When is para olympics over

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Sport was used as a means for rehabilitation before taking on more recreational and competitive forms. The first Stoke Mandeville Games were held on the day of the London Opening Ceremony, involving a number of military servicemen, and from then on, each Games saw more international participants.

The movement has snowballed into what we see today, contests for hundreds of medals between thousands of athletes from hundreds of nations. Sign in. Back to Main menu What to watch Film news.

The beginning sequences of the Closing Ceremony began with a story of a boy who has fallen under the spell of the Paralympic Effect. The boy, who previously thought differently of impaired people, changed his perceptions after witnessing the Paralympic Games. Throughout the scene we saw him become inspired by Paralympians.

Standing in the middle of the famous Shibuya Scramble, the boy's music spread the Paralympic effect to all those around him. The Olympic Stadium then erupted in a firework display featuring the colour of the Agitos symbol - red, blue and green.

As the flag bearers entered the Olympic Stadium, buildings and flowers begin to emerge to create a "City Where Differences Shine". Led by performers to the Tokyo's famous SkyTree, the Paralympians were asked to stick mirrors onto the SkyTree - reflecting the light athletes illuminate while competing.

As the flags and flagbearers entered the stadium, the images of artworks by artists with impairments residing in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima - prefectures heavily affected by the Earthquake and Tsunami - were projected onto the field.

Members of Spain's Paralympic team stop for a selfie during the opening ceremony. International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons waves after arriving for the opening ceremony. On the left is Japan's Emperor Naruhito. Health-care workers present the Japanese flag during the opening ceremony.

The Paralympics are taking place amid Japan's worst outbreak of Covid People take pictures as they watch the fireworks illuminate the sky. While the ceremony -- which included singing, dancing, and a parade of nations -- drew to its conclusion in the Japanese capital, the Paralympic flag was formally passed on to Paris and accepted by the city's mayor, Anne Hidalgo, in anticipation of hosting the Games. It marks the end of nearly two weeks of Paralympic sport, during which China topped the medal table with 96 golds and medals in total.

Great Britain was second with 41 golds and USA third with Visit CNN. Fireworks light up the sky during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics. Read More. Athletes broke records, athletes won hearts, athletes opened minds. Importantly, athletes changed lives. The ceremony itself lasted about two hours and -- as has been the case for much of the Olympics and Paralympics -- took place in a near-empty stadium without spectators amid the Covid pandemic.

READ: From hospital bed to Paralympic champion in two-and-a-half months, Oksana Masters savors the latest medal of her extraordinary sporting career. It celebrated youth culture with performances that included break-dancing, BMX biking, roller-skating, and choirs of children. Many of the performers were dressed in bright, fluorescent colors and displayed LED lights as they walked through the stadium. During the parade of nations -- which had fewer athletes participating compared to usual closing ceremonies as many had already returned home -- performers dressed in purple and white smocks danced, clapped, and waved athletes into the stadium.

It took place around a model cityscape of Tokyo that had been erected inside the stadium, and parading athletes affixed silver badges onto a tower that had been laid down on the floor.