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Sitting in the sunlit, open forest deep in the Serra de Tramuntana, a UNESCO World Heritage location, I put my hands onto a large rock, breathe in the scent of warm pine, and hear distant voices from the choir in the nearby Lluc Monastery. I have always been drawn to naturally beautiful places and spaces. As a Paralympic cyclist I’ve often become too preoccupied with the busyness of life - organising myself around the events, demands and activities of each day. No one taught me how crucial time in natural spaces could be for my wellbeing and happiness. During challenging times, I’ve been compe...
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Paralympic athletes will not be able to compete in breakdancing as the sport was excluded from this year's event — unlike in the Olympic Games, where it is set to kick off on Friday. The newest sport in the Paris 2024 Olympics is a combination of dance and martial arts that has its roots in the working-class and underprivileged communities of New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s. While including Junior Bosila Banya, one of France's biggest breakdancers with a disability as an Olympic torchbearer was celebrated, some called out the "subconscious prejudices" for excluding breakdancing — a ...
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For years, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been giving the audience a taste of some of Olympic disciplines through video games for different platforms. The first officially licensed Olympic title appeared in the 1980s, and since the 1990s different studios have developed games to promote the Summer or Winter Olympics. In 2007, Mario and Sonic joined the competition. Nintendo and Sega put their most famous characters forward to fight for gold at the summer games in Beijing, London, Rio and Tokyo, and also at the winter games in Vancouver and Sochi. However, Paris 2024 will not see...
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It was billed as the “greenest [Games] in Olympic history” \- but the sustainability dreams of Paris 2024 are melting away as organisers order 2,500 air-conditioning units. Originally designed without air-con, the eco-friendly Paris Olympic Village includes a geothermal cooling system that pumps cold water from deep beneath the ground to keep indoor temps at least 6°C lower than outside. “I want the Paris Games to be exemplary from an environmental point of view,” said Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo last year. But after pushback from Olympic delegations, Paris organisers are now allowing countries t...
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