the system of russian paralympic sports, and the russian paralympic committee is proud of this... killers, can't the leadership of the international paralympic committee pay attention to these terrible cynical manifestations of the russian paralympic committee and those entities that they called neutral, so far there is no answer to this question. ugh, thank you, thank you valery for your opinion, and thank you for joining our broadcast, we were contacted by the president of the national paralympic committee of ukraine, valery sushke. like paris hosts the paralympics and what the athletes' and fans' expectations from the competition were seen by the bbc's disability correspondent nicky fox. in the city of christmas extinguishing, paris welcomes the second major sporting event. the celebrations are in full swing and now it's time for the paralympics. hi archie, nice to meet you. hello, how are you? archie is very excited, he's already here. are you here for the long haul, will you stay until the end? i'm so excited, can't wait for the games to start. usually we are in that little bubble where nothing has meaning other than sports.

to the secretary general of the international committee and paralympics, why should i mention some countries whose athletes are now exerting political influence , some countries such as russia and belarus should not participate. excellent, mr. abbasi, our relationship with france and the city of paris is good, sir. mr. kohbayazadeh, president of the federation of veterans and the able-bodied, hello, good time and congratulations to the first gold medal of our country's caravan, mr. kopayzadeh, in the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful. especially the sports veterans and experts, thank you very much for your service. please tell me about the condition of the children. what finally happened , we were waiting for you, we are waiting for the next one, and i will give you an explanation. we hear you, thank you very much. alhamdulillah , today was a good day for the sports caravan of iranian children in paris, and fortunately, our first gold medal in women's archery to women's air panache, which was won by ms. sareh jawanmardi, the famous archery champion of our country, for the t

the head of the international paralympic committee, andrew parsons, told the crowd he wanted the games. the first gold medals will be awarded in the comning hours in swimming, cycling and taekwondo. sally hurst is in the french capital for us and watched last nights opening ceremony. give us a taste, what was it like? there were tens of thousands of spectators packing out the plastic on can't last eight and a spectacular opening 70. the stage was full of disabled dancers and performers and a powerful message of inclusivity that it has to mean more than just taking part that was a message echoed by the head of international paralympic committee, he said these athletes are not here to just take part, he said these athletes are not here tojust take part, they he said these athletes are not here to just take part, they adhere to smash records and win gold. we had music and fireworks, the court and was let and reset the stage for the next 11 days of sport. that sport is already under way, lots of swimming events today including italian stars and the going and five events today. and in the v

that was a message echoed by the head of international paralympic committee, who said these athleteso smash records and win gold. we had christine and the queens, the music, we had fireworks, in blue, white and red, the cauldron was lit and we set the stage for the next 11 days of sport. that sport is already under way, in the pool, lots of swimming events today including the italian star simone barlaam, he's already got five golds, he's going in five events in these games. the first of those today. and in the velodrome, kadeena cox from great britain defends her title in the time trial. in past games, kadeena has competed in cycling and athletics. injury has prevented kadeena cox from running this time so she will be keen to go for gold. team sports under way, wheelchair rugby so popular here because it is so exciting, full contact, bit brutal at times as well and great britain are the defending champions in this but they say the competition has got a lot tougher since tokyo so lots of other nations in the mix there including the home nation, france, the us and canada as well. and z

currently, there is no unified position in sport towards transgender inclusion, as the international paralympic committee bodies to set their own policies. our sports correspondent laura scott spoke to andrew parsons, president of the ipc. the sport movement in general, the ipc, the ioc, international federations, again, guided by science, we need them to look for a different future. so i am comfortable for the moment because it's respecting the rules that i have for the moment and the rules are there and we need to respect them. but i do think that for the future, we need to really focus on that because it's the reality of the world. they deserve an answer which cannot be, well, this week you can compete, may be in future, you cannot compete. so we need to come up with a very solid answer for that population. to the next 0lympics now and la 28 will no doubt be exciting, but some potential issues have been highlighted already, that the organising committee will have to address, they include transport links and homelessness. the bbc�*s la correspondent, emma vardy told jane dougall that there are big plan

paying attention to the plans made by the international paralympic committee regarding the disciplines that will be included in these competitions to reach 22 disciplines, now seven-a-side football is not in these competitions, but it is possible that in the 202nd energy co, chi ka he is in a good mood, the herdsmen, it's time to start, chikato. milk cockatoos of ranchers. from bam dadan to shangahan badan. long-term and no-advance photos in a large iranian house, one by one , one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one . now when you buy a vacuum cleaner, now it's time to buy an installment vacuum cleaner, but an installment also costs a lot of fees. this is the reason. it's not the reason. it's not the reason. you can go to the city of household appliances because the fees are less and the commission is calculated only from the remaining cash . stakh street is an urban street that provides access to shahid babaei highway and lavaskhan road

in the meeting, the official flag of the international paralympic committee was attached to the flag pole. it was because the door was twisted and the cable did not open and it did not come out. previously , the flag of the international olympic committee was hung upside down at the opening of the olympics. in one of the parakwondo matches, the maghrebi athlete after being hit his mexican opponent was seriously injured and the match was incomplete. we are looking forward to our country's youth volleyball team from saudi arabia , among the top four teams of the under 17 age group competition in the world. qualifying for the semi-finals. in this game, the iranian team won the first and third hands 25-20 and 25-21 for sadeghiani's students to win the fifth to eighth places tomorrow. in the last game , esteghlal tehran and khuzestan will face each other in ahvaz from 20-30 minutes will go the four games of this week will be held tomorrow night, and in the most important match, persolis and foulad will play against each other. in the standings, sepahan is the leader with 6 points, tractor

earlier craig spence, from the international paralympic committee, told me it would be a games to rememberst spectacular paralympic games in history. i mean, we've had the test event, which is what we jokingly referred to as the olympics. i think everything is said here for a wonderful games. tremendous iconic venues. the athletes are going to be the best prepared they've ever been, and i think we are going to see a really game changer event that's going to set the paralympic movement on a great course for la 28. it's incredible, isn't it, how the paralympic movement in the olympics have gone from strength to strength with every olympics. absolutely. the first paralympic games where in 1960 and the games have grown bigger and better every addition. i mean, these games are going to go to an estimated cumulative audience of 4.25 billion people and 165 countries. and it's great to see. and the athletic performance increases each addition. we've got to paralympians who will compete here whose times and distances would've been good enough to win olympic medals. that's the standard of competitio

because a beautiful afternoon just ahead of the opening ceremony, the president of the international paralympic committee any moment or two. good afternoon. it's a messy mid—week picture for most of us today. weather fronts out to the west, often producing some rain, some of it heavy still at times, but further east we've had morning sunshine and warmth. temperatures perhaps across parts of eastern or south east england getting into the mid possibly high 20s. but these weather fronts still slowly pushing their way inland, will turn the sunshine increasingly hazy, and once they move through, noticeably fresher. but as we go through the rest of the afternoon, then the heaviest of the rain to the far north and west of scotland and northern ireland, the first frontal system will start to ease into a band of cloud, maybe one or two isolated showers. but look at the warmth. temperatures widely into the mid 20s maybe as high as 28 degrees in the southeast, 82 fahrenheit. noticeably fresher, particularly where you've got the rain persisting. that will move its way east out of scotland through the night, we have

the head of the international paralympic committee, andrew parsons, told the crowd he wanted the gamesme of year, the last wednesday of august, when the spanish village of bun—yon becomes the scene of one of the world's most famous food fights. locals and an estimated 22,000 international visitors gathered to take part in this year's la tomatina festival, involving around 120 tonnes of ripe tomatoes. it's said to have originated from a spontaneous fight among villagers in 19115. it was banned in the 19505 at the height of franco's dictatorship, but survived to gain popularity across spain and further afield in the 1980s. let's hear from some of those that took part. the whole feeling. everybody has just good energy and everything was good feeling. i love. like the energy and the crowd. and everyone'sjust like looking out for each other and it'sjust so much fun. everyone's on the same wavelength. it's so good. that brings us to a close on bbc news. see you again soon. hello again. wednesday brought us some big contrasts in the weather across the uk. now, for the north and west of the co

the head of the international paralympic committee, andrew parsons, told the crowd he wanted the gameswatching newsday. stay with us. hello again. wednesday brought us some big contrasts in the weather across the uk. now, for the north and west of the country, we did have a lot of cloud, and that brought some outbreaks of rain at times. you can see that on the combined satellite and radar picture. some of the heaviest rain went into western scotland, where we also had some of the lowest temperatures. for example, in harris, we only had temperatures of 14 degrees. in sharp contrast to that, skipping across these various weather fronts, we actually had plenty of sunshine and quite hot weather across east anglia and south east england, with temperatures peaking at 30 degrees in cambridge. confirmation, then, that the weather did indeed look a lot cheerier for some. now, looking at the weather picture over the next few hours, we've got a cold front whizzing its way eastwards across the country. what that's essentially doing is it's bringing cooler and fresher air in across the uk, so it wo

we have been speaking to some people from the international paralympic committee and i want this exactnded to the paralympics as well. they kick off on the 20th of august. we are expecting 4,000 athletes and 22 disciplines. you will see some more fir5ts. their opening ceremony will go down to chantilly today. the place within any real hub of energy. already it is a fun atmosphere, a fun place to be and they are expecting tanks of thousands of people for paris it is the first time that the summer paralympics are being held in paris, so another piece of history. we spoke to a french paralympian yesterday who said it was such an honour to have a tear. so, definitely lots of energy going into the paralympics. i'm sure a lot of records will be broken again, as well. thank you so much. today is world elephant day. let's take a look at some elephants at �*adventures with elephant5�*, a south african re5erve—5anctuary for rescued elephants, aiming to promote educating and conserving wildlife. hello again. we've had some heavy thundery downpours, especially in parts of the north and the west th

the head of the international paralympic committee, andrew parsons, told the crowd he wanted the gameso be an "inclusion revolution". the games will begin this morning with badminton, and later the first gold medals will be awarded in swimming, cycling and taekwondo events. elizabeth wright is an abc sports reporter and a triple paralympic medallist for australia in swimming and joins me now. thank you forjoining us. what we have to look forward to, what are big events? i we have to look forward to, what are big events?- what are big events? i will probably _ what are big events? i will probably be _ what are big events? i will probably be quite - what are big events? i will probably be quite biased l what are big events? i will. probably be quite biased and point to where a lot of the australians i believe are going to do quite well. definitely for me it is swimming, swimming is always exciting, whether you are from australia or great britain as well, certainly great britain has produced a number of absolutely fantastic paralympic swimmers before but for me it is definitely the austra

joining me now is craig spence, international paralympic committee chief brand and communications officerut the paralympics. 28th of august two are kicking off. what can we expect? as amazing as what we have seen from the olympics? i amazing as what we have seen from the olympics?— amazing as what we have seen from the olympics? i think we can expect the olympics? i think we can expect the most spectacular _ the olympics? i think we can expect the most spectacular paralympics i the olympics? i think we can expect the most spectacular paralympics in j the most spectacular paralympics in sicily. everything is set for the wonderful games. tremendous, iconic venues, the artist will be the best prepared to have ever been, and we will see a game changer event that will see a game changer event that will at the paralympic movement on a great course for early 28. it is treat great course for early 28. it is great how _ great course for early 28. it is great how the _ great course for early 28. it is great how the movement has gone from strength to strength with every olympics. strength to strengt

bodies set their own policies regarding eligibility in women's sport, the head of the international paralympic committeeew parsons, told our correspondent laura scott, that a more unified approach is needed sport in general, international federations and we need them to look for a different future and i am comfortable for the moment because it is respecting the rules of the moment and the rules are there and we need to respect them. but i do think for the future, we need to focus on that of the world, they deserve an answer which cannot be, this week you can compete, maybe in the future cannot compete, we need to come up with a better, solid answerfor to come up with a better, solid answer for that issue. and the tour de france femmes has got underway today — it's starting in netherlands and there was a dutch winner charlotta ko0l won the opening stage from rotterdam to the hague , from rotterdam to the hague, outsprinting her rivals. the second stage takes the riders back to rotterdam — so there will be plenty of home support for kool again, it's a 7 day race although they also squeeze in a time trial

2028, the 28th of august is when the paris paralympics begin, and the president of the international paralympic committeee million tickets still available. andrew parsons has been explaining why. in ticket sales, we are at around 1.3 million tickets sold at the moment and we understand that normally in the last week of the olympics and immediately after the closing ceremony of the olympics is the peak, that is what we saw in rio de janeiro and london and beijing and that is what we expect. we believe that the parisians that were not in paris during the games, they will have the feeling of, "oh, "i want to experience that as well" and they will do that during the paralympics. 1.3 million sold, but what is the capacity and how many are still available? there are more than 1 million tickets still available and the trend is going like this, so we believe we will sell a large amount of tickets, we may not sell out during the very first days of the paralympics but we believe as the games go on, we will see full stadia for every competition. with the olympics still going, a reminder today that the new premier l

the head of the international paralympic committee, andrew parsons, told the crowd he wanted the games be awarded in swimming, cycling and taekwondo events. elizabeth wright is an abc sports reporter and a triple paralympic medallist for australia in swimming and joins me now. thank you forjoining us.

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currently, there is no unified position in sport towards transgender inclusion, as the international paralympic committeeeed them to look for a different future. so i am comfortable for the moment because it's respecting the rules i have for the moment, and the rules are there and they need to respect them. i do think that for the future, we need to really focus on that because it's the reality of the world, they deserve an answer which cannot be, this week you can compete, maybe in the future you cannot compete. so we need to come up with a better solid answer for that population. the women's tour de france got under way yesterday with the winner living up to her surname. dutch rider charlotta kool taking the opening stage outsprinting her rivals to cross the line first having raced from rotterdam to the hague. the second stage takes the riders back to rotterdam so there will be plenty of home support for kool on day two. an impressive start for her. back to you. returning to our main story. the health regulator has found there were a series of errors, omissions and misjudgements in the mental health ca

international committee. well, let's go back to mr. koh payazadeh and there is a sweet discussion for the paralympic children who always compare themselves with the olympic children. they also have awards and rewards like the children of the olympics. did you post a recipe or not? the truth is, this issue is related to two parts, one part is the rewards that the olympic and paralympic committees usually give to the athletes who win medals, and the other part is through the government and the medalists annually. it is encouraged that the government part is completely similar, but there was this difference in the olympic and paralympic part. this can be tried, of course, i don't know the exact government, i think the ministry said 10 billion , whatever number is determined, it means the same. now, fortunately, you see, most of that is good news for them. yes, you see, there is a big difference between our children and athletes, the difference in the paralympics. which is considered possible at all, but this. it is a difference that causes irritation , many of the paralympic athletes train in very difficult conditions and with their physica

international olympic committee president thomas bach after paris's star studded closing ceremony. bass arrival at lax marks the four year countdown until the olympics are hosted in southern california. she will return to paris for the paralympic a few weeks from now, and a push is underway to get pickleball into the olympics. >> those who are leading the charge are aiming for the 2032 games in australia. but first, the international olympic committee must recognize pickleball as a sport. according to the olympic charter, a sport must be widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries and on four continents, and by women in no fewer than 40 countries and on three continents. >> we have to really come together. and i think the main thing is countries around the world having their federations in each country and then approving it towards the olympics for enough countries, playing the olympic charter requires one governing body to represent and regulate a sport worldwide pickleball, as at least three. >> coming up tonight in sports. the battle for bronze. today's new developments in the controversy surrounding gymnast jordan chiles and her floor routine medal. >> and tonight on the 11:00 news, new faregates being installed in va