'We are going to be looking about what this legacy has left for France"

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00:00Well Paris 2024 had promised a celebration to end off the Paralympics and they did exactly that

00:06turning the Stade de France into an open-air nightclub. It was very much about portraying

00:14French music more specifically French electronic music from the 1970s and 80s all the way until

00:20today Jean-Michel Jarre all the way to Martin Solveig to close off this ceremony. A ceremony

00:25a celebration for athletes for the fans and also for the volunteers who were thanked very much by

00:31the crowds and by the organizers. Paris 2024 is finished but it doesn't end there it has definitely

00:38launched something new for everybody in France that's in terms of interest of sport in terms of

00:44awareness and interest as well into para sports and also we're going to be looking at of course

00:50over in the near future about how this legacy what this legacy is actually left for France

00:56because of course the Paralympics are about the sports and about getting people into sports but

01:01it's also about athletes and non-athletes daily lives and as we know plenty can still be done

01:07for people for the 1.3 billion people with disabilities across the world. The message

01:13around here has been from the from the heads of the Paralympics was one of inclusion a revolution

01:18of inclusion and tonight and this after this ceremony well Andrew Parsons said that Paris

01:242024 has actually set a new benchmark and that's very much because we often look back to London

01:30as to the organization and what the games can do for athletes and not but Paris 2024 has clearly

01:35been a huge success and we'll be following how things develop over the coming months.

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