Summer Paralympic Games Paris 2024

[bestmen 2,903]

But this ranking is unfair , they should do it by percentage  according to number of athletes ...some countries sent 400 athletes 

[Orangehair43 285]

3 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Great Games for  

 

49 Gold 44 Silver 31 Bronze

 

Second overall.  

 

Very small number of disappointments, maybe one Games too many for a handful, but otherwise a great two weeks for us.

On Channel four a bit ago Ellie Simmonds was delighted by the swimming performance but Tanni Grey Thompson was not impressed by the Athletics performance - raising concerns about the lack of debutants and future prospects. She sounded pretty down beat.

Edited September 8, 2024 by Orangehair43

[freds77 117]

The olympics opening ceremony of Paris 2024 was under the rain the closing ceremony of the paralympics also, what a symbol.

[Olympian1010 8,229]

Literal goosebumps from this anthem performance.

[Orangehair43 285]

Andrew Parsons doing the best games ever speech that the IOC dropped after Sydney. 

[Olympian1010 8,229]

...And like that...the 2021-2024 cycle of international sport is complete 

[freds77 117]

9 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

...And like that...the 2021-2024 cycle of international sport is complete 

And the 2024-2028 cycle of international sport will begin!

[heywoodu 16,001]

16 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

...And like that...the 2021-2024 cycle of international sport is complete 

Yet the world of global sports events just keeps going on and on without ever really stopping other than for like 1 or 2 days in late December  

[heywoodu 16,001]

Meanwhile, Spanish bronze medalist in the women's T12 marathon was disqualified. Her guide got cramps a few meters before the start, she helped him up and with that let go of the tether/piece of rope that they had to hold together, leading to the DQ.

[Olympian1010 8,229]

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Yet the world of global sports events just keeps going on and on without ever really stopping other than for like 1 or 2 days in late December  

There will be a little more downtime for multi-sports games fanatics like myself. The ISF has something next month, but the schedule is pretty empty until December (2024) and January (2025).