Merci Paris Part 2 – Paralympics Review

Huge pyrotechnics display at the Paris 2024 Paralympics Opening Ceremony, with fireworks illuminating the night sky around a tall obelisk, while a massive audience watches in the stands on either side. On the ground in front of the obelisk, several hundred people carrying flaming torches have arranged themselves to form the 3 crescents that make up the Paralympics Agitos symbol.

Following on from my review of the Olympics earlier this summer, we’ve just had even more spectacular sporting action with the Paralympics in Paris, which I’ve been absolutely obsessed with over the past fortnight.

ParalympicsGB did extremely well as per usual, scooping up 49 golds amongst their 124 medals, and it’s their many achievements I’ll be focusing on in this post of course. But it was great to watch elite athletes from all nations – of which there were 4,400 competitors from 168 delegations in total – as they shared their fascinating stories and showcased their incredible skills in 22 sports, featuring hundreds of events across a myriad of disability categories.

There were huge audiences supporting them with enormous enthusiasm as well, which was wonderful to see. They generated such an electric atmosphere, in stark contrast to the lack of crowds in Tokyo’s Covid-hit Games, so these have really felt like the first proper Paralympics in 8 years.

And it’s also great that the Games were more widely broadcast around the world than ever before, including on Channel 4. Indeed, the fact that there was barely any time difference with the UK made it possible for us Brits to watch everything live on TV and online, and to have full roundups at the end of each day with the highlights programmes and The Last Leg. So it almost felt like a home Games again, the closest we’ve had since London 2012.

All of which meant there was a lot going on all day every day, which was daunting yet exciting to try and keep up with. So in this extensive review post – which isn’t sponsored by anyone and all opinions are my own – I’ll go through all of Britain’s medal winners along with some of my other highlights, and I’ve also made a Youtube playlist to go with it as well. I hope you enjoy!

Contents

Channel 4

Programmes

Here in the UK we were blessed with Channel 4’s extensive coverage, as they had acquired all the rights yet again, unlike the BBC’s limited access to the Olympics. This enabled them to broadcast over 1,300 hours of live sport on TV and online, and I always had it on whenever I was working or relaxing at home.

Live sport filled the schedules on their main station, their sister station More4 and their website every day, finishing with highlights programmes and episodes of The Last Leg, all topped and tailed by the opening and closing ceremonies.

Plus there was even more action on their Youtube channel, with full live streams of all the events that I sometimes watched and occasionally skimmed back through to catch key events I’d missed, daily highlights videos with audio description that were a nice way of rounding things up, playlists for each day consolidating all of the coverage and clips, and the interesting 2-part documentary Path To Paris (with the episodes Hunt For Gold and Paralympic Dreams).

There was of course the necessary evil of advertising breaks on TV, and the regular reminders of sponsorship from Toyota and Allianz, which inevitably got irritating when they popped up at inconvenient moments. But I was able to tolerate all of that, as without it Channel 4 wouldn’t have been able to afford to broadcast as much as they did. It’s a worthy compromise to ensure the Games are fully available on free-to-air TV, given that the BBC clearly weren’t able or willing to fork out for it.

Channel 4 also ran a campaign challenging attitudes towards disabled people and promoted a scheme run by ParalympicsGB and Toyota encouraging disabled people to take up sport called Every Body Moves. And ParalympicsGB are also running an Equal Play campaign calling for access to PE and school sports for disabled children to be a statutory right. So it’s been great to see the Games being used as a platform to raise awareness of things like that.

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Presenters

Many members of Channel 4’s excellent presentation team were disabled, including:

  • Actress and model Rose Ayling-Ellis, who was brilliant as the first deaf presenter working on live coverage of the Paralympics. She had a marvellous partnership with the ever-professional and hugely knowledgable Clare Balding in the afternoon shows by the pool, and it was lovely to see how the production team adapted things for Rose, using interpreters and screens to convey all the information she needed during the fast-paced live shows.

Everyone I saw or heard during the coverage was very good, including the commentators. And it was also nice to hear that behind the scenes, at Channel 4’s brand new remote broadcasting facility for the Games in Cardiff, there were 16 disabled people from their Paralympics Production Trainee Scheme among the staff of over 200 employees.

Accessibility

Channel 4 made a lot of their content accessible at these Games. I know it wasn’t ideal for everyone, and I can only give an opinion regarding my own experience, but I found it pretty good for what I personally needed.

For visually impaired people like me, audio description was provided for each evening’s sporting action and the daily highlights programmes, which was very useful for clarifying some of the details. It only needed to be brief AD too, as Channel 4 had encouraged their commentators to be a bit more descriptive than they might normally be on TV, which I did notice sometimes. There was also audio description in their Youtube highlights videos each evening, in which the background music was occasionally a bit too loud in the early days, but it did seem to become less intrusive in later videos.

They also had audio descriptive commentaries for the opening and closing ceremonies as part of the signed versions on their sister station 4Seven, although they should have promoted it more on their main station, as I had to tell a friend it was there, and I saw comments from other people on social media who were unaware of it. Those commentaries were very helpful and informative, although arguably a bit too descriptive sometimes as they spoke over quite a bit of the music – although I’ve seen comments that the standard commentary on Channel 4 wasn’t much better in that regard either. It is a hard balance to get right though, I know.

For deaf and hard of hearing people, meanwhile, BSL was provided for the live sport on Channel 4 between 3pm and 6pm, and on 4Seven there were signed simulcasts of the highlights programmes, The Last Leg and the opening and closing ceremonies. Plus they had subtitles on all of their programming, including their advertising.

It would have been great to have audio description and BSL available for absolutely everything, sure, but the amount they supplied here far surpassed anything they had done before, and was a lot more than I had been expecting, so well done to Channel 4 for all of their efforts.

I also happen to know that they were actively engaging in research to find out how well it was working for disabled viewers, as I put my name forward to the research organisation that circulated the invite. I wasn’t chosen to take part, but the fact that they were seeking feedback hopefully signals a commitment to improving what they offer at future Paralympics and any other sports they show.

For those lucky enough to be at the venues in person, incidentally, there were various accessible services on offer. One in particular that caught my attention, as it was shown on The Last Leg, was a special electronic Vision Pad for blind people that lets you feel where the ball is on the pitch during the matches, which looked very cool. It was also available for goalball, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby. It was one of several technological innovations that hopefully made the experience more inclusive, along with audio description and low vision helmets. If you want to find out what it was like for a visually impaired person to attend the Paralympics, I know that Sassy Wyatt will be sharing videos of her experience if you want to follow her.

That’s not to say that Paris was perfect by any means. I know there were access issues for disabled people on the viewing platforms and people being forced to sit separately from their carers, as well as issues on the Paris Metro and other public transport, including the wheelchair user who was prevented from boarding the Eurostar recently. So the city does need to make considerable improvements. But then so do we in the UK, where we had the shameful story of Tanni Grey-Thompson having to crawl off a train just before the Games, illustrating just one of the many issues that continue to plague disabled travellers. So there’s still so much more to be done, and we shouldn’t have to keep shouting about it in 2024.

The Last Leg

Still going strong 12 years after their first series at the London 2012 Paralympics, the trio of Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe were once again on hand to give their light-hearted take on the action every day – apart from the one day they weren’t allowed to work due to French labour laws, which prohibited them from working 7 days in a row. This meant they had to write the show every day as events unfolded, even updating the script during rehearsals, so it really showed their skills as both journalists and comedians to make entertaining and informative shows on a daily basis.

At its heart, they promoted, celebrated and interviewed our medal winners and other participants from the Games, raised awareness about para sports, disabilities, etiquette and accessibility, and answered “Is It OK?” questions from viewers. Alex gave a powerful monologue at the start of the series that perfectly summed up just how much these Games mean to the disabled community, and an equally passionate speech in the last episode about how the Games have made him feel proud to be disabled. He always manages to find exactly the right words. And he also designed his own ‘Hans’ mascot that was given out to special people each day, which became very popular.

But they also had a lot of fun as well, naturally. Alex and Josh had a special role as applauders during the athletes parade at the opening ceremony, which they enjoyed. There were demonstrations of several different sports that aren’t currently in the Paralympics but should be, including an impressive routine by a breakdancer, and a duel between Josh and Jodie Ounsley (aka Fury, the first ever deaf Gladiator).

Another regular feature saw Alex and Josh supporting lots of the smaller countries at the Games by wearing relevant costumes while Adam sang facts about them, usually to the tune of their national anthem. Josh also came up with some lowbrow quizzes with tenuous links to athletes’ names. And at the end of the series, Adam had to do the can-can at ParalympicsGB house as a forfeit for Australia getting fewer medals than us.

There were also lots of great guests across the series too, with notable examples including:

So altogether it was a really good series, as The Last Leg always is. Adam, Alex and Josh then hosted The National Lottery’s ParalympicsGB Homecoming after the Games, where our returning athletes were welcomed home by a massive crowd at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham. It was then broadcast on Channel 4 for the nation to see. I skipped a lot of the musical acts that didn’t interest me, including Craig David, Aitch, Caity Baser and the Sugababes, but I liked the opening gospel choir singing Praise You by Fatboy Slim, and it was great to see the disabled performers from Extraordinary Bodies and Propel Dance, along with a young, blind, autistic pianist called Lucy Illingworth who won the TV series The Piano. But above all it was wonderful to see our athletes being celebrated and interviewed in the way that they deserved, and to see the history and development of the Paralympics overall being celebrated too.

Other Coverage

The BBC did cover the Paralympics a bit as well. In particular, they had lots of text commentaries and reports on their website, which I found quite useful for keeping up to date with things alongside the Channel 4 coverage, and I’ve linked to several of their articles in this post. They also had updates on their news programmes and a little bit of evening coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live, along with a couple of episodes of their podcast Quite A Good Sport, though I didn’t tune into any of that stuff. And they shared resources to get young people into Paralympic sports.

Other broadcasters and publications also shared the top stories of course, so people can’t have failed to know that the Paralympics was happening. Indeed, I heard on the final day that there had been so many journalists seeking accreditation to report from the venues that they had to put a cap on the numbers for the first time ever. There were also behind the scenes clips, interviews and highlights on the Youtube channels for ParalympicsGB and the Paralympic Games, as well as reports and profiles on the website for ParalympicsGB, and lists of results and medals on the Olympics website.

But Channel 4 was the main source of coverage in the UK, which the BBC openly acknowledged to be fair. So it is much appreciated that they put in so much effort this year, it was wonderful to be able to access and enjoy so much of the Games.

Highlights

Opening Ceremony

As with the Olympics, both ceremonies were directed by Thomas Jolly, and the Opening Ceremony took place outdoors instead of in a stadium. But this time the weather was gloriously sunny, the action was centred on the Place de la Concorde instead of the River Seine, and it was a relatively calmer affair, without anything bizarre or extreme. So I think it was better than the Opening Ceremony for the Olympics. Not something hugely amazing that will stick in my mind for ages like the sporting achievements, but it still looked impressive nonetheless.

The well-choreographed dance sections of the ceremony reflected its title, “Paradox: From Discord To Concord“, with performers representing creativity and diversity vs strictness and uniformity, who are ultimately brought together in unity as society witnesses disabled people in action and learns to set aside its prejudices.

Other nice elements that stood out to me included French Paralympic swimmer Théo Curin arriving in a taxi bedecked in copies of the cute Paralympic ‘Phryge’ mascots, a flypast by the Patrouille de France (the French equivalent of the Red Arrows), visually impaired pianist and vocalist Luan Pommier performing to welcome the Paralympic flag, and the lighting of the impressive Paralympic cauldron, which was a ring of flame around a huge golden hot air balloon (the same as they did for the Olympics). The most famous name I personally recognised during the ceremony was Molly Burke, who spoke a little about being disabled in one of the video sequences, but I didn’t know any of the performers who were there in person.

Beyond all of that, the parade of athletes was more traditional compared to the one they’d done on the River Seine for the Olympics. This time it was on land, with the athletes moving along the Champs-Élysées from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde, and they did it all in one long sequence, rather than breaking it up with other performances.

There were also the usual speeches welcoming people to the Games, celebrating their importance and wishing all of the athletes the best of luck, and there was a catchy musical performance by Christine And The Queens to wind things up at the end.

So it was a nice ceremony altogether. It doesn’t beat our one from London 2012 by any means, biased as I am in saying that, but it was a thoughtful celebration of diversity and the Paralympic spirit that helped to raise some awareness and got everyone in the right mindset for the Games that followed.

Swimming

See BBC reports for days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10. Our British swimmers did amazingly well, including several of our young teenage stars, resulting in our best performance since 1992 with 32 medals (18 gold, 8 silver & 6 bronze). That placed us second in the swimming medal table.

Intellectual Impairments

  • Poppy Maskill (Women’s S14) – 3 Golds (100m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke & Mixed 4x100m Relay) and 2 Silvers (200m Freestyle & 200m Individual Medley) – 19-year-old Poppy has been exceptional on her Paralympic debut, and is our most successful British athlete at these Games. She won our first gold in the Butterfly in world record time, and she surprised herself at how fast she’d swum! Meanwhile in the Medley she was leading at the halfway point, and held on very well to secure second place. But all of her races were great to watch, and she quite rightly had the honour of being one of our flagbearers in the Closing Ceremony.
  • Olivia Newman-Baronius (Women’s S14) – Gold in Mixed 4x100m Relay & Bronze in 100m Backstroke – Olivia, at just 17, was making her debut as well, and was on the medal podium for the Backstroke with winner Poppy as well as joining her for the Relay.
  • Louise Fiddes (Women’s S14) – Gold in 100m Breaststroke & Bronze in 200m Freestyle – The 23-year-old was at her second Games, and attacked the Breaststroke brilliantly to win her first Paralympic gold in a tight finish, which left her in a state of shock afterwards. She shared the podium with Poppy (who got silver) for the Freestyle, and won gold on the same day that her close friend Ellie Challis did likewise.

Physical Impairments

  • Ellie Challis (Women’s S3) – Gold in 50m Backstroke – Ellie earned her first Paralympic title in a fantastic race. The quadruple amputee is a great character, entering poolside on her cool little scooter, being the popular person her teammates go to if they need cheering up, and raising awareness of meningitis, for which she helped to design the flag for the condition. She’s also best friends and roommates with Louise Fiddes and, having both won silver in Tokyo, they came to Paris and won their golds within 15 minutes of each other, so they were over the moon!
  • Tully Kearney (Women’s S5) – 2 Golds (200m Freestyle & 100m Freestyle) – Having been pipped to the post at the 200m Freestyle in Tokyo 3 years ago, Tully stormed to victory in Paris, making good use of well-executed turns that gave her the advantage. Then the very next day she cruised to victory in the 100m as well.
  • Grace Harvey (Women’s S5) – Gold in 100m Breaststroke – Grace was in third for most of this closely-fought race, but came through brilliantly at the end.
  • Maisie Summers-Newton (Women’s S6) – 2 Golds (200m Individual Medley & 100m Breaststroke) and Bronze in 400m Freestyle – Maisie successfully defended her Medley and Breaststroke titles from Tokyo, winning by a huge margin in the former and setting a new Paralympic record in the latter. That means she now has 4 Paralympic golds to her name! And she was very happy with her Freestyle bronze as a bonus.
  • Iona Winnifrith (Women’s S7) – Silver in 100m Breaststroke – The youngest member of the British team at just 13, Paralympic debutante Iona was full of confidence after coming 4th and setting a European record in the 200m Individual Medley. She then got a lifetime best in the 100m Breaststroke to secure a strong second place.
  • Alice Tai (Women’s S8) – 2 Golds (100m Backstroke & 50m Freestyle), Silver in 400m Freestyle and 2 Bronzes (200m Individual Medley & 100m Butterfly) – These are extraordinary results considering what Alice has been through. She decided to have her lower right leg amputated a couple of years ago, due to the severe discomfort it was causing her, and since then she’s been working her way back to full fitness. You can find out more in a fascinating documentary called Amputating Alice on the Channel 4 website and Youtube. Her 100m Backstroke therefore marked her first Paralympic title since her amputation. And after a tight finish in the 50m Freestyle, she was surprised to discover she’d won that as well! She also led the field for a while in the 400m Freestyle and 100m Butterfly, but was ultimately beaten by para-swimming legend Jessica Long from the USA in both races. As for the Individual Medley, that was won by Brock Whiston (more on her below). So it’ll be great to see Alice in future competitions as her post-amputation fitness and experience continues to improve, as she knows she can go faster and is looking forward to her next season of training.
  • Brock Whiston (Women’s S8) – Gold in 200m Individual Medley & Silver for 100m Breaststroke – The Breaststroke was Brock’s first event on her Paralympic debut, and the poor girl was devastated to have missed out on the gold, giving a tearful interview afterwards. But thankfully she was all smiles by the time she got on the podium, and then later she was even happier after winning the Medley! In that final, Alice Tai had a strong lead by the halfway mark, with Brock a whole 10 seconds behind, but then Brock pulled off a stunning resurgence with excellent breaststroke and freestyle lengths to win her first ever Paralympic title, while Alice scooped the bronze. It was a thrilling race, with a tight finish between the top three. Brock then came 5th in the 400m Freestyle and 4th in the 100m Butterfly, but after the emotional rollercoaster she had been on, she was just happy to have made the finals!

Visual Impairments

  • Becky Redfern (Women’s S13) – Gold in 100m Breaststroke – After silvers in Rio and Tokyo, Becky won her first gold in this race, leading by the end of the first length and holding on until the end despite strong competition.

Cycling

See BBC reports for:

Physical Impairments

  • Archie Atkinson – Silver in Men’s C4 4,000m Individual Pursuit – The youngest member of our cycling squad at 20 years old, Archie was taking part in his first Paralympics and smashed the world record in qualifying. He also had a strong lead in the gold medal race, only to fall with just over a lap to go, having pushed himself a bit too far. It was such a shame, and he was devastated as he was helped off the track, but after coming to terms with it he was ultimately proud of how far he’d got.
  • Blaine Hunt – Silver in Men’s C4-5 1,000m Time Trial – A very good result for Blaine on his Paralympic debut at the age of 35.
  • Gold for Kadeena Cox, Jaco van Gass & Jody Cundy in Mixed C1-5 Team Sprint – After the nightmare start to her C4-5 500m Time Trial earlier in the week, where she lost her balance and fell, it was great to see Kadeena back on the track with her teammates, and they easily beat Spain. It was fun to see them on the podium afterwards, pointing with gun fingers before bursting into laughter.
  • Sarah Storey – 2 Golds (Women’s C5 Road Time Trial & Women’s C4-5 Road Race) – 32 years on from her first Paralympic medal, and appearing in a record 9th Paralympic Games, the phenomenal Dame Sarah continued her reign as Britain’s most decorated Paralympian with her 18th and 19th gold medals (13 of them for cycling and 6 for swimming), and 30 medals in total! It was her 5th consecutive victory in the Time Trial and 4th in a row for the Road Race. The 46-year-old’s big rival in both events was 19-year-old French cyclist Heidi Gaugain, who put up a good fight in front of her home crowd, especially with the exciting sprint finish in the Road Race, which is surely the tightest finish Sarah’s ever had. But unstoppable Storey, with her perfect judgement and impeccable timing, was never going to give her titles away.
  • Fran Brown – Silver in Women’s C1-3 Road Time Trial – This was Fran’s first Paralympic medal, so she was delighted afterwards, and was all the more impressive considering she’d been hit by a car and dislocated her shoulder 3 days earlier!
  • Fin Graham – Gold in Men’s C1-3 Road Race & Silver in Men’s C3 3,000m Individual Pursuit – I’ve already discussed the Individual Pursuit above. But Fin was smart in the Road Race, carefully sticking with the two leading French riders throughout, before executing a perfectly timed sprint finish to catch them out.

Visual Impairments

Our visually impaired cyclists all rode tandems with a pilot steering on the front, and they were both deservedly given a medal if they ended up on the podium. After all, the pilot has to be as good an athlete as the person they’re helping.

Men’s B:

  • Steve Bate & pilot Chris Latham – Silver in 4,000m Individual Pursuit
  • James Ball & pilot Steffan Lloyd – Gold in 1,000m Time Trial
  • Neil Fachie & pilot Matthew Rotheram – Silver in 1,000m Time Trial
  • 4,000m Individual Pursuit – Steve gave us our second velodrome medal of these Games. Chris became ill later in the Games though, so Steve was sadly unable to take part in the Road Race. Each rider and pilot forms a unique team so there was no replacement pilot Steve could use.
  • 1,000m Time Trial – With incredibly fast rides by both competitors, James topped the podium, beating the exceptionally high benchmark set by Neil, switching round their medal order from Tokyo.

Women’s B:

  • Lizzi Jordan & pilot Danni Khan – Gold in 1,000m Time Trial and 4th in 3,000m Individual Pursuit
  • Sophie Unwin & pilot Jenny Holl – 2 Golds (3,000m Individual Pursuit & Road Race), Silver in Road Time Trial and Bronze in 1,000m Time Trial
  • Lora Fachie & pilot Corrine Hall – 3 Bronzes (3,000m Individual Pursuit, Road Time Trial & Road Race) and 4th in 1,000m Time Trial
  • 1,000m Time Trial – Lizzi won this race, while Sophie grabbed the bronze, just beating Lora into 4th.
  • 3,000m Individual Pursuit – After setting a world record in qualifying, Sophie overcame Ireland’s 1½-second lead in the last few laps of the final to clinch her first ever Paralympic gold, while the bronze medal match was between 2 more British pairs, with Lora & Corinne beating Lizzi & Danni.
  • Road Time Trial & Road Race – Sophie and Lora did very well to get silver and bronze in the Time Trial, but were nowhere near winner Katie-George Dunlevy & pilot Eve McCrystal from Ireland, who were more than a minute ahead. However, while Katie-George was leading in the Road Race as well, Sophie got her revenge by sprinting ahead to finish with a 3-second lead.

Athletics

See BBC reports for days 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10. Our athletes won 18 medals, of which 6 were gold, 8 were silver and 4 were bronze, placing us 7th in the athletics medal table. It’s a respectable performance but not their best.

Wheelchair Races

  • Hannah Cockroft & Karé Adenegan (Women’s T34) – 2 Golds for Hannah & 2 Silvers for Karé (100m & 800m) – Once again Hannah was firing on all cylinders and stunning to watch, as she continued her unbeaten record in both races since London 2012. In the 100m she won her 4th consecutive Paralympic title in blistering style, and in the 800m she shot off like a rocket, rapidly cementing a huge lead and never dropping the pace. And it was all accompanied by the deafening roars of the capacity crowd. It means that she now has 9 Paralympic golds, plus another big celebration coming up with her wedding in 3 weeks’ time! As for Karé, she also did a fantastic job in both races to get her silver medals. She’s come second to Hannah several times, but has a lot of respect for her so doesn’t mind that, and was still thrilled with her results.
  • Sammi Kinghorn (Women’s T53/54) – Gold in 100m and 4 Silvers (400m, 800m, 1,500m & Universal Relay) – Sammi has been incredible to watch at these Games. She was in a state of delighted disbelief after winning her first Paralympic gold in the 100m with a Paralympic record, beating the Swiss world record holder Catherine Debrunner (who in turn beat Sammi in the 400m, 800m & 1,500m). It makes Sammi the first non-Chinese athlete to win the 100m title since Tanni Grey-Thompson in 2004, and she won it on her brother’s birthday too! Meanwhile, the 800m silver was a big improvement over her 4th place finish in Tokyo. The 1500m was a dramatic race, including a big collision between two of the athletes, and Sammi admitted briefly stopping with 200m to go, thinking the race was over, so it’s just as well she realised her mistake quickly! And the 400m silver was another cherry on the cake. There’s more on the universal relay below.
  • Marcus Perrineau-Daley (Men’s T52) – Silver in 100m – Marcus was leading by the halfway point, but the Belgian world record holder Maxime Carabin powered ahead. It’s a great result for Marcus on his Paralympic debut though.
  • David Weir (Men’s T54) – It’s been great to see David again, using a brand new state-of-the-art wheelchair that he says has given him a new lease of life. He wasn’t able to win a medal, coming 8th in the 5,000m, failing to qualify for the final of the 1,500m, and finishing 5th in the wheelchair marathon, but the 45-year-old has everyone’s utmost respect already, given his impressive career that includes 6 Paralympic golds. After the marathon he announced his retirement from the Paralympics, but said he would continue to take part in major international marathons for as long as his body allows, so we haven’t seen the last of him by any means.

Other Physical Impairments

  • Aled Davies (Men’s F63) – Silver in Shot Put – After winning gold for the discus in London 2012, then gold for the shot put in Rio and Tokyo, Aled was hoping to defend his title in Paris, and was leading after the third round. But he had to settle for silver, which he was unhappy about, but he still insists he’s the world’s best thrower. And considering he’s been recovering from a hip injury, so he isn’t at peak fitness, he did really well.
  • Anna Nicholson (Women’s F35) – Bronze in Shot Put – Despite the heavy rain, Anna recorded a distance of 9.44 metres, 3cm shy of her personal best, to get her first ever Paralympic medal, a big improvement from 6th in Tokyo.
  • Hollie Arnold (Women’s F46) – Bronze in Javelin – Holly won gold in Rio, but lost the title in Tokyo, and wasn’t able to regain it here at her 5th Paralympics. So she was naturally disappointed, but loved the atmosphere of the stadium, including family and friends in the crowd, and she’s still proud of how much the sport has grown.
  • Karim Chan & Olivia Breen (T38) – 4th in Men’s & Women’s Long Jump – Both of these long jumpers missed out on the podium by tiny margins. Karim, on his Paralympic debut after twice being World Junior Long Jump champion, had been in third for most of his final, but was narrowly beaten to bronze by 1cm in the end. And Olivia tied with Karen Palomeque Moreno from Colombia on 4.99m, which meant their second best jumps had to be counted, and Karen’s effort of 4.89m was better than Olivia’s 4.79m. It’s a shame for Olivia, as bronze would have matched the medal she won in Tokyo.
  • Jonnie Peacock (Men’s T64) – Silver in Universal Relay – There’s more on the relay below, but in his individual events Jonnie didn’t have much luck. Despite a strong start in the 100m final he was overtaken by the up-and-coming young stars, many of whom he no doubt inspired, and ended up in 5th. He was disappointed afterwards, but still smiling anyway. He still has that determination to try and find his top form again, and he’s confirmed he wants to go to Los Angeles in 2028. He also stated in his post-race interview and on social media that the event should be part of the Diamond League so that more people get to enjoy it, while Zac Shaw also tweeted to ask why the Diamond League couldn’t pause while the Paralympics were on, which is a fair point.
  • Ndidikama “Didi” Okoh (Women’s T63) – Bronze in 100m – The final race on the athletics track was one of the most dramatic, after the Italian defending champion Ambra Sabatini fell just before the finish line, taking down teammate Monica Contrafatto with her. It was desperately unlucky, but enough to allow Didi to grab the bronze for Britain on her Paralympic debut. She shared the position on the podium with Monica, as her fall hadn’t been her fault and she had managed to stretch her arm over the line at the same time as Didi crossed it.

Visual Impairments

  • Dan Pembroke (Men’s F13) – Gold in Javelin – What a journey Dan has had. After failing to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics due to an elbow injury, he left the sport and travelled the world, to see as much as he could before his retinitis pigmentosa made it impossible to continue. He then returned to the UK and became a sports massage therapist, but got bored and was recommended to try para sports. So he picked up the javelin again in 2019, and since then has become European, World and Paralympic champion, as well as being awarded an MBE. He was therefore the defending title holder coming into Paris and, with the huge and enthusiastic crowd roaring him down the runway, he broke the world record that had stood for 7 years – not once, but twice! He clearly knew he had done it the second time as he was victoriously pumping the air whilst it was still soaring across the stadium! It was spectacular to watch, and he’ll be celebrating with his own Paris Gold beer.
  • Zac Shaw (Men’s T12) – Bronze in 100m – This was an unexpected but welcome addition to the medal list. Zac came 4th in his final but was elevated to bronze 3 days later, after the winner Serkan Yildirim from Turkey was disqualified for a complicated reason to do with a court injunction and questions about his eligibility. The newly upgraded winner was Noah Malone from the USA, who now has his first individual Paralympic title as a result. A new medal ceremony was eventually held in the Stáde de France, but it’s still a great shame that the athletes didn’t get to celebrate it at the right time, in front of their families and friends who had seen them compete in the race, after all the hard work the competitors had put in over several years to be there.

Intellectual Impairments

  • Ben Sandilands (Men’s T20) – Gold in 1,500m – The Scotsman put in a marvellous performance, sticking with the leading pack then coming through from third in the final 200m to storm down the home straight, breaking the world record set by the USA’s Michael Brannigan (who finished third despite leading for most of the race).
  • Sabrina Fortune (Women’s F20) – Gold in Shot Put – Having come third in Rio and fifth in Tokyo, Sabrina hasn’t always had fortune on her side. But here she broke her own world record with her very first throw, setting a bar that nobody else could reach, with the silver medallist 69cm behind.

Universal Relay

  • Silver for Zac Shaw, Jonnie Peacock, Ali Smith & Sammi Kinghorn in 4x100m Universal Relay – This unique event is the only relay in para-athletics, and has very specific rules. There must be 2 males and 2 females on each team, and the 4 legs must be completed by a visually impaired athlete, an amputee sprinter, an athlete with cerebral palsy, and finally a wheelchair racer, in that order. There’s also a points system, so you have to think more tactically as you can’t just pick the top person in each category. And instead of batons, each handover is done by simply touching the next person, within a 40-metre zone for wheelchair athletes and 30 metres for others. The event was created in 2018, and the USA were the first to win it at the Tokyo Games in 2021. In Paris, after breaking the European record in their heat, our Brits gave it their all in the final, but couldn’t beat the world-record performance by the Chinese team. Silver was still a brilliant result though, and gave ParalympicsGB their 100th medal of the Games.

Triathlons

See BBC report for Day 5, where our triathletes won 5 medals, 2 of them gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, placing us second in the triathlon medal table.

  • Gold for Dave Ellis in Men’s PTVI – This was impressive considering Dave (with guide Luke Pollard) was fifth after the swimming stage, before catching up with the 4 leaders in the cycle race, and then ploughing through in the run to finish over a minute ahead of everyone else!
  • Gold for Megan Richter & Bronze for Hannah Moore in Women’s PTS4 – These were great results for Megan and Hannah at their debut Games. Megan was quite shocked at her performance, finishing 40 seconds clear of the field. She had taken some time out to focus on getting a biomedical science degree, before returning to the sport a couple of years ago, while Hannah had to rebuild after losing her funding and coaching support while in hospital last year, so getting the bronze is the result of a huge amount of work.
  • Silver for Claire Cashmore & Bronze for Lauren Steadman in Women’s PTS5 – Despite being World and Paralympic champions respectively, Claire and Lauren were beaten by Grace Norman from the USA on this occasion. But they were still great results. It was a special outcome for Lauren in particular just to be there, as she took a couple of years off after Tokyo and then had to battle through Long Covid earlier this year, and she expects these Games to be her last. Lauren was also a bridesmaid at Grace’s wedding, while Claire is the partner of teammate Dave Ellis, showing just how tight-knit the triathlon community is.

Rowing

See BBC report for Day 4, on which we won 3 golds and a silver, topping the rowing medal table.

Canoeing

See BBC reports for days 10 & 11, where we topped the canoeing medal table with 4 gold and 4 silver medals.

  • Emma Wiggs – Gold in Women’s VL2 200m & Silver in KL2 200m – Emma now has 4 Paralympic medals after defending her VL2 title and coming second in the KL2. The VL2 race also featured the oldest member of the British team, 54-year-old Jeanette Chippington competing at her 8th Paralympics, who came 4th in that race and 7th in the KL1.
  • Charlotte Henshaw – 2 Golds (Women’s VL3 200m & KL2 200m) – Charlotte won the inaugural title for the VL3 event in style, while the KL2 race was made more challenging by the wind but it didn’t stop her.
  • Laura Sugar – Gold in Women’s KL3 200m – Laura, who used to be a sprinter, had a great race to retain her title.
  • Hope Gordon – Silver in Women’s VL3 200m & 5th in KL3 200m – Hope gave an excellent performance in the VL3 race to come second to Charlotte. The two of them have been best friends for a very long time, and Hope broke down in tears when trying to talk about her joy at sharing the podium with Charlotte.
  • Dave Phillipson – Silver in Men’s KL2 200m – Dave, a former wheelchair tennis player at three Paralympics but now in his second Games as a canoeist, finished just over a second behind the defending champion from Australia.
  • Jack Eyers – Silver in Men’s VL3 200m – The former Mr England put in a very impressive performance on his Paralympic debut to come second. It was also our final medal of the Games.

Equestrian

It’s always beautiful to see the horses during these events, and the close partnerships they have with their riders. ParalympicsGB missed out on a dressage medal for the first time, coming 6th, but they did get 1 gold and 6 bronzes in their individual events, which put us 6th in the equestrian medal table.

  • Mari Durward-Akhurst on Athene Lindebjerg (Grade I) – 6th in Individual Test & Bronze in Individual Freestyle – Mari, on her Paralympic debut, was a bit disappointed after her score went down in the individual test, but she picked herself up and did very well with her Freestyle performance.
  • Georgia Wilson on Sakura (Grade II) – Bronze in Individual Test & Silver in Individual Freestyle – Georgia had previously won two Paralympic bronze medals in Tokyo, so it was great for her to pick up her first ever silver.
  • Natasha Baker on Dawn Chorus (Grade III) – 2 Bronzes in Individual Test & Individual Freestyle – Natasha now has 10 Paralympic medals, and this was her first major competition since giving birth to her son Joshua last year. She used music by Shania Twain in her Freestyle routine, in tribute to the fact that she met her a few years ago and they had a ride together.
  • Sophie Wells on LJT Egebjerggards Samoa (Grade V) – 2 Bronzes in Individual Test & Individual Freestyle – Like Natasha, this also elevated Sophie to a grand total of 10 medals.

Taekwondo

See BBC report for Day 3, where we topped the taekwondo medal table with our first ever golds!

  • Amy Truesdale – Gold in Women’s K44 +65kg – This ended up being very tense, as Amy accidentally clipped her opponent Guljonoy Naimova from Uzbekistan in the face with a kick, but it took a while for the judges to review the footage and decide whether it was intentional. Thankfully the decision went Amy’s way, and she was then handed the title when Guljonoy pulled out, despite being declared fit to continue. So a delighted Amy did a one-handed cartwheel and the splits in celebration! She also becomes the first fighter ever to hold Paralympic, World and European titles at the same time!
  • Matt Bush – Gold in Men’s K44 +80kg – Matt’s win was more conclusive, and marked the first gold won by a Welsh athlete at these Games. Indeed, the Welsh contingent of ParalympicsGB had their best ever medal haul for 20 years. Matt was also given the honour of being one of the flagbearers at the Closing Ceremony, with swimmer Poppy Maskill.
  • Zakia Khudadadi – Bronze for Refugee Team in K44 -47kg – Zakia, the first female practitioner of taekwondo from Afghanistan, deserves a quick mention for being the first member of the Refugee Team to win a Paralympic medal. She had been hastily evacuated from her country just before the Taliban took over, in order to represent her country at the Tokyo Games, and living in France is enabling her to access the support she needs and achieve her goals. She dedicated her medal to all the women of Afghanistan and all the refugees of the world, and hopes for peace one day in her country as we all do.

Archery

See BBC reports for days 3 & 5. We were 5th in the archery medal table with a gold and a bronze.

  • Jodie Grinham – Gold in Mixed Team Compound (with Nathan McQueen) & Bronze in Women’s Individual Compound – With her amazing pink hair, Jodie became the first athlete to win a Paralympic medal whilst pregnant in her individual event. Her 7-month-developed baby decided to make its presence felt in the semi-final as well, by kicking and forcing her to wait before taking an important shot, but it was less disruptive in the final. Her mixed event with Nathan, meanwhile, resulted in a very close final that was level pegging at the halfway point, but they beat Iran 155-151 in the end.

Powerlifting

We picked up 2 silvers and a bronze in these events, placing us 11th in the powerlifting medal table.

  • Zoe Newson – Silver in Women’s -45kg – There was quite a bit of tension here, and not just in Zoe’s arms, as it looked like she’d failed to properly lift 109kg when 2 red lights came on. But she appealed and the decision was overturned.
  • Mark Swan – Silver in Men’s -65kg – European champion Mark successfully lifted 213kg to get the silver on his Paralympic debut.
  • Olivia Broome – Bronze in Women’s -50kg – With an impressive lift of 119kg, and a delighted roar afterwards, Olivia secured the same medal she won in Tokyo.
  • Liam McGarry – 5th in Men’s +107kg – Liam was our final competitor at these Games, and one of our most popular. His final attempt at 228kg was cheered loudly by both him and the crowd, only for 2 of the 3 judges to rule it invalid, resulting in loud boos echoing around the arena instead. But he successfully challenged the decision, resulting in more cheers and chanting. In his moving interview afterwards, he explained how he didn’t want to live 7 years ago after his spinal injury, so to be able to come to these Games and get a lifetime best in front of his family, friends and a huge crowd of supporters means so much more to him than any medal.

Table Tennis

Great Britain won 2 silver and 3 bronze medals in these matches, putting us 18th in the table tennis medal table.

Wheelchair Tennis

In this sport it’s impressive to see the players weaving around the court so quickly and fluidly to return the shots, and they often do some really long rallies. Britain came third in the wheelchair tennis medal table with a gold and 2 silvers.

  • Andy Lapthorne & Greg Slade – Silver in Men’s Quad Doubles – Andy and Greg did very well to get to their doubles final, but were beaten 6-1 6-1 in straight sets. For Greg, it’s his first medal on his Paralympic debut, while for Andy it’s his 4th in 3 Games, and he then announced that it was his last Paralympics match.
  • Alfie Hewett & Gordon Reid – Gold in Men’s Doubles – Our top 2 ranked players dominated Japan, becoming the first British team to win the Men’s Wheelchair Doubles title, and the first Men’s Wheelchair Doubles team ever to complete the career Golden Slam (all four Grand Slam Men’s Doubles titles). It means Gordon now has two Paralympic golds (his first being from the singles in Rio), while three-time silver medallist Alfie finally has the doubles gold that’s eluded him for so long, and as a team they have 52 titles now. It was wonderful to see them celebrating while Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen blared out in the venue, and then their broad smiles on the medal podium.
  • Alfie Hewett – Silver in Men’s Singles – This was the one remaining title that Alfie needed to complete his career super slam, and he won 10 straight games in the semi-final to get into the gold medal match. It was a bit unfair that it took place the day after his doubles final really, so he didn’t get much time to rest! But he gave it everything in a tough match that lasted over 2½ hours and had to go to a deciding third set. Alfie even got as far as a gold medal point, but ultimately lost to his 18-year-old Japanese rival Tokito Oda, who was so stunned he deliberately took off his wheels and flipped backwards in his chair to lay on the ground, echoing the tradition of many able-bodied winners! Alfie then came over to help him get back up and put his wheels back on, and the two of them embraced, showing great sportsmanship and respect. So I do feel sorry for Alfie that he’s missed out on the singles title again, but it was great to see him in action and I’m delighted he got the doubles gold at least.

Wheelchair Fencing

It’s hard for me to see exactly where the fighters hit each other given the speed in which they attack in this sport, and it feels strange not to see their faces because of the safety masks. But it’s still interesting to see clips of the action. And we did very well, with 2 golds, 3 silvers and a bronze, which meant we were third in the wheelchair fencing medal table.

  • Piers Gilliver – 3 Silvers (Men’s Sabre A, Epee A & Team Foil) and Bronze in Team Epee – Phil came into the Sabre event with a World Championship silver and a European title, but couldn’t get the Paralympic title here, and also failed to defend his Epee title. But he can still be proud of his silvers, of which the Epee medal was Britain’s 100th at these Games.
  • Piers Gilliver, Dimitri Coutya & Oliver Lam-Watson – Silver in Team Foil & Bronze in Team Epee – The Brits dominated early on in the Foil final, but China fought back and became the Paralympic champions for the 5th time in a row. In the Epee bronze medal match, however, our guys had a great victory over Poland.

Other Sports

We got 1 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals in these final few events. In the medal tables we came 8th for Badminton, 7th for Boccia, 12th for judo, 19th for shooting and 3rd for wheelchair basketball.

  • Badminton – Silvers for Dan Bethell & Krysten Coombs in Men’s SL3 & SH6 Singles – Dan had won silver when the sport featured at the Games for the first time in Tokyo, and gave it his best shot here, but was devastated to have missed out on gold again. Nevertheless, not only was his silver medal a great achievement in itself, but it was also ParalympicsGB’s 2,000th medal across the Summer and Winter Games. And for Krysten, his silver was an upgrade from the bronze he won in Japan.
  • Boccia – Gold for Stephen McGuire in Men’s BC4 Individual – This game, unique to the Paralympics, is a little bit like lawn bowls or pétanque, and reels you in with the tactical play that’s involved. Stephen was already World champion, but this is his first ever Paralympic medal, having come fourth at the previous three Games, and it was also emotional for his brother Peter who was commentating on the match. Stephen was a late selection for the team as well, after spending a long time recovering from a broken leg he suffered after a fall in 2022. The guys on The Last Leg came up with a good chant for him too, singing “Stephen Maguire, your boccia is terrifying!” to the tune of eurodance hit Freed From Desire by Gala! His flatmate and three-time champion David Smith wasn’t so successful however, having lost his bronze medal match the previous day.
  • Judo – Silver for Dan Powell in Men’s -90kg J1 & Bronze for Chris Skelley in Men’s +90kg J2 – Dan put up a good fight, but lost the final the end to his Brazilian opponent. He was very happy with silver though, finally getting his first Paralympic medal since his debut in London 2012. Chris, meanwhile, had previously won gold at the 100kg final in Tokyo, and is the European silver medallist in his new +90kg weight category, so was very happy with his bronze here. His wife interviewed him afterwards and they both got very emotional as he reflected on his mental health struggles over the last 6 months, when he nearly didn’t get picked for the Games despite his hard work.
  • Shooting – Bronze for Tim Jeffery in R9 Mixed SH2 50m Rifle Prone – Tim earned his first ever Paralympic medal in this event.
  • Wheelchair Basketball – Silver for ParalympicsGB – Britain thrashed Germany 71-43 to reach the final for the first time in 28 years, having last won a silver in 1996. But despite a fantastic fight by our boys, they were denied their first ever gold by just 4 points (73-69), as a dominant USA became the first men’s wheelchair basketball team to win the title at 3 consecutive Games.
  • Wheelchair Rugby – 4th for ParalympicsGB – This is a brilliant and brutal sport to watch, and our team gave it their all. But they were sadly beaten by Australia 50-48 in an evenly matched bronze medal play-off. It’s the only sport Great Britain took part in where we didn’t win a medal, but we were so close!
  • Blind Football, Goalball & Sitting Volleyball – Surprisingly, we didn’t qualify for these sports at these Games. I still saw a few clips here and there, but I didn’t pay them close attention, as I had enough to focus on with everything else anyway!

Daily Roundups

As well as their hour-long daily highlights programmes on TV, Channel 4 also posted shorter roundup videos with audio description on their Youtube sports channel every evening, which gave a really nice overview of the action, and they compiled daily playlists of all their live streams and other clips. I’ve gathered their highlights and clips on my own playlist as well, along with lots of interviews and other bits and pieces. Plus the BBC had extensive text coverage including daily summary reports.

So here’s the chronological list of online updates if you want to find out more about everything that happened each day at the Games.

Total Medals

ParalympicsGB were second in the medal table behind China throughout the entire Games, with 124 medals in total, consisting of 49 gold, 44 silver and 31 bronze!

It was well within the UK Sport target of 100-140 medals. It’s also an improvement on Tokyo, where we had exactly the same total, but in Paris we won 8 more gold and 6 more silver, and therefore 14 fewer bronze. It’s also our second best gold tally since the 65 we won in the Seoul 1988 Games (because in Rio 2016 we got 64).

We won at least 1 gold every single day, we earned medals in 18 of the 19 sports we participated in (only just missing out in wheelchair rugby), and more than half of our 215 athletes got to stand on the podium. And when you consider that the competition from other countries is getting tougher at every Games, it really is a huge achievement. So many congratulations to ParalympicsGB on their success at these Games!

Closing Ceremony

As if to bookend the Paris 2024 experience in the way it started with the Olympics Opening Ceremony, the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympics took place in the pouring rain. And nobody cared. It was a big celebration of the Games and inclusivity in general, which was all that mattered. And out of all 4 ceremonies we’ve had this summer, this is the one that I seemed to get most engaged with, I think because I particularly liked the music.

To begin with there was a strong power ballad called Vivre Pour Le Meilleur by Johnny Hallyday, sung by a lady called Santa, then a disabled trumpeter called André Feydy played the French national anthem on a trumpet as a flag was raised.

They were good, but I particularly liked the Republican Guard military band who performed for the parade of nations, as they played recognisable and catchy tunes like Chariots Of Fire by Vangelis (doesn’t beat the Mr Bean version from London 2012, obviously, but still great), Les Champs-Élysées by Joe Dassin (the French cover of Waterloo Road by Jason Crest) and I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor. Within the parade it was lovely to see Poppy Maskill and Matt Bush as the flagbearers for Great Britain.

There were then a couple of great speeches by Tony Estanguet, President of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, and Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee, including huge ovations for the athletes and the volunteers. There was then a lively performance to hip-hop and dance music by a group of 8 artists, including 3 with disabilities, with some impressive break dancing and other moves.

Next up was the handover to Los Angeles, featuring Ali Stroker singing their national anthem, followed by a performance filmed on Venice Beach, with blind jazz pianist Matthew Whittaker and other disabled musicians playing alongside disabled performers on skateboards and in wheelchairs. I wasn’t too bothered about the music in this section, but it will be interesting to see how L.A. cope with hosting the Paralympics for the first time. They hosted the Olympics in 1984, but the Paralympics at the time were shared between New York and Stoke Mandeville, so this is uncharted territory for them.

Back in Paris, blind performers Amadou & Mariam from Mali performed a song called Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M’en Vais by Serge Gainsbourg to end the Games, and various para-athletes passed a lantern to each other, with the final one extinguishing the flame before the cauldron slowly dimmed.

The ceremony then concluded with a dance music set led by legendary 76-year-old DJ Jean Michel-Jarre, featuring various electronic music artists from France and a lighting display. It’s not the sort of music I’d want to listen to for a long time, but it still felt wrong when Channel 4 cut it off partway through in order to keep to their schedule. They could have nudged The Last Leg back half an hour for those who wanted to see the end of the ceremony.

Still, Channel 4 did wrap up their coverage nicely, with a thoughtful closing monologue by Ade Adepitan questioning what the legacy of the Games will be. Discussions about that complex topic are beyond the scope of this post, but I hope it prompts some positive changes for disabled people in wider society as well as in sports.

Conclusion

I think it’s fair to say that the Paris 2024 Paralympics have been a triumph, up there with London, at least in terms of the memorable excitement and drama they’ve delivered, if not so much in accessibility for some of the spectators. The sporting action has felt even more captivating than Rio and Tokyo, I think because I was able to see so much of it live this time, from my neighbouring time zone.

There are so many incredible moments, stories and images, and even the catchy medal parade music, that will stick in the mind for a long time, and I’m sad that it’s come to an end so quickly. Many thanks to Channel 4 for going all out to bring us everything and for making the effort to be accessible

You could really sense what an electric atmosphere there was amongst the enthusiastic crowds in the packed-out venues and on the streets, which illustrated just how popular disability sport really is. And we don’t just get this every 4 years – as Hannah Cockroft passionately pointed out, there are lots of other competitions in between, including World and European championships, which also deserve extensive coverage.

There were so many amazing performances from all of the athletes at the Games, and not just from Great Britain. But ParalympicsGB had a superb set of results that they are justifiably extremely proud of. We’ve had a great range of competitors across nearly all of the sporting disciplines, from veterans who are still top of their game to young arrivals who have blown everyone away with their exceptional talents.

Many people will hopefully have been inspired by what they’ve seen, and there are lots of ways to get into the various sports if any of them have piqued your interest. Or if you just want to get fitter, then the Every Body Moves initiative may help you to find activities in your local area. Most importantly, disabled children need equal access to sport, and the Equal Play Campaign by ParalympicsGB is putting pressure on the government to make sport and PE at school a statutory right for all children.

So that’s it, I hope you enjoyed that lengthy review. Merci beaucoup Paris for an amazing summer of sport, especially with the Paralympics. And now it’s over to you L.A., see you in 2028!

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Author: Glen

Love London, love a laugh, love life. Visually impaired blogger, culture vulture & accessibility advocate, with aniridia & nystagmus, posting about my experiences & adventures.

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