A summer sporting bonanza which started under pouring rain on July 26 with a remarkable opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on the Seine River ended Sunday with the Paralympics closing ceremony at a rain-soaked Stade de France.

The Netherlands’ women’s team defended its gold medal in wheelchair basketball with a win over the United States, capping a Paralympics dominated by China, which claimed almost twice as many gold medals as any other country.

Paralympics Games closed with a sparkling ceremony on Sunday, rounding off a fantastic summer of sport in the French capital.

The Paralympics closed on Sunday with a giant music-fuelled party as chief Paris 2024 organiser Tony Estanguet said the Games and the Olympics had created a "historic summer".

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