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The long wait for a new French prime minister

Saturday, August 31, 2024: In our first edition after the summer holidays, Alison Sargent is joined by French politics and history professor Andrew Knapp to discuss France's ongoing political deadlock. Nearly two months after snap parliamentary elections, President Emmanuel Macron has yet to name a new prime minister, with the…

France 24

Paris 2024 Paralympics: Five things we learned on Day 3 - this Portal coil

Pride, patriotism and panache eclipsed a poor show in the pool for the French paralympic delegation at the Paris La Défense Arena. But there was tenderness amid the testosterone et voilà the optics were ... optimal.

Radio France Internationale

Dirty water in River Seine forces postponement of para triathlon events

Health chiefs on Sunday postponed Paralympics triathlon competitions after tests revealed the water in the River Seine in central Paris would be unsafe for swimming.

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Paralympic triathlon events are postponed because of poor water quality in the Seine River

Paralympics organizers say triathlon competitions in Paris scheduled for Sunday have been postponed because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River after heavy rainfall

The Independent UK

Paralympics day four: British stars look to add to golden successes

Maisie Summers-Newton looks to add a second gold in the pool among a host of British medal hopefuls.

The Independent UK

USA Take First Their Paralympic Track Golds But China Out In Front

The United States won their first two track and field titles of the Paris Paralympics on Saturday but China piled on the medals to stretch their lead in the table.

International Business Times

Paralympics day 4: Aussies win historic gold, overturn disqualification

Aussies add ten medals to the tally overnight

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Jaydin Blackwell’s shock victory leaves ParalympicsGB’s track and field athletes looking towards Los Angeles

Thomas Young missed out on bronze by one hundreth of a second in the men’s T38 100m race

The Independent UK

Paris 2024 Paralympics: Great Britain enjoy gold rush in swimming pool as Alice Tai caps sensational night

Great Britain's swimmers picked up three gold medals in a superb 36-minute spell

Evening Standard

Alice Tai caps off unbelievable night in pool as part of Great British gold rush

William Ellard and Stephen Clegg also won gold in a thrilling 37 minutes for ParalympicsGB

The Independent UK

Alice Tai, Stephen Clegg and William Ellard make it a super Saturday for Britain

The trio landed golds at the Paralympics in Paris.

The Independent UK

Paris 2024 Paralympics: Five things we learned on Day 2 - rains and gains

The pesky meddling rain forced organisers to revamp the para triathlon events but the downpours injected a layer of ruggedness into the first day of track and field action at the Stade de France in Saint Denis. Indoors at the para table tennis, Chinese triulmphs.

Radio France Internationale

How the 2024 Paralympics ensure fairness: a guide to the paracycling classification system

"Sports allow us all to explore our abilities, and the Paralympic Games are the epitome of this," writes 4-time Paralympic medalist Dr. Meg Fisher

Cycling Weekly

Jaco van Gass wins Paralympic gold despite colliding with car before Paris Games

Visually-impaired cyclist Lizzi Jordan also claimed gold on a successful afternoon for ParalympicsGB at the velodrome.

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The Guardian - UK

Youth is a superpower and it’s great to see our Paralympians harnessing it

Young competitors are intimidating and invigorate a team – and Poppy Maskill is not the only teenager on the block in Paris

Dynamite News

Paris Paralympics: Avani clinches gold in women's 10m air rifle final

Avani Lekhara clinched gold Shooter Mona Agarwal bagged the bronze medal in the women's 10m air rifle final in Paris Paralympics on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Wheelchair user shares disappointment after being blocked from Paralympic viewing platform by spectators

‘A few years of polishing cannot make up for decades of failing to enforce disability access’, said Anna Landre

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Palestinian Paralympian Fadi Aldeeb Competes Solo In Paris

Fadi Aldeeb, the lone Palestinian athlete at the Paris Paralympics, symbolizes hope and unity through his journey of resilience and determination in the fa...

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The Independent UK

At Paralympics, women are blazing trails in male-dominated and roughest of sports, wheelchair rugby

At the Paralympic Games in Paris, women are blazing trails in the roughest of sports — mixed-gender but male-dominated wheelchair rugby

Cycling Weekly

'Emotionally, I’m a bit all over the place' - GB's Kadeena Cox after her Paralympics crash

Cox, the defending champion, crashed out of the C4/C5 500m time trial final on Thursday

The Conversation

The Paralympics can be an economic boon for host cities – and leave a unique legacy

The mega-event glow continues in Paris, with the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games now well underway. Some 4,400 athletes will take to the world stage to compete across 22 different sports.

The Guardian - UK

Poppy Maskill earns ParalympicsGB’s first Paris gold with world-record swim

Britain’s first gold medal of the Paralympic Games went to a teenager as Poppy Maskill cleared the field in the S14 100m women’s butterfly

Radio France Internationale

Didier wins first gold for France at 2024 Paris Paralympics

Ugo Didier on Thursday went one better on his performance at the Tokyo Olympics to win France's first gold medal of the 2024 Paralympics when he claimed the 400m freestyle S9 at the Paris La Défense Arena.

Evening Standard

Paris Paralympics 2024: Every GB gold medal winner as Games draw to an exciting close

ParalympicsGB increase their gold count by eight as they match overall Tokyo tally

Sports Illustrated

As Team USA’s Rising Star, Sarah Adam Makes Paralympics History in Wheelchair Rugby

In her debut at the Summer Games, the Naperville native dominated, showing why she's ready to take the co-ed sport by storm.

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