2024 Summer Paralympics Closing Ceremony
The closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France on 8 September 2024. Tthe ceremony featured cultural presentations from both the current (France) and following (United States) host countries, as well as closing remarks by International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons (sports administrator), Andrew Parsons and the Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, COJOP2024 President of the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, President Tony Estanguet; the official handover of the Paralympic flag from Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo to Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass, whose city would host the 2028 Summer Paralympics; and the extinguishing of the Paralympic Flame. The ceremony featured a mix of filmed and live segments, which included the Los Angeles 2028 presentation, recorded in Venice, Los Angeles. Officials There were 169 delegations with 5,800 athletes ...
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2024 Summer Paralympics
The 2024 Paralympic Games, Summer Paralympics (french: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), commonly known as the Games of the XVII Paralympiad, and commonly known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee, to be held in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. These games mark the first time Paris will host the Paralympics in its history and the second time that France will host the Paralympic Games, as Tignes and Albertville joint hosted the 1992 Winter Paralympics. The final decision was made by the IOC on 13 September 2017, at their annual session in Lima, Peru. Bids As part of a formal agreement between the International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee first established in 2001, the winner of the bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics must also host the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Due to concerns over a number of cities withdrawing in the bid ...
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