The Paralympic Torch has arrived in France, ahead of the start of the Paris 2024 Paralympics. One day after the lighting ceremony in Stoke Mandeville, the birthplace of the Paralympic Games, the torch made its way through the Channel Tunnel, getting the ball rolling on a new fortnight of celebration across France.
A fraternal torch kiss under the English Channel
The Paralympic Torch set out from the English port town of Folkestone and dipped into the Channel Tunnel escorted by a guard of honour featuring 24 British torchbearers.
Hélène Raynsford and Gregor Ewan, who had lit the flame in Stoke Mandeville the day before, passed the torch to the captain of this team relay, Andrew Small, a Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion. Joining him on this undersea leg were the Para judoka Ian Rose and the Para canoeist Ian Marsden.
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