successful couple of weeks. great britain were represented in 19 sports and in 18 of those they managed to secure a medal, so really successful pa ralym pics so really successful paralympics for them. so really successful paralympics forthem. sarah paralympics for them. sarah storey, paralympics forthem. sarah storey, she extended her run as great britain's most decorated paralympian with 19 gold medals. lots of people are starting to arrive now and they are poised and ready for the athletes to arrive here. your “ob on athletes to arrive here. your job on our— athletes to arrive here. your job on our behalf— athletes to arrive here. your job on our behalf is - athletes to arrive here. your job on our behalf is to - athletes to arrive here. your job on our behalf is to try . athletes to arrive here. your| job on our behalf is to try and get as many of them to talk to you as possible. something like half of the team members received some sort of medal of whichever colour, and we know there were 49 goals, the chances are whoever you talk to might well have a medal.- might well have a medal. yes, that's what _ might well have a medal. yes, that's what we _ might well have a medal. yes, that's what we are _ might well have a medal. yes, that's what we are hoping. - might well have a medal. yes, that's what we are hoping. we | that's what we are hoping. we would quite like to see some

medals. poppy maskell would be great. she got five medals, three gold, two silvers, just 19 years old. she had a really impressive performance. many people are waiting for sarah storey. they want to know if she will be competing in another paralympics. she is 46 now and she would be 50 at the next paralympic games. whilst she is and was decorated paralympian for great britain, people will want to know if she is going to continue. i people will want to know if she is going to continue.— is going to continue. i think we can see _ is going to continue. i think we can see the _ is going to continue. i think we can see the train - is going to continue. i think| we can see the train coming is going to continue. i think i we can see the train coming in there. has it got the golden stripe down the side? you are up stripe down the side? you are up above, tell viewers where you are in relation to the train. , ., ., , train. yes, we are on the first floor here _ train. yes, we are on the first floor here at _ train. yes, we are on the first floor here at sin _ train. yes, we are on the first floor here at sin pancreas. i floor here at sin pancreas. everyone is really excited. we have quite a few people stabbing just over my right

shoulder and they have their unionjacks with them. shoulder and they have their union jacks with them. we think some relatives are here, some fans, but also people with cases. they have been following the games. we can now confirm that the train has arrived. any minute now we will be hoping to speak to some of the athletes. they will be feeling pretty tired. very excited to speak to what has been a brilliant performance for team gb. we are 'ust performance for team gb. we are just looking _ performance for team gb. we are just looking at _ performance for team gb. we are just looking at them _ performance for team gb. we are just looking at them coming - performance for team gb. we are just looking at them coming off. just looking at them coming off the train. matt grey fling is down on the platform. i'm not sure whether we can speak to him at the moment. he is in possession. hopefully he will be able to get some of those successful team members as soon as possible. the ones that he misses, hopefully you will be able to get! take us through

some of the people that we should be looking out for. he mentioned sarah storey, who has a phenomenal record within the paralympics team. her debut was in 1996. it is absolutely astonishing. she got a 19 gold in paris. , , ,, ., in paris. yes, she did. she had a fantastic _ in paris. yes, she did. she had a fantastic performance. - in paris. yes, she did. she had a fantastic performance. she l a fantastic performance. she has been a paralympian in both swimming and cycling. it is worth mentioning a few others. there was a closing ceremony in paris yesterday. 19—year—old p°ppy paris yesterday. 19—year—old poppy maskell was one of the flagbearers, and also matt bush, who won a gold—medal in tae kwon do as well. many athletes. jodie grinham also won a bronze medal in shooting

wild seven months pregnant. the only paralympian to do so. lots of standout and interesting performances over the last couple of weeks, so we will be hoping to grab some of them as they get off the train here in they get off the train here in the pancreas.— they get off the train here in the pancreas. whilst we wait for the team _ the pancreas. whilst we wait for the team members - the pancreas. whilst we wait for the team members to . for the team members to disembark, i would like to bring in gemma stevenson, an athlete and sports journalist. you are in paris at the moment. what if you made of the last nine days? it has been an extraordinarily successful team. it extraordinarily successful team. ., , extraordinarily successful team. , , , team. it has been the best paralympics _ team. it has been the best paralympics since - team. it has been the best paralympics since london. | team. it has been the best - paralympics since london. the buzz— paralympics since london. the buzz around here, around the city, — buzz around here, around the city, the _ buzz around here, around the city, the way the city has embraced these games is nothing short_ embraced these games is nothing shori of— embraced these games is nothing short of extraordinary. it has been — short of extraordinary. it has been an— short of extraordinary. it has been an amazing thing to be part— been an amazing thing to be part of— been an amazing thing to be part of as media. as media you

-et part of as media. as media you get to— part of as media. as media you get to sit— part of as media. as media you get to sit in— part of as media. as media you get to sit in the stadium and feel— get to sit in the stadium and feel the _ get to sit in the stadium and feel the atmosphere that the cried — feel the atmosphere that the cried spring. i haven't heard atmospheres like this is london 2012 _ atmospheres like this is london 2012. disability sport outside of the — 2012. disability sport outside of the games does not get crowds _ of the games does not get crowds like we have had at these _ crowds like we have had at these games.— crowds like we have had at these games. crowds like we have had at these names. ., ., , , these games. you obviously were at london 2012, _ these games. you obviously were at london 2012, have _ these games. you obviously were at london 2012, have you - these games. you obviously were at london 2012, have you been i at london 2012, have you been to the paralympic games in between? i wonder why paris has managed to grasp the atmosphere at london 2012 did. i managed to grasp the atmosphere at london 2012 did.— at london 2012 did. i was at rio. at london 2012 did. i was at rio- we _ at london 2012 did. i was at rio. we didn't _ at london 2012 did. i was at rio. we didn't quite - at london 2012 did. i was at rio. we didn't quite know i at london 2012 did. i was at i rio. we didn't quite know what was going _ rio. we didn't quite know what was going to happen, even the week_ was going to happen, even the week before the game started, as the — week before the game started, as the media. i felt rio didn't quite — as the media. i felt rio didn't quite take the momentum that london — quite take the momentum that london had built under the most of it _ london had built under the most of it tokyo— london had built under the most of it. tokyo was the covid games _ of it. tokyo was the covid games i_ of it. tokyo was the covid games. i didn't go on to that,

reported _ games. i didn't go on to that, reported from back in the uk. it reported from back in the uk. it was — reported from back in the uk. it was a — reported from back in the uk. it was a silent atmosphere in the stadium. that is really strange _ the stadium. that is really strange. when you're watching sport— strange. when you're watching sport it — strange. when you're watching sport it is _ strange. when you're watching sport it is the atmosphere around _ sport it is the atmosphere around the stadium as much as the sport— around the stadium as much as the sport itself. given the chance. _ the sport itself. given the chance, it took you would have hosted — chance, it took you would have hosted an _ chance, it took you would have hosted an amazing games. they have _ hosted an amazing games. they have fantastic athletes, high—profile athletes, and i know— high—profile athletes, and i know from reporting from the grand — know from reporting from the grand slams the japanese press are brilliant with their disabled athletes. they turn up for them — disabled athletes. they turn up for them whether they win or lose — for them whether they win or lose and _ for them whether they win or lose and turn up in crowds. tokyo— lose and turn up in crowds. tokyo would have been brilliant, it would have been fabulous _ brilliant, it would have been fabulous had it not happened in the circumstances that it did. i the circumstances that it did. i felt — the circumstances that it did. i felt like _ the circumstances that it did. i felt like paris was a bit under— i felt like paris was a bit under pressure to really build the momentum, but boy did it perform — the momentum, but boy did it perform under the pressure. i

read — perform under the pressure. i read somewhere in the french newspaper that 90% of the ticket — newspaper that 90% of the ticket sales came from french people. — ticket sales came from french people, so people in this country— people, so people in this country embraced the paralympic games— country embraced the paralympic games to — country embraced the paralympic games to a huge extent. can country embraced the paralympic games to a huge extent.- games to a huge extent. can you see the pictures _ games to a huge extent. can you see the pictures we _ games to a huge extent. can you see the pictures we are - games to a huge extent. can you see the pictures we are looking l see the pictures we are looking at now, as they disembark from the specially chartered train? i can see the metals, as well! you _ i can see the metals, as well! you are — i can see the metals, as well! you are the expert. tell us who we are looking at. there are so many standouts it is hard to know where to start. 50 many standouts it is hard to know where to start. so many standouts _ know where to start. so many standouts in _ know where to start. so many standouts in the _ know where to start. so many standouts in the team - know where to start. so many standouts in the team gb. i know where to start. so manyl standouts in the team gb. just to the — standouts in the team gb. just to the side there, you have britain's _ to the side there, you have britain's youngest paralympian. she did — britain's youngest paralympian. she did amazingly in the pool. when — she did amazingly in the pool. when i — she did amazingly in the pool. when i was 13 i wasn't entering the paralympic games! you are seeing — the paralympic games! you are

seeing this good example, younger and younger athletes, and that— younger and younger athletes, and that is because of the development of performance programmes here in the uk. in team— programmes here in the uk. in team gb— programmes here in the uk. in team gb we are identifying paralympic talent earlier and earlier~ — paralympic talent earlier and earlier. it is notjust people who— earlier. it is notjust people who have _ earlier. it is notjust people who have acquired injuries later— who have acquired injuries later in— who have acquired injuries later in their life, also people _ later in their life, also people who have had disabilities since birth. you look— disabilities since birth. you look at _ disabilities since birth. you look at some of the ages. poppy maskell, — look at some of the ages. poppy maskell, 19. look at some of the ages. poppy maskell,19. how look at some of the ages. poppy maskell, 19. how long look at some of the ages. poppy maskell,19. how long has sarah storey— maskell,19. how long has sarah storey gone on from? she started _ storey gone on from? she started when she was 14. could we produce another generation of multiple sarah storey is? the — of multiple sarah storey is? the athletes are walking towards our correspondence. let's see if he can grab anyone. let's see if he can grab anyone-— let's see if he can grab an one. . ., ,, anyone. welcome to sim pancreas. _ anyone. welcome to sim pancreas, the _ anyone. welcome to sim pancreas, the first i anyone. welcome to sim pancreas, the first train l

pancreas, the first train appearance is just built into the station. all looking fantastic in their white gp tops. lots of medals on show. paralympics gb winning our record equalling amount. they are just having a chat here to the head of the press that paralympics gb before they come over to me. i have my eye on maisie summers—newton. she has two goals and abroad around her neck. just giving a little cold to me as a bear to see if she will have a quick chat with us. maisie, you havejust come off the train, you are live on the bbc. ., , ., , bbc. some paris for us. spectacular, _ bbc. some paris for us. spectacular, amazing. l bbc. some paris for us. | spectacular, amazing. it bbc. some paris for us. i spectacular, amazing. it was beyond — spectacular, amazing. it was beyond all of our expectations, to be _ beyond all of our expectations, to be honest. a big bias here for the — to be honest. a big bias here for the swim team, but we

absolutely smashed a comparator tokyo _ absolutely smashed a comparator tokyo so — absolutely smashed a comparator tokyo. so proud of myself defending my title is in coming home — defending my title is in coming home with these medals. the last time i _ home with these medals. the last time i saw _ home with these medals. the last time i saw you _ home with these medals. tie: last time i saw you was at northampton swimming pool. how has the local support been this time around comparator tokyo? it's been amazing. i don't it's been amazing. idon't think— it's been amazing. i don't think i've _ it's been amazing. i don't think i've noticed that as much because — think i've noticed that as much because my family right here in paris _ because my family right here in paris with— because my family right here in paris with me, so they were celebrating with the rest of the paris crowd. northampton swimming club were cheering for us four— swimming club were cheering for us four athletes from home. i can't — us four athletes from home. i can't thank everyone enough for the support. can't thank everyone enough for the support-— the support. absolutely dominant _ the support. absolutely dominant in _ the support. absolutely dominant in the - the support. absolutely dominant in the pool i the support. absolutely dominant in the pool in | the support. absolutely i dominant in the pool in this game is. what was so different about it, to do so well? i about it, to do so well? i don't know, really. we all worked _ don't know, really. we all worked so hard and we worked so well together. when you have more — well together. when you have more and _ well together. when you have more and more meritless coming and it— more and more meritless coming and it brings that hunger more. poppy— and it brings that hunger more. poppy came in on the first night _ poppy came in on the first night with a gold medal and i

was like. _ night with a gold medal and i was like, i want one!- night with a gold medal and i was like, i want one! what was like on the _ was like, i want one! what was like on the train? _ was like, i want one! what was like on the train? i _ was like, i want one! what was like on the train? i imagine i like on the train? i imagine they will give themselves some time off now. for their party vibes on the train? brute time off now. for their party vibes on the train?— time off now. for their party vibes on the train? we were all aslee -i vibes on the train? we were all aslee! i vibes on the train? we were all asleep! i think _ vibes on the train? we were all asleep! i think the _ vibes on the train? we were all asleep! i think the party - vibes on the train? we were all asleep! i think the party was i asleep! i think the party was last night at the closing ceremony. we have worked so hard _ ceremony. we have worked so hard over— ceremony. we have worked so hard over the last three years. it hard over the last three years. it will— hard over the last three years. it will be — hard over the last three years. it will be wonderful to come home — it will be wonderful to come home and see our families today than _ home and see our families today than have — home and see our families today than have a bit of a rest. i than have a bit of a rest. guess than have a bit of a rest. i guess now you're a than have a bit of a rest. t guess now you're a veteran of the games, so what is next for you? the games, so what is next for ou? , , ., ., you? keep swimming. have a little rest _ you? keep swimming. have a little rest is _ you? keep swimming. have a little rest is my _ you? keep swimming. have a little rest is my first - you? keep swimming. have a little rest is my first port i you? keep swimming. have a little rest is my first port of l little rest is my first port of call, — little rest is my first port of call, then _ little rest is my first port of call, then i will go from there _ call, then i will go from there i_ call, then i will go from there. i have my primary teaching _ there. i have my primary teaching i have been doing but that will— teaching i have been doing but that will be put on the back burner— that will be put on the back burner for a bet as a focus on the _ burner for a bet as a focus on the other— burner for a bet as a focus on the other things.— the other things. who will be the other things. who will be the first person _ the other things. who will be the first person that - the other things. who will be the first person that you i the other things. who will be the first person that you will| the first person that you will show the medals to you? probably my cat! my neighbours along _ probably my cat! my neighbours along the street. they are

coming _ along the street. they are coming out to support me when i -et coming out to support me when i get home — coming out to support me when i get home-— get home. maisie, thank you very much- _ get home. maisie, thank you very much- i _ get home. maisie, thank you very much. i will— get home. maisie, thank you very much. i will let - get home. maisie, thank you very much. i will let you i get home. maisie, thank you very much. i will let you go l very much. i will let you go and enjoy this moment and take some pictures with the team. we have all these fantastic athletes here. about 80 of the 250 paralympians came back from paris on the strain. there is another one in an hour. we will try to grab people as they come off. i believe we also have emily brown in the arrivals hall, she will be speaking to people as well to get some reaction about this historic paralympic games. 124 medals, 49 of them gold, which is eight more than they did in tokyo. emily brown is in the arrivals hall. iwill emily brown is in the arrivals hall. i will pass to unite and get a flavour of the action from there. i'm sure there will be a lot of friends and family

waiting. iam i am actually joined i am actuallyjoined by hannah skelly, sister of chris skelley who secured a bronze medal in the para judo. are you excited are you to see my brother —— your brother? 50 are you to see my brother -- your brother?— are you to see my brother -- your brother? so proud of him. it is so your brother? so proud of him. it is so great — your brother? so proud of him. it is so great to _ your brother? so proud of him. it is so great to be _ your brother? so proud of him. it is so great to be in _ your brother? so proud of him. it is so great to be in the i it is so great to be in the city to welcome him home today. and she made a sign? i rated the work stationary cupboard last minute animated on the train coming here.— train coming here. this is crisp is — train coming here. this is crisp is my _ train coming here. this is crisp is my third - train coming here. this is i crisp is my third paralympics. what is it been like watching him? it what is it been like watching him? , , , ., him? it is so inspiring. i am in owe of— him? it is so inspiring. i am in owe of him. _ him? it is so inspiring. i am in owe of him. he _ him? it is so inspiring. i am in owe of him. he is- him? it is so inspiring. i am in owe of him. he is so i in owe of him. he is so deserving of this success. he has worked so hard in the run—up to these games. it is not —— it has not been an easy

yearfor him. not -- it has not been an easy year for him-— year for him. how did he get into judo? — year for him. how did he get intojudo? he _ year for him. how did he get into judo? he actually i year for him. how did he get into judo? he actually did i year for him. how did he get into judo? he actually did it| into judo? he actually did it from the — into judo? he actually did it from the age _ into judo? he actually did it from the age of _ into judo? he actually did it from the age of five. - into judo? he actually did it from the age of five. he i into judo? he actually did it i from the age of five. he began to lose a site at 17. he lost a lot when i started to happen but the one thing he could keep doing wasjudo. in some but the one thing he could keep doing was judo. in some ways but the one thing he could keep doing wasjudo. in some ways he says it saved him. has doing wasjudo. in some ways he says it saved him.— says it saved him. has he ever t to says it saved him. has he ever try to get _ says it saved him. has he ever try to get you _ says it saved him. has he ever try to get you into _ says it saved him. has he ever try to get you into judo? i've l try to get you into 'udo? i've done it a h try to get you into 'udo? i've done it a few i try to get you into judo? i've done it a few times. - try to get you into judo? t�*s: done it a few times. they train incredibly hard. it is not for me, not for the faint—hearted. how excited are you to see him? i will grab how excited are you to see him? iwill grab him. how excited are you to see him? i will grab him. hopefully i will break down, it is so emotional.— will break down, it is so emotional. ., ., ., ~ , ., will break down, it is so emotional. ., ., ., ,, emotional. hannah, thank you so much. emotional. hannah, thank you so much- lots _ emotional. hannah, thank you so much. lots of _ emotional. hannah, thank you so much. lots of relatives _ emotional. hannah, thank you so much. lots of relatives lining i much. lots of relatives lining up, excited to see their loved ones. emily, thank you so much. we

will keep those pictures up. while we watch those pictures we will go back to gemma stevenson, who are still in paris. she has been to many of the paralympic games over the years. just looking at those pictures, it was interesting to hear maisie summers—newton to say that there weren't many party vibes, they were asleep, they are absolutely shattered! i am not surprised. i was at the — i am not surprised. i was at the closing ceremony last night and it— the closing ceremony last night and it was like the club had come — and it was like the club had come to— and it was like the club had come to this dad difference! it was like — come to this dad difference! it was like being out on a friday night — was like being out on a friday night to _ was like being out on a friday night. to be fair there was one point, — night. to be fair there was one point, i— night. to be fair there was one point, i don't know whether point, idon't know whether they— point, i don't know whether they shoot this on the tv broadcast, when the whole of paralympics gb who were there at the _ paralympics gb who were there at the closing ceremony formed at the closing ceremony formed a conga — at the closing ceremony formed a conga line. they were doing it around _ a conga line. they were doing it around the stage where the djs were _ it around the stage where the djs were performing! it was soaking _ djs were performing! it was soaking wet but they did not care — soaking wet but they did not care. they were going to get

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