Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: Evaluating the impact and significance of the 2024 Paralympics

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In this episode, I evaluate the impact and significance of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. I speak to key individuals who attended the event to get their perspective of the Games and to appraise the 2024 Paralympics. I consider the aims of the Paris Paralympics, the accessibility of the event, and what it was like to be in the stadiums and arenas during the Games. I appraise the quantity and quality of the media coverage. The sport participation legacy of the Paris Games is considered and debated, followed by a final assessment of impact and significance of the event for the development and future of the Paralympics.

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Context about the Paris 2024 Paralympics (00:00:50)

3. Social change potential of the Paralympics (00:01:39)

4. Aims and planned outcomes of the 2024 Paralympics (00:02:12)

5. Accessibility of Paris and the 2024 Paralympics (00:05:30)

6. Spectator experience of the Paris Paralympics (00:10:15)

7. Impact of the Olympics on the success of the Paralympics (00:17:11)

8. Comparison to London 2012 (00:19:44)

9. Media coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (00:24:24)

10. Sport participation legacy (00:34:01)

11. Are the Paralympics limited in achieving social change? (00:40:35)

12. Impact of the 2024 Paralympics on the future development of the Paralympics (00:45:00)

13. Conclusion (00:47:39)