01:02and they've succeeded. So definitely a lot to celebrate tonight.

01:05And tell us more, Camille, about where you are right now. What exactly has Club France

01:11represented over the past few weeks?

01:13Yeah, I mean, Club France is really, it's been the heart and soul of the Olympics and

01:20the Paralympics. It really made a name for itself during the Olympic Games. It was kind

01:24of the place to be. Everyone was trying to get tickets and organisers have really kind

01:28of tried to carry that momentum through to the Paralympics and pretty successfully because

01:33it's been, the venue's been booked out most nights. You know, it has a capacity of about

01:3710,000 people. Tonight it's a full house, tickets are fully booked and it's been a space

01:43where people have been able to meet the athletes, of course, because they've been coming and

01:48I'm sure you've seen those images of the athletes coming on that big stage and being greeted

01:52by all the crowds. It's been absolutely phenomenal. We saw Nelia Barbosa just a few moments ago.

01:58She came to celebrate her silver medal in the canoe and, you know, these are athletes

02:05who kind of don't get a lot of visibility day to day and who are greeted by hordes of

02:09supporters and they're just true heroes here at Club France.

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