Paralympics Discovery Pass

On another warm and sunny day, I went to the Paris Arena Sud which had three exhibition halls being used for Paralympic events, similar to Excel at London 2012. I watched goalball, table-tennis and boccia.
The French spectators made a lot of noise when the French were playing table-tennis. I thought it was meant to be a quiet game so I don't know how the athletes on the six tables were able to concentrate.
There was less noise at the goalball where the spectators were asked to be silent so the blindfolded athletes could hear the rattle in the ball.
I went to the boccia at almost the end of a session. The number of spectators was fewer than at the other sports, which were well-attended, maybe because boccia is not really a spectator sport although the athletes and their assistants have to be very skillful.
There were long queues at the food stands in the main concourse.Read more