AMLO highlights Mexico’s results at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games

AMLO highlights Mexico’s results at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games

After the conclusion of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made a “special mention” for the Mexican athletes who won 17 medals for the country. Opening the morning press conference on Monday, one day after the closing of the Paralympic Games, the federal president highlighted the work of his fellow countrymen … Read more

Paralympic athletes arrive in Mexico; they expect more support for adapted sports

Paralympic athletes arrive in Mexico; they expect more support for adapted sports

Mexico City. Led by medalists Ángel de Jesús Camacho and José de Jesús Castillo, part of the delegation that competed in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games arrived in our country. Supported by dozens of people who gathered at the airport, the athletes made a request to the sports authorities. “I hope they give more support … Read more

Two more gold medals for Mexico at the Paralympics

Two more gold medals for Mexico at the Paralympics

Mexico CityArnulfo Castorena has been used to fighting practically since he was born. His mother died during childbirth and shortly after his father abandoned him due to his disability. Against all odds, the man from Guadalajara clung to life, which he reached with a congenital malformation that prevented the development of one of his arms … Read more

“Parade”, the anthem of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, will soon be released on streaming platforms

“Parade”, the anthem of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, will soon be released on streaming platforms

“Parade”, the official anthem of the Olympic and Paralympic Games composed by Victor Le Masne, will soon be available on streaming platforms such as Spotify and Deezer. Paris 2024 ceremonies director Thierry Reboul brought forward the date of September 13 to “Ouest-France”. Against the emptiness and the lack of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, it … Read more

Paralympic Games end with a “party” and a desire for inclusion

Paralympic Games end with a “party” and a desire for inclusion

Paris, after a few weeks full of sporting excitement that spread to the entire world, France said goodbye to the Paris 2024 Games on Sunday, passing the baton to Los Angeles 2028 with an impressive electronic “party” and with the hope of having generated a wave of inclusion during the Paralympic event. Under intermittent rain … Read more

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games begin

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games begin

Paris. Just weeks after hosting the Olympic Games, Paris kicked off the final chapter of its sporting summer with the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games. Against the backdrop of the setting sun, thousands of athletes marched down the famous Champs-Élysées avenue to the Place de la Concorde in the centre of Paris. Some 50,000 … Read more

VIDEO. Gabriel dos Santos Araujo, the incredible Brazilian swimmer with five Paralympic gold medals

VIDEO. Gabriel dos Santos Araujo, the incredible Brazilian swimmer with five Paralympic gold medals

“I came to Paris to get three gold medals and I achieved that goal so I’m very happy,” the swimmer said on Monday after winning his third gold medal in Paris, in the 200m freestyle category S2. Brazil’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony had already won a first gold medal on Thursday in the … Read more

Track cyclist Caroline Groot wins first Paralympic gold

Track cyclist Caroline Groot wins first Paralympic gold

Paris. Track cyclist Caroline Groot of the Netherlands won the first gold medal of the Paralympics and Chinese athletes claimed four on the first day of competition on Thursday. Groot won the 500-metre time trial final in track cycling in 35.390 seconds, the first medal event of the Games. French cyclist Marie Patouillet (C5) took … Read more