CLOSING CEREMONY OF PARALYMPICS TOKYO 2020 & HANDOVER TO PARIS 2024

USPA NEWS - The one hundred and thirty eight French athletes demonstrated high performance, out of the ordinary, during the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. These heroes of the disciplines of the Parlympic games, have surpassed themselves in Cycling, judo, wheelchair tennis, basketball, wrestling, swimming, archery. and brings fifty four medals to their country. Tony Estanguet, Director General of the future Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Paris 2024 said he was "very happy and more than satisfied with this number of medals which exceeded our expectations of thirty five medals, fixed. Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games ". Indeed the athletes were determined to prove their worth and win as many medals as possible. thus offering a French prize list of fifty four medals in total (54), including eleven (11) in gold medals, fifteen (15) in silver and eight (28) in bronze. This fine track record allows France to rank 14th at the Tokyo Paralympic Games! In 2016 at the Paralympic Games in Rio, France was represented by 126 athletes, participating in seventeen sports categories, had reported twenty eight medals, ranking France in 12th position in the world.

The one hundred and thirty eight French athletes demonstrated high performance, out of the ordinary, during the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. These heroes of the disciplines of the Parlympic games, have surpassed themselves in Cycling, judo, wheelchair tennis, basketball, wrestling, swimming, archery. and brings fifty four medals to their country. Tony Estanguet, Director General of the future Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Paris 2024 said he was "very happy and more than satisfied with this number of medals which exceeded our expectations of thirty five medals, fixed. Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games ". Indeed the athletes were determined to prove their worth and win as many medals as possible. thus offering a French prize list of fifty four medals in total (54), including eleven (11) in gold medals, fifteen (15) in silver and eight (28) in bronze. This fine track record allows France to rank 14th at the Tokyo Paralympic Games! In 2016 at the Paralympic Games in Rio, France was represented by 126 athletes, participating in seventeen sports categories, had reported twenty eight medals, ranking France in 12th position in the world. This year in 2020 Tokyo, the French athletes have doubled the number of medals, which is a real achievement!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The closing ceremony took place today on 5 September, from the esplanade of the Eiffel Tower called « Trocadero » live with Tokyo or the passage of the flame took place between Japan and France which will be the next host country of these world games that Tony Estanguet has dores and already wanted to group: Olympics and Paralympics, as an inclusive gesture guide, including in the marketing signage. Paralympic athletes came to greet their audience on the open-air esplanade, where Wheelchair basketball, Wheelchair rugby and Wheel Chair tennis demonstrations followed one another, in front of a very young audience (children, coming from schools of Paris)