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Response to Trump
Posted on: April 28, 2018 at 11:49:48 CT
Silas MU
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Paralympic Games organizers hope U.S. President Donald Trump won't find it tough to watch their events in future.
The International Paralympic Committee pointed to the growing reach of its competitions in response to comments made on Friday by Trump when American athletes from the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Pyeongchang were welcomed to the White House.
"Record numbers of people around the world are not finding the Paralympics tough to watch," IPC communications director Craig Spence told The Associated Press on Saturday. "Billions of viewers now take in the Paralympics in hundreds of countries around the world.
"We're confident Tokyo 2020 will be the biggest Paralympics ever, breaking the cumulative 4.1 billion viewers who watched Rio 2016. We hope the U.S. President continues to watch and be inspired by the Paralympics, an event that has a track record for transforming attitudes towards disability."
The International Paralympic Committee pointed to the growing reach of its competitions in response to comments made on Friday by Trump when American athletes from the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Pyeongchang were welcomed to the White House.
"Record numbers of people around the world are not finding the Paralympics tough to watch," IPC communications director Craig Spence told The Associated Press on Saturday. "Billions of viewers now take in the Paralympics in hundreds of countries around the world.
"We're confident Tokyo 2020 will be the biggest Paralympics ever, breaking the cumulative 4.1 billion viewers who watched Rio 2016. We hope the U.S. President continues to watch and be inspired by the Paralympics, an event that has a track record for transforming attitudes towards disability."
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