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What does a Venue IT Duty Manager do for #Paris2024? Watch the interview with Michelle Marr to learn what is life behind the scenes of the Olympic and Paralympic Games! ✨🕵️♂️ Learn more about the partnership: https://lnkd.in/dxZw6eTg #CelebratingWhatMatters #WorldwidePartner #AdvancingWhatMatters

What does a Venue IT Duty Manager do for #Paris2024? Watch the interview with Michelle Marr to learn what is life behind the scenes of the Olympic and Paralympic Games! ✨🕵️♂️ Learn more about the partnership: https://lnkd.in/eExhQNNG #CelebratingWhatMatters #WorldwidePartner #AdvancingWhatMatters

What does a Venue IT Duty Manager do for #Paris2024? Watch the interview with Michelle Marr to learn what is life behind the scenes of the Olympic and Paralympic Games! ✨🕵️♂️ Learn more about the partnership: https://lnkd.in/ezQXHqtr #CelebratingWhatMatters #WorldwidePartner #AdvancingWhatMatters

What does a Venue IT Duty Manager do for #Paris2024? Watch the interview with Michelle Marr to learn what is life behind the scenes of the Olympic and Paralympic Games! ✨🕵️♂️ Learn more about the partnership ➡️ http://spr.ly/6042YAIqa #CelebratingWhatMatters #WorldwidePartner #AdvancingWhatMatters

What does a Venue IT Duty Manager do for #Paris2024? Watch the interview with Michelle Marr to learn what is life behind the scenes of the Olympic and Paralympic Games! ✨🕵️♂️ Learn more about the partnership: https://lnkd.in/deb2rdsj #CelebratingWhatMatters #WorldwidePartner #AdvancingWhatMatters

#paris2024 #paralympics2024 #parisparalympics2024 #parasport #parasports #paraathletes #athleteswithdisabilites - Columnists from CBC Radio - How do they create a level playing field at the Paralympics? In order to make the games as fair as possible, athletes compete in different categories based on their level of disability. Over time those categories are often adjusted in order to take into account new developments in medical technology and athlete ability. CBC's Blair Sanderson has this look at the challenges of creating a level playing field in para-sport. https://lnkd.in/dFKQfnF4

I’ve just seen the Channel 4 advert for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. I’m conflicted. The rules of gravity, time and force, apply to everyone – disabled or not. Equally. And I agree, comments like, ‘doing great, considering’ and ‘incredible for someone like that’ in reference to the achievements of people with disabilities is demeaning, degrading and frankly, outdated. Certainly, the idea of disabled people being ‘superhuman’ isn’t great either (c. Channel 4’s slogan for the London Paralympics 2012 and Rio 2016, although the 2012 advert remains my favourite!) We’re just humans, like everyone else. The simple fact is that people with disabilities do encounter daily challenges that people without disabilities don’t. Access to housing, education, employment and justice by virtue of being disabled, we encounter unnecessary and easily avoidable challenges. The rules of physics apply equally, sure. But society - a different set of rules apply. #Paris2024ParalympicGames #OlympicGames2024

Have you seen Channel 4 ‘s promo ad for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games yet? Irreverent. Hard hitting. Compelling. At a little over 2 mins, “Considering What?" is the latest of their powerful campaigns that highlight these incredible athletes to challenge patronising attitudes and change perceptions about disability. Replacing its ‘Superhumans’ forerunner, this campaign challenges people to view Paralympians as elite, world-class athletes, not as competitors “overcoming” their disabilities. https://lnkd.in/eikxjzqQ Created by Channel 4’s multi-award-winning in-house agency, 4creative, the film captures the reactions of people as they watch Paralympic sport which, although well intentioned, are misguided and don’t appreciate Paralympians for what they are – world class athletes. Rather than showing the athletes “overcoming their disabilities”, the film depicts Paralympians taking on and overcoming forces such as gravity, friction and time – the impassionate elements and unchangeable forces of our world – that make no exception for any athlete, regardless of someone’s disability. A world-class concept worthy of the world-class sportsmen and women it showcases. Kudos to Channel 4 for their dedication to promoting the Paralympics and for the enthusiastic audience that it has successfully cultivated. Its coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games reached over 20 million viewers, which is a third of the UK population. Additionally, their innovative approach on social media garnered 4.1 million views on TikTok. #Paralympics #Inclusion #Diversity #Channel4 #Respect #GlobalCommunity

The master plan for the 2032 #Olympics and Paralympic Games in #Brisbane will undergo a 60-day review, which is aimed at assessing the worthiness of investing in new and existing infrastructure, and is hoped to quell division amongst stakeholders over spiralling costs. https://lnkd.in/gdu-75-y

Chaos is back and on the path to Paris! 🗼 Athletes who might compete at the 2024 Olympic or Paralympic Games can avoid anti-doping Chaos by understanding Games-specific rules and responsibilities. With TUEs, for example, it’s important to know the deadlines for submitting TUE applications to USADA prior to the Games. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gR4ZDvvr #AvoidChaos