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| Paralympic tickets on sale during Games | Paralympic tickets on sale during Games |
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| A batch of about 10,000 tickets for the Paralympics will be made available for sale each day during the Games. | A batch of about 10,000 tickets for the Paralympics will be made available for sale each day during the Games. |
| More than 2.3 million of 2.5 million tickets have already been sold, making it likely these will be the first sold out Paralympics in the event's history. | More than 2.3 million of 2.5 million tickets have already been sold, making it likely these will be the first sold out Paralympics in the event's history. |
| Games organisers Locog are also giving out 800 tickets to troops and police for Wednesday's opening ceremony. | Games organisers Locog are also giving out 800 tickets to troops and police for Wednesday's opening ceremony. |
| And the Mayor of London Boris Johnson has arranged for 1,100 free tickets to be given to London athletics clubs. | And the Mayor of London Boris Johnson has arranged for 1,100 free tickets to be given to London athletics clubs. |
| They have been distributed to about 50 clubs that will ensure about half of their tickets, which are for club members and volunteers, go to youngsters aged 16 or under. | |
| "I'm delighted we have secured these tickets that will enable those people who spend time on the starting blocks or on sports fields around the capital to experience the joy of the Paralympics for themselves," said Mr Johnson. | |
| Transport for London commissioner Peter Hendy warned London would be busy during the Games, which run alongside football matches, Proms concerts and other events at a time when people are going back to school and work after the holiday period. | |
| However he praised Londoners for helping to make the city's transport systems run smoothly during the Olympics. | |
| "We are really grateful to everybody who uses the systems that when they were asked to do something different to make the Olympics work and to keep the city going, that was exactly what they did," he said. | |
| "One of the most amazing statistics was that nobody fainted on the Underground system for three weeks. | |
| "This was because the peaks were less crowded because people took our advice and made it easier to travel, more comfortable and more pleasant which is a real lesson." | |
| Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "The biggest thing I have learned from the Olympics is that we can do all the preparations in the world but in the end a great Games is made by the public and the athletes. | |
| "The performance of Team GB in the Games was incredibly important to public perception of the Games but also the way the public made the atmosphere inside all the stadia was something we hoped would have happened but not something we could predict would have happened in quite the way that it did." |