IN PHOTO – Fans set fire to the Paralympic Games – Libération

2024-09-05 15:08:00

In Libé’s eyes

Everywhere in the stands and at Club France in the Parc de la Villette in Paris, fans express their fervor at the events and cheer on the athletes of the Paralympic Games.

published September 5, 2024 at 5:08 pm

The public applauds the French cyclists Marie Patouillet and Heïdi Gaugain on August 30.

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Near the Arena La Défense, on August 29th in Nanterre, where the para-swimming competitions take place.

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Young fans among the 8,000 fans in attendance await the arrival of multiple world taekwondo champion Bopha Kong, ahead of his quarter-final defeat at the Grand Palais on August 29.

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The fight for the victory of Zakia Khudadadi, which brings the first charm in the young history of the refugee Paralympic team, on August 29 at the Grand Palais. The taekwondo player dedicated her bronze medal to “all the women in Afghanistan”.

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More than a hundred people left Saint-Caradec, a town in the Côtes-d’Armor where Alexandre Léauté is originally from, to support the paracyclist who retired on 30 August at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome, gold medalist in the Track chase.

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Football for the blind, whose events take place at the Arena Paris Sud, requires absolute silence, because the players (with the exception of the goalkeepers) are blind and can orient themselves mainly thanks to the sounds of the ball with the bells and indications of the bells.

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A fan on August 31st in front of a Les Bleues goalball game, a sport between handball, bowling and dodgeball, played by people with visual disabilities.

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Blind or visually impaired spectators can follow the goalball game using “vision pads”, which allow them to perceive the movement of the ball by touch.

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Fans of the Iranian men’s goalball team, which will face Brazil on August 31.

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The tight Brazil-Iran football duel on August 31 ended with a score of 7-7.

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French delegation flag-bearer Alexis Hanquinquant is cheered by fans as he wins the triathlon gold medal in the PTS4 category on September 2.

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Gold medalist badminton Charles Noakes enjoys his celebration at Club France in the Parc de la Villette, Paris, September 3.

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Among the audience at Club France, Sabine (53 years old) arrived with her son Léo (21 years old), a sports enthusiast who practices football, tennis and karate.

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Méril Loquette sitting on the lap of her French para-badminton team teammate Thomas Jakobs, at Club France on September 3.

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