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'We've become role models': French para athletes hail legacy of Paris Games

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.

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Paris glow lost as French team prepares for Para athletics world championships

Just over a month away from the start of the Para athletics world championships in New Delhi, concern is rising in France over proposed reductions to the sports budget since the 2024 Paris Paralympics and the damage the cuts could have on the performances of Para competitors.

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As France’s sports budget faces cuts, are Olympic promises being broken?

One year on from the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, French politicians and sports organisations are hitting out at the government's proposed cuts to the budget for sport – after pledges to improve access to grassroots sport were made following the country's record medal haul last summer.

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Peter Rice to oversee opening and closing ceremonies for 2028 LA Olympics and Paralympics

Peter Rice, former chairman of Walt Disney Television and head of 21st Century Fox, has been hired to oversee the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics

The Independent UK

US Olympic Policy Change Bans Transgender Women In Women's Events

American transgender women will no longer be able to compete in women's events at the Olympics and Paralympics after a recent policy change by the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).

International Business Times

Women in Sport charity founder says she and Anne discussed how sport has changed

Dr Anita White, founder of Women in Sport, and Penny Briscoe, chef de mission of ParalympicsGB, were among those honoured at Windsor Castle.

Evening Standard

Qatar in talks over hosting 2036 Olympics and Paralympics

The Middle East nation hosted the men’s Fifa World Cup in 2022

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Paris Olympics and Paralympics cost taxpayer nearly €6bn

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and Paralympics cost the French state just under €6 billion ($6.9 billion), the national audit body announced in an "initial estimate" on Monday.

Radio France Internationale

Paralympic chief challenges Brisbane 2032 organizers to top the success of Sydney

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons has challenged organizers of the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics in Brisbane to top the benchmarks set by Sydney when Australia last hosted the Games 25 years ago

The Independent UK

Paralympics boss positive about Brisbane 2032 progress

The international Paralympics boss is positive about the progress Brisbane is making ahead of the 2032 Games despite several false starts.

AAP

After devastating BMX injury, Kai Sakakibara makes winning return as para cyclist

Five years after a crash that left him with a life-changing brain injury the former Olympic hopeful has a national title to his name – and his sights set on the Paralympics

The Guardian - AU

Not just the stadium: what Brisbane Olympic organisers are planning for

Brisbane was awarded the Olympics and Paralympics more than 1,300 days ago, and much has happened in between.

The Conversation

ParalympicsGB star Poppy Maskill gets early birthday treat as she collects MBE

The swimmer, who turns 20 on Saturday, was ParalympicsGB’s most successful athlete at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Evening Standard

‘Seb is a leader’: Farah, Bolt and Grey-Thompson back Coe for IOC president

Sebastian Coe has received the backing of several big names before the vote to decide the new IOC president on Thursday

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Paralympics champion says being made MBE ‘tops’ breaking world record

Track and field athlete Sabrina Fortune won the gold medal in shot put with a world record of 15.12 metres at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

The Guardian - UK

Sammi Kinghorn: ‘I told my dad I was OK with never winning gold’

The wheelchair racer tells Paul MacInnes about her happy Paralympics memories and how disability sport can capitalise off the post-Games buzz

The Guardian - UK

GB again set standards at Paris Paralympics – now to fill in the gaps

Athletes such as William Ellard and Bly Twomey made their names in the summer but much needs to be done to boost disabled sport between Games

The Conversation

Sport produces mountains of high-tech waste. We are finding new ways to recycle it

In the early days of the modern Olympics and Paralympics, athletes competed using heavy, non-aerodynamic equipment. The record for throwing a javelin, for instance, has almost doubled since 1908, when the sport was introduced. Athletes have got better – but so has their equipment.

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We didn’t make it to the Paralympics, but we still have hope: the Gazan paracyclist

As part of the Guardian’s Gaza Voices series this year, Hazem Suleiman told of how the roads he trained on had been destroyed. Now, he’s raising money for other amputees

The Times of India

IOC welcome interest from South Africa to host 2036 Olympics

In a step away from convention, International Olympic Committee (IOC) welcomed a bid from South Africa to host the 2036 Olympics and Paralympics. It came after a delegation including the South African Sports Confederation Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) met with IOC officials in Lausanne, Switzerland this week.

AAP

Lyon wants blind cricket in 2032 Brisbane Paralympics

Test spinner Nathan Lyon will have braille writing on his bat during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, while calling for blind cricket to enter the Paralympics.

The National (Scotland)

Billy Monger has eye on 2028 Paralympics after record-breaking Ironman exploits

The 25-year-old smashed the Ironman world record for a double amputee.

The Independent UK

Billy Monger reveals 2028 Paralympics goal after record-breaking Ironman

The 25-year-old smashed the Ironman world record for a double amputee

The Times of India

'Comparison with Neeraj Chopra is silly': Two-time Paralympics double medallist Sumit Antil

Sumit Antil, a two-time world champion and Paralympics gold medallist in Tokyo, promised Prime Minister Narendra Modi he would add to his tally in Paris. In September, he did just that. By hurling the javelin a distance of 70.59m in the F64 class in the French capital, winning a gold…

France 24

People living with disabilities in the EU: The battle for inclusion

One in four adults in the EU have a disability, according to Eurostat. That's more than 100 million people. And while this summer's Paralympics no doubt drew attention to the issue in a visible way, the daily struggles of so many people remain largely invisible. Indeed, access to employment and…

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