LOCOG to host International Paralympic Day

8 April 2011

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) will host International Paralympic Day on September 8, 2011 in Trafalgar Square.

With ticket applications for the London 2012 Paralympic Games opening the next day on September 9, the event will showcase Paralympic sports and will give the public a chance to learn more about Paralympic sport and experience first-hand the inspiration and excitement of Paralympic athletes.

International Paralympic Day is held every two years in Germany by the International Paralympic Committee but with the London 2012 Paralympic Games happening in just over 500 days to go, it was decided that London was an ideal place to hold the event and showcase elite-level Paralympic sport.

Members of the public who attend International Paralympic Day will have the opportunity to meet UK and international Paralympic athletes as well as find out more about each of the 20 Paralympic sports.

Tim Reddish OBE, Chair of the British Paralympic Association said: “London 2012 for us is about more than just chasing down every medal that we can. It’s about putting Paralympic sport on firmly on the map so that the nation sees and appreciates our brilliant sportsmen and women. International Paralympic Day is a great way of helping that engagement process.”

Tickets applications for the Paralympic Games will open September 9, 2011. An announcement on Paralympic Games ticket prices and the sports competition schedule will be made in May.

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