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CATHERINE'S STYLE FILES - 2012

23 OCTOBER 2012 || The Duchess of Cambridge along with other members of the Royal Family hosted a reception honoring Team GB’s Olympic and Paralympic medalists at the Buckingham Palace.

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Flashback Friday to the London 2012 Paralympics.

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Des Jeux Paralympiques populaires (2)

Le podium 2012 du 200 m T42. Whitehead (GB), Vance (USA), Popow (Germany)

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Quelle dose de paranormal apportera Thomas Jolly à la cérémonie d’ouverture des Paralympiques sur la place de la Concorde ? Il y a 12 ans à Londres, Stephen Hawking, astrophysicien britannique, cloué dans son fauteuil roulant, ouvrit le bal d’une soirée baptisée "Enlightment" ; un hommage au mouvement philosophique et scientifique des "Lumières" au XVIIIe siècle. "Soyez curieux. Regardez au-delà" tels furent les propos du scientifique. On n’a pas été déçu en abacadabradantesque : des poursuites lumineuses épluchent sous tous les angles d’énormes sphères sur brouettes remorquées par des hommes en vert. Puis une autre réalité est décortiquée : les boules féeriques sont des pommes géantes. La scène qui se joue renvoie à la découverte de Newton sur la gravitation.

Il va falloir s’y faire pendant 11 jours, avec les Jeux des athlètes non valides, tout est différent et les règles pas toujours accessibles des valides. Les sauts, les courses d’unijambistes auraient fasciné le physiologiste Beaunois Etienne-Jules Marey, expert dans l'étude des mouvements ; des doubles amputés vont retirer leurs jambes artificielles pour s’installer sur des vélos à main, des nageurs brasser l’eau d’un seul bras, des corps être équipés de prothèses en forme de lame, des tennismen paraplégiques, monter au filet à tour de bras et de poussées sur les roues de leurs fauteuils puis sortir le point gagnant. Comment font-ils pour narguer les lois universelles de la gravité avec autant d’envie ?

1er septembre 2012, jour 2 : en série du 1 500 m, catégorie T46 (amputés membres supérieurs), le Djiboutien Houssein Omar Hassan, seul représentant de son pays, blessé à la cheville, refuse d’abandonner. Sa foulée boitillée est acclamée pendant 7 minutes par 80 000 personnes (video). Finale du 200 m, catégorie T42, le britannique Richard Whitehead, dépasse à pas de géant 5 concurrents dans la ligne droite ; le record du monde est battu en 24"38 et record personnel pour six autres. D’une pointe d’humour, British Airways, la compagnie aérienne partenaire du CIO, rallie les supporters au stade Olympique : " Ne prenez pas l’avion. Supportez votre équipe. Criez assez fort à la télévision et ils vous entendront". Que nous réservera Paris 2024 ce 28 août ? Les DJ vont avoir ce choix : piocher dans la playlist qui a ambiancé les sites des JO, Dassin, Johnny, Piaf, Edward Maya, Gala ; ou trouver de la cohérence avec la soirée. Sur un grand lac, un lac gelé, un homme en noir boitait, boitait, il patinait, Il patinait. Un morceau de Julien Clerc.

Humour anglais : British Airways recommande de ne pas prendre l'avion pendant les Jeux Paralympiques et de supporter les athlètes.

Au Double Tree, avec la présence de Sir Philip Craven, président du Comité international paralympique de 2001 à 2017 et de Gérard Masson, président de la Fédération Française Handisport.

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Paralympics countdown clock, Trafalgar Square, 2011

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Brazil is a paralympic power: understand why the country stands out

The country expects to improve on its seventh-place in the last Paralympics, in Tokyo

The Paris Paralympic Games began this week, and Brazil will compete in 20 of the 22 sports, with a delegation of 255 athletes, the second largest in this edition of the Games – second only to China. As in other editions, the country is expected to win many medals: analysts say Brazil will probably be among the top five in the competition.

The country consolidated its position in the top 10 of the Paralympics in Beijing 2008, when it finished the Games with 47 podiums: 16 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 17 bronze medals, the ninth in that edition’s ranking.

In London 2012, the total number of podiums decreased, but the number of gold medals increased, and the country finished seventh on the medals table (21 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 8 bronze medals). At the Rio Games in 2016, the number of podiums jumped to 72, but a slight drop in the number of gold medals left the country in eighth position. In Tokyo 2020, Brazil returned to seventh position, with the same number of podiums as in Rio, but a record number of gold medals: 22.

According to Rafael Reis, a Paralympic sports researcher, Brazil's success has several causes. He explains that one of the first steps towards the country's prominence in the Paralympics was the creation of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB, in Portuguese) in 1994.

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People should talk about the Paralympics the same amount and way as they talk about the Olympics, including the memes

Also because it's post Olympics the Paralympicans are also aware of the Olympics' memes.

Like on channel 4 yesterday they were talking about how the Team GB swim team had heard about the chocolate muffin Norwegian guy and went in with the goal of trying the muffins (they agreed that they were really good)

And you got Ellie Simmonds, who has 5 gold Paralympic medals and is now retired and is a presenter for the Paralympics on channel 4, who was incredibly enthusiastic to talk about the free merch the athletes get each Olympics and Paralympics. She still uses her London 2012 duvet cover, and she was talking all about how she loves the green extension lead they get in Paris this year

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Royal Summer Challenge 2024: Day 19

Favourite photos of royals at the Paralympics

Unfortunately, I could only find photos of the Brits at the summer Paralympic Games so fingers crossed we will have more Royals attend the Paralympics in Paris this year.

The photo of Catherine and Louise was taken during the London 2012 games, the photos of Sonja were taken during the Lillehammer 1994 games, and the photo of Victoria was taken during the Pyeongchang 2018 games.

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives to attend the official launch party for Team GB and Paralympics GB ahead of the London 2012 Games at Royal Albert Hall on May 11, 2012 in London, England

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'Spectacular' Paris Paralympics to open on Wednesday

Elizabeth Hudson, Emma Smith and Alan Jewell

Paris has promised a Games to remember as it gets ready to host the 2024 Paralympics.

After the delayed Tokyo Games in 2021 had to be held without fans because of the Covid pandemic, and Rio 2016 was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on Paris to deliver an event to rival  or even better the London 2012 Games.

Wednesday's opening ceremony at 19:00 BST will be focused on the Place de la Concorde, with the first of the 549 gold medals to be awarded the following day.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Paralympics at the Olympic Stadium in London || 29 AUGUST 2012

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Japan’s wheelchair rugby team gets fairytale ending in Paris 🇫🇷

The new wheelchair rugby Paralympic champions, Japan!🇯🇵 First gold medal for them after two bronze medals in a row, what a journey!

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Le nouveau champion Paralympique de rugby fauteuil, le Japon !🇯🇵 Première médaille d'or pour eux après deux médailles de bronze d'affilée, quel parcours!

From persistence to perfection: Team Japan claims gold 🥇 in wheelchair rugby at the Paris tournament after beating the USA 48-41 at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in the final at the Champ-de-Mars Arena.

Japan won bronze at Rio 2016, winning their first Paralympic medal in the sport. But three years ago, Japan went into the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic tournament as one of the gold medal favourites, having won the World Championships in 2018, they were knocked out in the semifinals and finished with bronze in Tokyo.

Japan's Daisuke Ikezaki keeps the ball away from the United States in the gold medal match © Alex Davidson/Getty Images

They made wheelchair rugby history in Rio by winning their first Paralympic medal. From there, they tried to grow the popularity of the sport while preparing for their home Games. They wanted to achieve the best results, especially for people struggling at that moment with the COVID-19 pandemic. They weren’t able to do that in the end and felt disappointed.

Japan celebrates their monumental wheelchair rugby gold medal © Alex Davidson/Getty Images

From there, they were able to turn another page in wheelchair rugby history. This is the best result. They proved that everything they had done was correct and didn’t make mistakes. They led to great results earning the Gold medal. 🥇

With viewers turning up to watch the wheelchair rugby competitions at the Paralympic Games Paris 2024, the players are thoroughly with family, friends and fans enjoying the wonderful atmosphere created at the Champ-de-Mars Arena.

Congratulations Team Japan! 🇯🇵🎉

After years of determination and progress, Team Japan has triumphed at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, winning the gold in wheelchair rugby by defeating Team USA in a thrilling final! From 4th place in London 2012 to 3rd in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, they now stand proudly at the top.

Well done, champions! 🥇

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Posted 3rd September 2024

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The end… for the second time in a month.

We needed those two weeks in between so we could miss you, Olympics, but after the Closing Ceremony on August 11, we knew deep down that we would get to experience all that joy again for the Paralympics. This time it’s really the end. We need to go back to our lives and you have timed it perfectly with La Rentrée.

While the Olympic Game and the Paralympic Game are 2 different entities and managed by 2 different committees, Paris2024 wanted the Paralympics to be a true extension of the Olympics. For the first time the emblem (a golden circle with a white flame inside, a stylized rendition of Marianne) and the motto (Games Wide Open/Ouvrons Grand les Jeux) were shared by both events, and even the Olympic and Paralympic mascots were the same: the famous (infamous?) Phryge, albeit an able-bodied Phryge for the Olympics and a prosthetic Phryge for the Paralympics.

While Paris was hosting the Olympics for the third time, it was actually the first time the city had hosted the Paralympics (France has hosted one Winter Paralympics in 1992 in Albertville, while the next one will be in 2030). In fact, the Paralympics began in 1948 with a small gathering of British veterans of the Second World War at Stoke Madeville Hospital (hence why the Paralympics flame is lit there) on the opening day of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. But the first official Paralympic Games were held in Rome in 1960, and since then they have been held in the same year as the Olympic Games, but in a different city or even country. Since 1988 in Seoul, the Paralympics have been held immediately after the Olympics in the same city and using most of the same venues. Bidding to host the Olympic Games means bidding to host the Paralympic Games as well.

The Paralympic Games have a tremendous track record of transforming host cities and countries, improving the lives of people with disabilities and all those with accessibility needs and acting as a catalyst to improve accessibility. In France, since 2008, able-bodied and Paralympic medalists have received the same amount of money depending on the medal won. Since the London 2012 Olympics, guides (para-athletics, para-triathlon, para-cycling and para-triathlon) who accompany visually impaired or blind athletes have also been rewarded with a medal when the athlete reached the podium. The Paralympics are here to drive change in the world and drive this "inclusion revolution".

To say that Paris2024 was amazing is an understatement. But there is something even more special about the Paralympics. Yes all athletes are super-humans but Paralympians are a cut above and we got to see 4,400 athletes from 168 delegations compete in 549 medal events across 22 sports. I've always admired Paralympians but after attending even more events this time than at the Beijing2008 games, I’m in total awe of their abilities beyond their disabilities. The words I heard the most often at the events: Incredible. Unbelievable. Amazing. Everyone seems to be in admiration of the athletes. You can't help but be in amazed when you are in the stands of Paris La Defense Arena cheering the athletes of the Para swimming events or astonished by the complete silence of 12,000 spectators in the Stade Eiffel Tower for Blind football followed by an eruption of applause when a team scores a goal (any team for that matter… although the cheering might be slightly louder when Team France is on the field), that’s also where I got to experience a silent, slow ola where the public rose to their feet in a gentle, synchronised way to create a perfectly silent Mexican wave. The Grand Palais was as packed as for the Olympics for para taekwondo or wheelchair fencing, both events I attended. I couldn’t not go to the gorgeous Para equestrian venue on the grounds of the Palais de Versailles and got again to do the Silent Applause: a very important part of Para Equestrian that encourages the fans to cheer without distracting the rider and the horse. As I never make it to the French Open, the Men's single medals in wheelchairs tennis were the events that finally took me to the mythic Roland Garros central court. I’m not a huge fan of tennis in general (I know the players, and follow the Grand Slam from afar) but the Gold/Silver match between Japan's Tokito Oda (Gold Medalist) and Britain's Alfie Hewett (Silver Medalist) was a real treat and kept us on the edge of our seat for three sets. I may have to look for wheelchair tennis events to watch in the future. Finally one cannot experience the Games (Olympic and/or Paralympic) without attending at least some of the Athletics events at Stade de France. The atmosphere on the final night of the game was electric.

The Olympics are always very popular and well televised but the Paralympics tend to be a bit less enthusiastic and not as well-followed (often due to the lack of media coverage unfortunately). In Paris, however, there were huge crowds at the venues, and local fans not only supported the French athletes, they cheered on athletes from all over the world and made sure the athletes felt welcome. As IPC President Andrew Parsons mentioned in his closing ceremony: For a country famous for its fashion and food, France is now famous for its fans. With more competing countries, more women and more global coverage than ever before, Paris 2024 has set a benchmark for all future Paralympic Games.

With 10 Paralympic and 4 Olympic events, I've had a busy summer in Paris and I’m so glad we’ve decided to stay in town and experience the Games. And yet, there are so many more sporting events I would have love to have seen, especially for the Paralympics: wheelchair rugby, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, etc, etc. Who knows if I’ll ever live again in a city hosting the Games. Twice was already great.

From Tony Estanguet's closing ceremony speech: This summer, France had a date with history, and the country showed up. France dared to imagine things that had never been done before: the first Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games outside a stadium, the first marathon open to all, the first Games in the heart of the city. France dared to believe in the power of sport.

With the Games, we rediscovered our heritage, our creativity and our capacity to achieve great things. We rediscovered our joie de vivre, our impertinence at times, and above all, all the positive energy that exploded in the stands! These Games will have been an encounter between France and itself. The France that smiles. The France that loves itself. The France that we are proud of. The France that breaks records: Olympic medal records, Paralympic medal records, Spectator records, Audience records, Atmosphere records, “Allez Les Bleus" records.

From Olympic Rings to Paralympic Agitos… Everything must come to an end but memories last forever.

PS: There was no “addressing the elephant in the room” with the Paralympics Opening Ceremony… it was just perfect; although seeing the gorgeous sunset as the Paralympics athletes walked down the Champs Élysées towards the Place de la Concorde was slightly bittersweet as it reminded us of what the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony could have been like (if it hadn't rained that evening).

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Des Jeux Paralympiques populaires (1)

Paris 2024 organise pour la première fois des Jeux Paralympiques d’été, la 17 è édition depuis Rome en 1960, alors qu’Albertville a déjà accueilli en 1992 la 5 è édition des Paralympiques Hiver. Sur sa lancée des JO, Paris 2024 est en passe de se rapprocher du succès populaire inégalé des Jeux Paralympiques de Londres 2012. Le site de billetterie n’offre plus de places pour plusieurs épreuves comme l’escrime fauteuil. Ils sont encore nombreux ceux qui veulent emporter un petit bout de Paris 2024. Certains vêtements officiels des JO ont été écoulés en moins d’une semaine : “Dès l’entame le rugby à 7 a fait des émules dans les tenues : “Vous l’avez eu dans quelle boutique votre tee-shirt ? “Aux Jeux, il suffit parfois d’un accessoire pour déclencher une ruée comme pendant les soldes. Les mitaines rouges de Vancouver, une feuille d’érable côté paume, les anneaux Olympiques de l’autre, tout le monde se les arrachait en 2010. Certains ont comblé cet emballement pendant les Jeux Paralympiques, en dénichant ces gants, parfois en soirée juste avant la fermeture des caisses de la Compagnie la Baie, 674 Grandville Street, en plein centre-ville de Vancouver, un équivalent des Galeries Lafayette ; une aubaine grâce à l’équipe de nuit, deux salariées francophones, Morgane la Belge et Cécilia la Bretonne. Aux Jeux Paralympiques comme aux Olympiques, la cérémonie d’ouverture est un temps fort attendu. À Vancouver, la présence de représentants des tribus des premières nations mit en évidence les engagements historiques du Canada pour le respect des cultures, des traditions et de l’espace de vie des populations autochtones : vivre ensemble. Le point d’orgue fut l’hommage de tout un peuple à Terry Fox décédé en 1981 : atteint d’un cancer du genou et amputé de la jambe droite à 17 ans, l’athlète réalisa avec des béquilles et sans prothèse une marche transcanadienne d’un océan à l’autre pour récolter des fonds. Son aventure fut racontée sur l’écran panoramique en haut du dôme du British Columbia Place lors de la cérémonie d’ouverture. Ses parents, Rolly et Betty, y furent invités pour allumer la torche de Marni Abbott-Peter, une ancienne basketteuse en fauteuil roulant qui fut parmi les meilleurs mondiales. En France il y a des Terry Fox : pour son premier marathon de l’espoir, Guy Amalfitano, athlète paralympique d’Orthez atteint aussi d’un ostéosarcome, passa à Orchamps en 2011. Quel Terry Fox aurons-nous le 28 août ?

Des Jeux Paralympiques à guichets fermés au stade Olympique de Londres en 2012.

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A l'hôtel Double Tree, situé près des Joyaux de la couronne, à la rencontre de Charles Rosoy médaillé d'Or du 100 m papillon catégorie S8.

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Blaze is a phoenix, a mythical bird that rises from ashes to experience a renewed life. The phoenix appears in Greco-Roman, Egyptian, Arabian, Chinese, Russian, and Native American folklore and in all instances symbolizes strength, vision, inspiration, and survival. The phoenix has long been the symbol of Atlanta's rebirth after its devastation in the American Civil War. But most importantly, it is the personification of the will, perseverance, and determination of youth and adults with physical disabilities to achieve full and productive lives.

Mandeville is a drop of steel named after Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. In 1948, Stoke Mandeville Hospital organized the first Stoke Mandeville Games, considered to be the precursor to the Paralympics. The three spikes on Mandeville's helmet represent the Paralympic Agitos. He also represents friendship.

Dan D. Lion was designed by Maryanne McGrath Higgins, an art teacher. The character wore running shoes and jogging clothes. The name was then voted on by students of the Human Resources School, a special education institution for students with severe physical impairments requiring specialized support, in Albertson, New York, later renamed Henry Viscardi School in honor of its founder.