Paralympic torch begins journey to Paris at its English home of Stoke Mandeville
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Paralympic torch begins journey to Paris at its English home of Stoke Mandeville
Several days before the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games begin, the Paralympic flame is lit next to the English hospital in Stoke Mandeville near London, where the idea for the competition was born.
"Behind this flame, there is a powerful message of peace," says Tony Estanguet, President of the Paris 2024 organising committee, who received the flame before it starts its journey to France.
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