now on bbc news, the travel show. on a sunny day, a ride around paris takes some beating, that s for sure. france s capital is transforming. in a few weeks time, the city will host the summer olympics and paralympics, and the organisers are busy turning landmarks into stadiums. so this beautiful building is the grand palais, and that is where the fencing and taekwondo are happening. still looks like they ve got lots of work to do on it. the organisers of this year s competition have promised it will have a lasting impact on this iconic city. i m steve brown and i m here to find out how paris is changing. from the suburbs. you can see it s really quite busy. there s so much hustle and bustle. ..to the seine. beautiful. ..and up into the sky. it s 2024 and this is paris. paris is already one of the world s most visited cities. but this year, they re expecting around 15 million people during the competition. here at porte de la chapelle arena, it s the start of olympic and para
hour. now on bbc news, the travel show. on a sunny day, a ride around paris takes some beating, that s for sure. france s capital is transforming. in a few weeks time, the city will host the summer olympics and paralympics, and the organisers are busy turning landmarks into stadiums. so this beautiful building is the grand palais, and that is where the fencing and taekwondo are happening. still looks like they ve got lots of work to do on it. the organisers of this year s competition have promised it will have a lasting impact on this iconic city. i m steve brown and i m here to find out how paris is changing. from the suburbs. you can see it s really quite busy. there s so much hustle and bustle. ..to the seine. beautiful. ..and up into the sky. it s 2024 and this is paris. paris is already one of the world s most visited cities. but this year they re expecting around 15 million people during the competition. here at porte de la chapelle arena, it s the start of olympic and
paris is already one of the world s most visited cities. but this year they re expecting around 15 million people during the competition. here at porte de la chapelle arena, it s the start of olympic and paralympic week. merci, monsieur. more than 4,000 children have gathered to try their hand at a range of activities, including para sports. i bet none of these kids have played sitting volleyball before. i mean, i never played wheelchair rugby before my injury. it s been a while since i captained team gb at london 2012, and i m here to meet another former athlete. hey! hello, steve! how are you? are you well? ludivine won 12 medals for swimming. it s just my second moment in english since my life. no! yes, it is, so. well, you re doing very well. she s now the head of paralympic integration at this year s games. it s a very amazing opportunity. my name of myjob is how i can integrate the olympic and paralympic competition. like two parts of the same competition. yes. and is t
Beginnings to a new age of technological innovations. Paralympic sport has come a long way. Record numbers watched the london and rio summer games. Now the Winter Paralympians are starting to make their mark, too. Sochi 2014 was undoubtedly the biggest Winter Paralympics to date. From a british perspective, britain at least dazzled, winning six medals. That was four years after drawing a blank in vancouver. But will that be good and of the podium places In Pyeongchang . Jade hetherington was one of britons biggest success stories, securing four of gbs six medals. But she has since retired. Her Paralympic Team mate Kelly Gallagher is still competing. In 2014 she claimed britains first ever winter paralympic gold and continues to win medals. A heavy crash in training for this years World Championships ended her season early. But she is determined to return stronger than ever. You tend to fall a lot in skiing, you are pushing yourself to the limit, it was a real accident. I didnt land a j
Beginnings to a new age of technological innovations. Paralympic sport has come a long way. Record numbers watched the london and rio summer games. Now the Winter Paralympians are starting to make their mark, too. Sochi 2014 was undoubtedly the biggest Winter Paralympics to date. From a british perspective, britain at least dazzled, winning six medals. That was four years after drawing a blank in vancouver. But will that be good and of the podium places In Pyeongchang . Jade hetherington was one of britons biggest success stories, securing four of gbs six medals. But she has since retired. Her Paralympic Team mate Kelly Gallagher is still competing. In 2014 she claimed britains first ever winter paralympic gold and continues to win medals. A heavy crash in training for this years World Championships ended her season early. But she is determined to return stronger than ever. You tend to fall a lot in skiing, you are pushing yourself to the limit, it was a real accident. I didnt land a j