Industrial computerIn the build-up to the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, the torch traveled through the Channel Tunnel from Britain to France.
back Stoke Mandeville is litThe flame, the birthplace of the Paralympic movement, is heading to Paris to mark the start of the Paralympic Games.
On Sunday, 24 British athletes set off from Folkestone through the tunnel, joining 24 French athletes halfway to carry the torch.
After reaching Calais on the French coast, the flames split into 12 separate flames before traveling across France.
Guildford Rowing Club’s Helene Raynsford and Gregor Ewan light the Paralympic flame.
When Para rowing debuted at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Ms Rainsford was the first Paralympic champion, while Mr Ivan was a three-time Paralympic wheelchair curler.
Among other places, the flame will travel to Lyon, which will host 11 football matches during the tournament, and Lorient, the hometown of Paralympic sailing gold medalist Damien Seguin.
The Paris cauldron will be lit when all 12 flames return to Paris on August 28, followed by 11 days of competition.
Getty Imagesthis game The event will run until September 8, with more than 4,000 athletes from around the world competing for 549 medals in 22 sports.
Stoke Mandeville is now permanent Lighting point for all Paralympic torchesjust like the Olympic flame was lit in Olympia, Greece.
In 1948, Sir Ludwig Gutmann organized the Stoke Mandeville Games, a competition for wheelchair athletes that took place on the same day as the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.
