With just four days until the #Paris2024 opening ceremony, the Paralympic flame was lit today at Stoke Mandeville Stadium before heading to France. 🇬🇧🇫🇷 76 years ago, in its village hospital, Stoke Mandeville hosted a sporting competition for 16 injured veterans of the Second World War. The #Paralympics are now one of the world’s biggest sporting events. 🏃🏾♂️➡️ Four UK military veterans will compete for Paralympics GB in Paris. Through physical movement and team camaraderie, sporting competitions like the Paralympic Games and the Invictus Games are just one way we support wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans in their recovery and rehabilitation. 24 British torchbearers will carry the Paralympic flame through the Channel Tunnel where they will hand the torch over to France. 🔥 📸: Jonathan JT Taylor at Aniseed Photo
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