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PARIS - The Paris Games will represent a turning point for the Paralympic movement, the International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons told Reuters on the eve of the opening ceremony.More than 1.75 million tickets had been sold by Friday ahead of the Aug. 28 start of the Paralympics, which will run until Sept. 8."The paralympic movement has become more relevant than ever," Parsons said on Tuesday.
"This is very special because it's like: 'Look, we talk about 4,400 athletes with disability, but you're part of what we are as a city, because we are a diverse city.'"After the Olympics and seeing what has happened here, we can't wait for the opening ceremony. It was incredible. People just happy and proud, and this is what we want to see during the Paralympics."From the feedback we are getting, it will happen .
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