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

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. 

Join me for a thorough and in-depth review of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games!

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:50 Context about the Paris 2024 Paralympics
• 1:39 Social change potential of the Paralympics
• 2:12 Aims and planned outcomes of the 2024 Paralympics
• 5:30 Accessibility of Paris and the 2024 Paralympics
• 10:15 Spectator experience of the Paris Paralympics
• 17:11 Impact of the Olympics on the success of the Paralympics
• 19:44 Comparison to London 2012
• 24:24 Media coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
• 34:01 Sport participation legacy
• 40:35 Are the Paralympics limited in achieving social change?
• 45:00 Impact of the 2024 Paralympics on the future development of the Paralympics
• 47:39 Conclusion