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[+] too. Getty Images As the Paralympic flame makes its way from England to France for the opening ceremony on Wednesday, the city of Lights is busy preparing for what Tony Estanguet, the president of Paris 2024, calls "the rematch." The Paralympic flame was lit in Stoke Mandeville on Saturday, northwest of London, the birthplace of the Paralympics in 1948.
For its first inauguration, the competition included 16 athletes competing in archery at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Richmond Hospital in London. All were veterans of the British army, and just two were women. By 1969, Queen Elizabeth II was in attendance; by 2008, there were 3.
5 million spectators. Now in 2024, the Paralympics involve 12 days, 180 delegations, 22 sports, and 18 venues—many of those that were used for the Olympic Games. After the phenomenal success of the Paris Olympic Games, the Olympic village fell back into life Wednesday, 22 August, as the first of over 4,000 expected Paralympic athletes arrived for their stay.
The Olympics Village Was Built For The Paralympians There is a good reason for the two-week gap between the Olympics and Paralympics—notably the time needed to prepare the Olympic Village for the Paralympians and the eventing sites. As Le Monde notes , the Olympic Village has wide doors, accessible balconies and showers, electrical plug.