It is also the country and the city of my friend and competitor Marie-Amelie Le Fur.” I am very excited, as Paris is a good place for me and I’ve always performed well here. I’ve been preparing for this Worlds during the whole winter and hopefully will peak perform here. This one title missing and to have it here would be great.
The same way I had Marcel Hug and Manuela Schaer as role models when I started.”įleur Jong, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion in the women’s long jump T64, said: “I won the European title, the Paralympic title and that was amazing. I was the first Swiss woman to win it and I hope I can be a really good role model for young people. I also had the chance to meet Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price and Lionel Messi in the ceremony.
I did not expect to be nominated and I thought ‘is it really true?’ And then I came here, and I was the winner, so it was even more crazy. I was here two months ago for the Laureus Awards. I want to change how people look at short stature persons.”Ĭatherine Debrunner, Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion and Dubai 2019 world champion, said: “Paris is a very special city for me. I am going to do my very best to be at the highest level in the World Championships and also in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. There are a lot of Tunisians living in Paris, but also Moroccan, and other countries. Tunisia’s six-time Paralympic champion and eight-time world champion Raoua Tlili said: “I am really proud to be here. I want people around the world to watch Para sports and become more interested.”Ĭlick here and change your settings to allow Ahead of the Paris Paralympic Games next year, we can get an image of what next year’s Games will be like. Japanese Paralympic medallist Kenya Karasawa said: “It is a big advantage for us that we can race in the city that will host the next Paralympics and I want to do my best to win a medal. We love to welcome people in France and we look forward to having them back next year for the Paralympics.” I hope we will have a great time, not only because of sports but also because of the human aspect as sport is a human adventure. But we also have great teammates, whether they are captains or not. Nantenin Keita of France, Rio 2016 Paralympic champion and two-time world champion, said: “I am proud to be team captain because of the trust I received to have this role. Guislaine Westelynck, President of the French Para Sport Federation (Féderation Française Handisport) Marie-Amelie Le Fur, President of the French Paralympic Committee and three-time Paralympic champion Pierre Rabadan, representative of the City of Paris and Adrien Balduzzi, Director of the Paris 23 Local Organising Committee (LOC). The event also had the presence of Paul Fitzgerald, Head of World Para Athletics French athletes Arnaud Assoumani, Gloria Agblemagnon and Nantenin Keita were accompanied by Dutch sprinter Fleur Jong, Tunisian thrower Raoua Tlili, Japanese long-distance runner Kenya Karasawa and Swiss wheelchair racer, Catherine Debrunner, the winner of this year’s Laureus Awards. Some of the stars of the World Championships joined a press conference on Friday morning to share their expectations for Paris 23. Over 1,300 athletes from 107 nations will be competing in 168 medals events in the French capital until 17 July.
It is the first time the biggest single Para sport event on the planet takes place in the Paralympic host city one year before the Games. Paris will make history when the Para Athletics World Championships kicks off at the Charlety Stadium on Saturday (8 July).
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