Hosts arrange for famous DJs to close the ‘2024 Paralympic Games’ with an impressive closing ceremony

The 2024 Paralympic Games in France have concluded with the Thai athletes winning 6 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 13 bronze medals. The 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France, have concluded. The closing ceremony was held at the Stade de France in France, chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron, along with International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons. There were over 64,000 spectators in the stadium, despite the continuous rain. The theme of the event was "Paris is a Party", so they joined in the celebration. The Thai flag bearer at the closing ceremony was 'Beam' Chaiwat Rattana, a wheelchair racer in the T34 class who won a gold medal in the 100 meters and broke the Paralympic Games record, and a silver medal in the 800 meters. The next host flag was handed over to Los Angeles, USA, the host city of both the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as the representative to receive the flag. The extinguishing ceremony of the torch balloon was done by bl owing out the lantern in the lamp by the host country's six Paralympic athletes. The last one was Aurelie Aubert, a boccia athlete who won gold in the Paris 2024 individual BC1 class. She is the first French athlete to win a gold medal in boccia at the Paralympics. At the end of the full hour, the host transformed the Stade de France into a dance venue with full lights, colors, and sounds. They arranged 24 artists from the French electronic music scene to play 28 famous songs, led by legendary DJ Jean-Michel Jarre, before ending with Daft Punk's One More Time. Medal table summary: Athletes from China won 94 gold medals, 76 silver medals, and 50 bronze medals, ranking second. The United Kingdom came in third with 49 gold medals, while the United States came in third with 36 gold medals. The home team won 19 gold medals, 28 silver medals, and 28 bronze medals, ranking eighth. The Thai team won 6 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 13 bronze medals, ranked 21st in the medal table, 6th in Asia. This is the best result in the history of the Paralympic Games, better than the previous best result in the Rio Games in 2016, when the Thai team won 6 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 6 bronze medals in 2016 in Brazil. Lieutenant Colonel Nayanop Bhirombhakdi, President of the Paralympic Committee of Thailand, talked about the overall picture of the Thai athletes, saying that in the 2024 Paralympics, Thai athletes performed very well. He must commend everyone for their full commitment. For the Paralympic Games prize money criteria from the National Sports Development Fund, if you choose to receive it in installments, 50% will be paid and the remaining 50% will be paid monthly over 4 years. A gold medal will receive 7.2 million baht, a silver medal 4.8 million baht, and a bronze medal 3 million baht. If you choose to receive it immediately at once, a gold medal will receive 6 million baht, a silver medal 4 million baht, and a bronze medal 2.5 million baht. The athletes will gradually return to Thailand tomorrow. Source: Th ai News Agency