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Unbelievable! As Paris gears up for the Paralympics, are we overlooking a significant accessibility issue on its Metro system? Despite initial promises, only one of the 16 Metro lines is fully wheelchair-accessible. Influencer #ArthurBaucheron finds it "shameful" that he cannot navigate his own city via the Metro. What's your opinion? While substantial investments have been made in the bus system, the lack of lasting changes to the Metro raises serious questions about true inclusivity. Shouldn't a city hosting the Paralympics be more accessible? Read the full article below to explore this critical issue further. #Paralympics #Accessibility #Inclusion #Paris2024

📰 The Mettleset’s Monday #SportsNews Briefing: 🥇The countdown to the Paralympic Games is ON with only 100 days to go until the Paralympic Games Paris 2024. Approx 4,400 Para athletes from around the world will gather in Paris to compete in 549 medal events across 22 sports over 11 days of competition. A record number of National Paralympic Committees are expected to participate, resulting in increased diversity, improved gender parity and stronger talent depth. YES! The Paris 2024 mascot, for the first time, will include a mascot with a disability, courtesy of a running blade. Both the Olympic and Paralympic Phryges are based on an item of clothing representative of freedom for France. COOL. More info here: https://lnkd.in/d6ZWcXmP #paralympics2024 #paris2024 #roadtoparis2024 #paralympics #sportsforall Paris 2024 - Comité d'organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de 2024 International Olympic Committee – IOC

An Official Supporter of the #Paris2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games We are proud to share Philippe Wahl, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of La Poste Groupe, and Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024 - Comité d'organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de 2024 have signed a partnership agreement conferring on La Poste and Geopost the status of "Official Supporter" for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Shared values   The Olympic and Paralympic Games strongly support the values and benefits of sport. We identify with them, and as such La Poste encourages all postal workers to take part in sporting activities and has also promoted high-level sportsmen and women since 1984 who have won more than 100 medals. The Olympic and Paralympic Games for the environment, universality and sustainability The Olympic and Paralympic Games aim to bequeath a positive impact of sport on society. In accordance, we aim to achieve zero net emissions by 2040, having a positive impact on our environment. In addition, we are by essence committed to intercultural exchange with our presence in 49 countries.  For more details on our collaboration, please see our press release: https://lnkd.in/eYDc2ByR #OlympicandParalympicGames #Olympics2024 #Paris2024

99 DAYS TO GO… or 99 LUFTBALLONS? I’ll dance to Nena any day like nobody’s watching. So, ACHTUNG…BABY! But really, even 999 of those colorful thingies floating, rattling and humming across Zooropa would HOLD NOTHING next to: 5 rings, 17 days, 329 sport events, 10,500 athletes from 206 Nations, 15 million cheering fans, Billions watching from any corner with a TV, YouTube, or Tik Tok. #PickYourTech … And 73 refugees competing on behalf of the purest form of the human spirit. These ingredients will mean everything- and nothing- once THE FLAME glows over Paris as we witness the latest edition of a most universal encounter. This will be everything but a “Cheap Trick”. Before wokey naysayers (rarest breed in the wonderfully enigmatic country that is France 😜) move to “cancel” it with accusations of being an “egregious show of financial waste”, warn of logistical chaos & mayhem, or throw shade on it as “rich-country hubris only fit for geopolitical size queens”, let’s consider the potential of the PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES to: • Inspire an entire new generation born this side of Y2K, •Create opportunities for athletes, small businesses and communities in France, and • Leave a positive, lasting mark on humanity’s collective consciousness. What a veritable obligation for PEOPLE and BRANDS involved to honor this opportunity by doing our jobs while staying true to the Olympic Games founding principles of Excellence, Respect, and Amity. And with the humility to contribute to and believe in something greater than ourselves. What a blessing and joy… and I haven’t even gotten started on the Paralympics! #ComingSoon Summer Is Coming. Let’s Do This. Will you join us? #PasSansVous Visa #Paris2024 Paris 2024 - Comité d'organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de 2024

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@Gerflor, we are proud to support the Paralympics and impressed by the passion and motivation of the Athletes.   Do you know the rules that govern disabled sport and guarantee fairness between competitors?   Each sport has its own classification model, depending on its culture and history.   In para-athletics, athletes are grouped by broad disability category (amputees, cerebral palsy, visually impaired, wheelchair athletes, etc.), while in para-swimming, swimmers with different disabilities can compete against each other, but with corrective coefficients.   Trained and certified experts assess athletes' disabilities according to objective, scientific criteria.   To find out more about this classification, read this article:   https://lnkd.in/dB9PXdsQ   We hope that many of you will join us in following the exploits of Paralympic athletes at the Paris 2024 Games. 😊   #Handisport #Paris 2024 #Gerflor

Accessibility in the News: Paris Takes Steps Towards Accessibility Ahead of Paralympics 🏆 With just a year until the Paralympic Games, Paris faces a vital challenge: enhancing its public transit accessibility. With only one out of sixteen subway lines currently meeting accessibility standards, the urgency to find solutions is paramount before the Paralympics commence on August 28, 2024. President Macron's 1.5 billion euros funding for accessible public spaces signifies France's commitment to inclusivity. Nonetheless, Paris must tackle metro accessibility, a complex issue involving legislation and costs. For the Paralympics, plans include 200 shuttle buses and 1,000 accessible taxis. APF France Handicap underscores the need for seamless public transit as the city expects 350,000 disabled visitors. 🏅🚇 Read more here: https://shorturl.at/jptB1 #UnitedinAccessibility #Paris2024 #InclusionForAll #Paralympics

🌍 Countdown to the Paris Paralympics - Only 1 Year to Go! 🏆🇫🇷  In just 1 year, the world will witness the power of unity. Beyond the breathtaking displays of athleticism, let's take a moment to explore the Games' beating heart: Inclusivity 💫 🤝 #INCLUSIVITY isn't just a buzzword – it's the very essence of the Paralympic Games. Athletes from diverse backgrounds, abilities, and cultures come together to form a global family. 🌎❤ 🤗 Creating an environment where every athlete feels valued, heard, and embraced, empowers the athletes to unleash their true potential on the grandest stage. It's a story of breaking human barriers. #InclusivityMatters #Paris2024 #Paralympics #UnityInDiversity #champions Paris 2024 - Comité d'organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de 2024 International Paralympic Committee Matt Levy OAM Karin Korb PLY Lydia Lassila OAM Avani Lekhara PLY

Next year, France will host #Paris2024: the capital’s first-ever Summer Paralympic Games. France is already promising that Paris 2024 will change public perceptions of disability and create a legacy of inclusion that will continue long after the #ParalympicGames. But did you know the #DisabilityHistory of the Paralympic Games? Paralympic history first started in the UK in 1948, at a rehabilitation hospital for war veterans in Stoke Mandeville. German neurologist Dr. Ludwig Guttmann wanted to find a way to speed up his paraplegic patients’ rehabilitation, and he felt that competitive sport – archery and netball – would be a great place to start. And so were born the Stoke Mandeville Games: a tournament in which 16 of the hospital's wheelchair athletes competed in archery. Over the years and decades since, the Stoke Mandeville Games has grown and grown, becoming a huge, international competition, with ever-more sports, athletes and spectators: this is the Paralympic Games that we know today. We're hoping that Paris 2024 will bring visibility to the world’s most talented disabled athletes while also creating a lasting legacy of #DisabilityInclusion. The Paralympic Games are a wonderful celebration of sport, diversity and resilience, which make disabled people visible on a global stage. But while the Games create mostly positive representation for the disabled community, they can't - and shouldn't - represent every disabled person: we can’t all be successful sportspeople or Paralympians – nor would we want to! In an ideal world, all disabled people would be seen as worthy of equity, dignity and respect – regardless of our sporting prowess. We’d love to know how you feel about the Paralympic Games. Do you feel the Games improve the public's perception of disabled people? Or do they perpetuate the idea that disabled people must be "superheroes"?

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