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British athletes light Paralympic Flame in birthplace of Games near London

Britain's Helene Raynsford and Gregor Ewan light the Olympic cauldron during the Paralympic torch-lighting ceremony at Stoke Mandeville in Aylesbury, UK, on 24 August, 2024. AFP - JUSTIN TALLIS

Four days before the Paris Paralympics begin, the torch was lit on Saturday next to the English hospital where the idea for the competition was born. The flame arrives in France on Sunday via the Channel tunnel.

Two British Paralympians, Helene Raynsford and Gregor Ewan, lit the famous torch on Saturday in the stadium close to Stoke Mandeville hospital, northwest of London.

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