President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Andrew Parsons (L) delivers a speech next to French President of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Organising Committee (COJO) Tony Estanguet (R) during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, in the outskirts of Paris, on September 8, 2024. (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)