Paris Paralympic Games End With 2 World Records on Final Day

Fireworks fired on the roof of the Stade de France at the end of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony in Saint-Denis, in the outskirts of Paris, on Sept. 8, 2024. Ian Langsdon/AFP via Getty Images

PARIS—The Paris Paralympic Games ended Sunday with two world records and a spectacular light show at the closing ceremony.

Morocco’s Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi smashed the world record in the women’s marathon for runners with visual impairments and Nigeria’s Folashade Oluwafemiayo of Nigeria broke her own world record in women’s para powerlifting.