What would you say to Great Britain's Paralympic heroes?
Chris_Alumni
Scope alumni Posts: 684 Empowering
A month has passed since Paralympic GB's best performance at a Paralympic Games in almost thirty years, and today sees them parade alongside their Olympic counterparts in Manchester, in front of a crowd of over 150,000 people. Tuesday meanwhile will see a special celebration take place in London's Trafalgar Square to celebrate their success.
Great Britain's Paralympians brought home a total of 147 medals from Rio - 27 more than in London 2012 - including 64 gold medals. The Queen herself last month spoke of the, "magnificent performance of Paralympics GB this year".
Given the chance, what would you say to the athletes who took part?
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How fantastic they have done ...and what hard work each individual has taken to get to the event ....well done to all....those with medals especially and those without ...Each one has made a great achievement for themselves and disabled people everywhere.
I makes us think it could happen !! .
Bless you all xx0 -
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