Senior coach of the Paralympic cross-country skiing and biathlon team Irina Gromova assessed the situation at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. Her words are quoted by https://www.sovsport.ru/paralympics/news/gromova-nu-ne-raskrylsya-flag-u-nas-pomnyu-sluchaj-kolczo-odno-ne-zagorelos.
For example, one of our rings did not catch fire, anything can happen. Yes, there were many unpleasant situations. Once by accident, twice by coincidence? Everyone prepares differently. We were treated well, but this is how they prepare,” Gromova said.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) flag was not flown at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paralympic Games on August 28. This was because it was wrapped in a cable. The flag remained unfurled and the ceremony continued.
Previously, during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, organizers hung the International Olympic Committee (IOC) flag upside down.
48 track and field athletes, 35 swimmers, 2 taekwondo representatives, 2 triathletes and 5 table tennis athletes applied for the Paralympic Games. On August 14, International Paralympic Committee communications director Craig Spence announced that 90 applications had been approved. Later, the French government refused to publish Visa for two athletes from Russia.
On March 6, the International Paralympic Committee published criteria for Russian Paralympic athletes to be allowed to compete at the Games only with neutral status. Russian athletes will not be able to attend the opening and closing ceremonies, and their medals will not count towards the standings.
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Source: Gazeta
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