Demand for Paralympic Games tickets in Paris

Published: Aug 27, 2024 Duration: 00:02:31 Category: News & Politics
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in July parisians had left the city in droves ahead of the Olympic Games entire neighborhoods turned IR really quiet as residents DeCamp as they fed the disturbance and traffic problems many thought the games would bring but the games turned out to be a global success the Paro Olympics will allow them to see Olympic sports in the same venues including at the base of the iel Tower or in The Gardens of the ver Castle outside Paris organizers say that of the more than 1.75 million tickets already sold ahead of the paralympic games 92% were purchased by French citizens we are delighted to tell you that we have already sold nearly 2 million tickets it's exceptional before the start of these games we are delighted with the stadiums that will be full in a number of sports you have them here on the screen you know until the end we are going to try to make a room to find small places and we are adding as we go along the Paralympics will get underway later today and will run until the 8th of next month the par Olympics torch relay has continued its journey across the French Capital ahead of the lighting of the cold Dron at this evening's opening ceremony meanwhile uganda's H is gearing up for yet another day of training for the upcoming Paralympics the journey to a current status is as a gold medalist began at the age of five when she started swimming in the waters of kalala in 2018 kunda won her first 100 m gold medal at the Korea par Olympic Youth Camp since then she has won medals in various swimming categories and achieved a personal best in the 100 m breast stroke at the Tokyo par Olympic Games in 2021 here we train in 25 M Pools 25 y pools only to go and compete in a 50 m pool those guys have trained for it have trained in it every day of their lives they practiced yet despite qualifying for six events at the Paris par Olympics she will focus on just three main events ABC News discussion

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