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Paris Paralympics set records
The Paris Paralympic Games set records with 169 participating delegations and 165 media outlets covering the event. Nearly 2.4 million tickets were sold.
As the Paralympic Games come to an end, Paris is hoping to leave its mark on how disability is viewed and taken into consideration.
Paris Paralympic Games set multiple records including attendance of 169 delegations which is the highest number of participation compared to previous years.
Another record was the media outlets that covered the event. In total 165 television channels followed the Paralympic Games and the spectators in Paris also welcomed the games with enthusiasm.
Around 2.4 million tickets were sold or allocated on the eve of the closing ceremony out of 2.5 million put on sale last autumn.
Before Paris, the most amount of tickets sold was 2.7 million for the 2012 London Paralympic Games.
Will it affect the daily lives of the disabled?
What remains to be seen is whether these Games will leave a solid legacy when it comes to accessibility and social inclusion for people with disabilities.
At the end of August, Valérie Pécresse, the president of the Paris region, called for a massive renovation to fix the city’s centuries-old public transport network that is almost impossible for people with disabilities to use.
This project may take 20 years and cost up to 15 billion euros. The feasibility of the renovation is yet to be discussed.