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Paralympic flame

September - Charlotte

The paralympic flame powers a white hot air balloon and is illuminated in the night sky. It hovers near the effiel tower whichis lit up in gold
Went to Paris to see the Paralympics. Goalball was a new sport for me and so glad we got tickets - so good to watch. The agility of the players is so impressive. When TeamGB got to the wheelchair basketball semi final we got tickets to that too. One player got nearly as many points as the entire German team put together! Always love watching Paralympic Swimming, watching people with no arms, or no legs, or sometimes neither arms nor legs power down the pool is incredible to watch. And then got to watch Jonnie Peacock and the GB relay team win Silver, amongst so many other field events going on. Also watched some canoeing and then thanks to EasyJet cancelling our flight we had an extra day so went to see the Powerlifting and it was so moving watching the Brit compete in his first paralympics and be so so happy with fifth place.
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