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2024 Paralympics: Paris bids goodbye to the Games
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9/8/2024
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It was absolutely phenomenal and it's still a really nice atmosphere but the sun had been
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out all day, people had been enjoying activities outside and now it's, you know, it's raining
00:09
down really hard. I mean, if you just have a look, they were playing, lots of children
00:14
were playing wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis outside. That's obviously no longer
00:19
happening for now. We hope it clears up soon. But of course, one of the main reasons people
00:24
have come here tonight is because they're going to be screening the closing ceremony.
00:29
This is one of the biggest fan zones here in France and so people are going to gather
00:34
here to kind of enjoy those final moments of the Paralympic Games before they have to
00:39
get back to reality. Now, we won't be seeing a huge amount of athletes at the moment because
00:44
obviously they'll be at Stade de France, they're getting ready for the closing ceremony, but
00:48
they are expected back here, the whole French delegation, at about 1am to keep the party
00:52
going and this venue is going to stay open until 5am. So definitely a lot to celebrate.
00:57
As you mentioned before, the objective was to be in the top eight of the medal table
01:02
and they've succeeded. So definitely a lot to celebrate tonight.
01:05
And tell us more, Camille, about where you are right now. What exactly has Club France
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represented over the past few weeks?
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Yeah, I mean, Club France is really, it's been the heart and soul of the Olympics and
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the Paralympics. It really made a name for itself during the Olympic Games. It was kind
01:24
of the place to be. Everyone was trying to get tickets and organisers have really kind
01:28
of tried to carry that momentum through to the Paralympics and pretty successfully because
01:33
it's been, the venue's been booked out most nights. You know, it has a capacity of about
01:37
10,000 people. Tonight it's a full house, tickets are fully booked and it's been a space
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where people have been able to meet the athletes, of course, because they've been coming and
01:48
I'm sure you've seen those images of the athletes coming on that big stage and being greeted
01:52
by all the crowds. It's been absolutely phenomenal. We saw Nelia Barbosa just a few moments ago.
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She came to celebrate her silver medal in the canoe and, you know, these are athletes
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who kind of don't get a lot of visibility day to day and who are greeted by hordes of
02:09
supporters and they're just true heroes here at Club France.
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