Three things the Paralympics taught us
With the Paralympics closing in Paris, CGTN’s Ross Cullen tells us what the tournament has taught us all.
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00:00We have learned there have been some inspiring performances. Jodie Grunen becoming the first
00:05ever person to win a Paralympic medal while pregnant, Zakir Khudadani earning the first
00:11ever medal for the Paralympic refugee team and who can forget the iconic performance by France's
00:16men winning the blind football tournament in the iconic Eiffel Tower Stadium. We've also seen it is
00:22possible to hold a Paralympics in the middle of a busy city centre using some of the amazing
00:28existing venues like the Grand Palais you can see here behind me for the taekwondo and the fencing
00:32and the archery in the gardens of the former military hospital of Onvalise. We've also learned
00:37of some of the daily challenges that these Paralympians will face after the Paralympics
00:41come to a close in terms of access to jobs, access to housing, ease of using public transport
00:46and Paris 2024 determined to improve accessibility across all of France going forward.