Australia’s Paralympians receive hero's welcome on return from Paris Games at Sydney Airport

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Australia’s Paralympians have been greeted with a hero's welcome upon returning from the Paris Games. Liz Wright reports from the official reception at Sydney Airport.

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00:00The Paralympians have arrived back home here in Sydney to a spectacular welcome home party.

00:10It's been a wonderful campaign for our team in Paris, winning 63 medals all up and countless

00:16world records broken.

00:18I love every bit of the experience but coming home is the best part and being able to be

00:22here and celebrate with our loved ones and all the amazing people from Australia is so

00:25great.

00:26The Paralympic team has been welcomed home in the Cauldron's Hangar, having our friends

00:30and family all here and all the supporters and the politicians and all the backers so

00:35it's really nice to have and to include them in our welcome home and to continue on the

00:40celebration that is the Paralympic Games.

00:42There have been a number of dignitaries here this morning to meet and greet with the athletes

00:48and help celebrate their successes including Governor-General Sam Mostyn and Prime Minister

00:55Anthony Albanese.

00:57These athletes are just remarkable, they've overcome adversity, they have represented

01:02their country with pride and with courage and 18 gold medals, lots of silvers, lots

01:09of bronzes but for all of these athletes they've done their best and we're so proud to have

01:15them representing Australia and it's just exciting.

01:19Now many of the athletes will be taking the opportunity to get some rest over the next

01:23few weeks but a lot of them are already looking ahead to 2032.

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