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| Paralympic flame tours Cardiff for festival and relay | Paralympic flame tours Cardiff for festival and relay |
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| The final Paralympic flame to be lit before the Games has been welcomed by young people involved in disability football and hospital patients. | The final Paralympic flame to be lit before the Games has been welcomed by young people involved in disability football and hospital patients. |
| Coach Owain James carried the lantern around the House of Sport coaching academy in Cardiff after it was earlier taken around Rookwood Hospital. | Coach Owain James carried the lantern around the House of Sport coaching academy in Cardiff after it was earlier taken around Rookwood Hospital. |
| The Welsh flame had arrived in Cardiff on Monday morning, and the cauldron was lit outside City Hall. | The Welsh flame had arrived in Cardiff on Monday morning, and the cauldron was lit outside City Hall. |
| The day will end in Cardiff Bay with a torch relay and a festival. | The day will end in Cardiff Bay with a torch relay and a festival. |
| The flame was sparked at City Hall by Paralympian cyclist Simon Richardson. About 100 people gathered to watch the cauldron being lit, with Chariots of Fire being played as the clock struck 08:00 BST. | The flame was sparked at City Hall by Paralympian cyclist Simon Richardson. About 100 people gathered to watch the cauldron being lit, with Chariots of Fire being played as the clock struck 08:00 BST. |
| The cyclist from Porthcawl won two gold and a silver at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics, and was hoping to take part in London 2012 before he was knocked off his bike while training last summer by a motorist over the drink-drive limit. | The cyclist from Porthcawl won two gold and a silver at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics, and was hoping to take part in London 2012 before he was knocked off his bike while training last summer by a motorist over the drink-drive limit. |
| He said: "I would have preferred to have been competing but this is the next best thing. It was such a shock to get the phone call asking me to do this." | He said: "I would have preferred to have been competing but this is the next best thing. It was such a shock to get the phone call asking me to do this." |
| The flame was then shown to patients at Rookwood rehabilitation hospital in Llandaff. | The flame was then shown to patients at Rookwood rehabilitation hospital in Llandaff. |
| The flame was flanked by a team of Metropolitan Police officers in BMWs as it made its way to Rookwood. The hospital has specialist spinal and neurological rehabilitation wards, and has treated many past Welsh Paralympic athletes. | The flame was flanked by a team of Metropolitan Police officers in BMWs as it made its way to Rookwood. The hospital has specialist spinal and neurological rehabilitation wards, and has treated many past Welsh Paralympic athletes. |
| Two gold-coloured lanterns, with a silver 2012 logo, were given to nursing staff Margo Lord and Miriam Jenkins before a tour of the hospital. | Two gold-coloured lanterns, with a silver 2012 logo, were given to nursing staff Margo Lord and Miriam Jenkins before a tour of the hospital. |
| One patient, Geoff Thomas Vennard, 61, of Barry, is in the hospital after falling at home. | One patient, Geoff Thomas Vennard, 61, of Barry, is in the hospital after falling at home. |
| He said: "I've been in hospital now for around nine months and am looking forward to getting home. | He said: "I've been in hospital now for around nine months and am looking forward to getting home. |
| "So getting to see the flame and the excitement surrounding it has been a real boost." | "So getting to see the flame and the excitement surrounding it has been a real boost." |
| The ward clinical director, Jenny Thomas, said: "The Paralympics can be a fantastic source of inspiration to many patients like the ones we look after. | The ward clinical director, Jenny Thomas, said: "The Paralympics can be a fantastic source of inspiration to many patients like the ones we look after. |
| "It just shows that it is still possible to achieve things - and that is evident by the number of many Paralympians we have helped over the years." | "It just shows that it is still possible to achieve things - and that is evident by the number of many Paralympians we have helped over the years." |
| The flame then went on to the House of Sport, near the Cardiff City Stadium. | The flame then went on to the House of Sport, near the Cardiff City Stadium. |
| Owain James, who coaches four of the six impairment groups which Cardiff City runs in partnership with Sport Cardiff, said: "I've enjoyed myself. | Owain James, who coaches four of the six impairment groups which Cardiff City runs in partnership with Sport Cardiff, said: "I've enjoyed myself. |
| "Firstly I was nervous but I can't believe it's me who was picked." | "Firstly I was nervous but I can't believe it's me who was picked." |
| Chris McDermott, Cardiff City's disability football coordinator added: "With the Paralympics being on, anything you can do bring publicity is going to bring people in." | Chris McDermott, Cardiff City's disability football coordinator added: "With the Paralympics being on, anything you can do bring publicity is going to bring people in." |
| The flame then went on to the Hayes in the city centre, where disability sports demonstrations are taking place. | The flame then went on to the Hayes in the city centre, where disability sports demonstrations are taking place. |
| The sports included wheelchair basketball, rowing and judo, and six-year-old Harry Aiken had a go at table tennis. | The sports included wheelchair basketball, rowing and judo, and six-year-old Harry Aiken had a go at table tennis. |
| His mum Nickie, from St Fagans, said: "We are going to the Paralympics because it's in Britain. | His mum Nickie, from St Fagans, said: "We are going to the Paralympics because it's in Britain. |
| "The Olympics is one thing but it's really important to show the children anyone can succeed, no matter what their ability is." | "The Olympics is one thing but it's really important to show the children anyone can succeed, no matter what their ability is." |
| Alastair Sloan, from Radyr, Cardiff, had a go at judo to show his five-year-old son it is a safe and fun sport. | |
| Mr Sloan said: "The Olympics was such a huge success and this is a real springboard that should move the Paralympics forward. | |
| "The disability sports here today makes it accessible. People can see disability sport is high quality, high standard and good fun." | |
| As the flame arrived, so did the rain, hampering the arrival of the flame in the Hayes. But those who braved the elements had the chance to have their pictures taken with one of the lanterns. | |
| Elis Davies, nine, had a go at rowing and had his picture taken with the lantern. "He saw the Olympic torch and wanted to see the Paralympic torch, which is just as important," said his mother, mum Hannah Davies, of Cardiff. | |
| The day culminates in the Flame Festival at Cardiff Bay from 19:00 BST where there will be a lantern procession of 200 people accompanying the torch bearers' relay as it arrives in Roald Dahl Plass on its way to Stoke Mandeville - the spiritual home of the Paralympic movement. | The day culminates in the Flame Festival at Cardiff Bay from 19:00 BST where there will be a lantern procession of 200 people accompanying the torch bearers' relay as it arrives in Roald Dahl Plass on its way to Stoke Mandeville - the spiritual home of the Paralympic movement. |
| Only Kids Aloud, who were in a video played during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, will perform, as will Only Men Aloud and Charlotte Church. | Only Kids Aloud, who were in a video played during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, will perform, as will Only Men Aloud and Charlotte Church. |
| Cardiff is the last of four cities in the UK to hold a festival marking the arrival of the Paralympic flame. Flames from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England will unite before a relay to Wednesday's opening ceremony. | Cardiff is the last of four cities in the UK to hold a festival marking the arrival of the Paralympic flame. Flames from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England will unite before a relay to Wednesday's opening ceremony. |
| From Cardiff the flame will be taken to Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, where it will be united with flames that were lit on the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. | From Cardiff the flame will be taken to Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, where it will be united with flames that were lit on the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
| Representatives from Swansea and Conwy lit a lantern from the Cardiff cauldron to take the flame to their associated celebration events. | |
| A ceremony will be held on Tuesday and a single Paralympic flame will be created for the 24-hour torch relay that ends at the Paralympic Stadium on Wednesday. | A ceremony will be held on Tuesday and a single Paralympic flame will be created for the 24-hour torch relay that ends at the Paralympic Stadium on Wednesday. |