Three weeks before the World Para Athletics Championships open in New Delhi, dozens of stars from France's Paralympics movement gathered just outside Paris to celebrate the success of the 2024 Games – an event athletes say marked a turning point in how their sports are perceived.
"I think we had this complex in France – I certainly did and many other athletes with disabilities did too," said Jean-Christophe Rambeau, one of the leading lights in France's sitting volleyball team that made its debut at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
