10 Sep 2012
'Greatest Games ever' draw to a close
BY Tom Walker
Image: The closing ceremony of the 2012 Paralympics
Up to a million people are expected on the streets of London today as British stars of the Olympics and Paralympics are due to celebrate their success with a victory parade.
The event comes just hours after the closing ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games - the last official event of the 2012 Games.
The Paralympics were financially the most successful ever, with nearly three million tickets sold - around 900,000 more than the previous best during the Beijing Games in 2008.
In total, ticket sales are expected to make £10m more than organisers expected.
Philip Craven, president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), described London as having hosted "the greatest Paralympic Games ever" in a speech during the closing ceremony.
Today's victory parade is set to begin at 1:30pm when 800 Team GB and Paralympics GB athletes will board 21 open-top floats, grouped in alphabetical order by their sport.
The procession will begin at Mansion House, near the Bank tube station before making its way to the Queen Victoria Memorial in St James's Park.
For more details on the parade and its route, click here.
Image credit: flickr/nickmilleruk
Close Window