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.
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00:00As the Paralympic Games come to an end, Paris is hoping to leave its mark on how a disability
00:15is viewed and taken into consideration.
00:18These Paralympics set a multiple amount of records.
00:23The first one is that the highest number of delegations participated compared to previous
00:28editions, 169 to be exact.
00:32And then the second record that was set is that these were the Paralympics that were
00:36the most covered by international media, 165 TV channels followed the event.
00:42And around 2.4 million tickets out of 2.5 were sold.
00:48As a reminder, the highest record of tickets for the Paralympic Games ever sold was in
00:53London in 2012.
00:55But what remains to be seen is whether there will be a lasting legacy when it comes to
01:00accessibility and social inclusion for people with disabilities.
01:04At the end of August, the president of the region, Valérie Précresse, called for a
01:08massive renovation to fix the capital's centuries-old public transport system that is almost impossible
01:16for people with disabilities to even access, a project that could take up to 20 years and
01:22cost 15 billion euros.
01:24And the feasibility of it has not even been discussed.