Warm welcome for Singapore’s returning Paralympians after landmark showing at Games

Group photo of the Team Singapore Paris 2024 Paralympians (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

SINGAPORE: The last time Sophie Soon returned from the Paralympics, she was ushered into a van and whisked away to serve her mandatory quarantine.

Three years on from the Tokyo Games which were held amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the mood at Changi Airport could not have been more different for Soon and Singapore’s Paralympians.

At Changi Airport on Tuesday (Sep 10), there was applause, cheers and even a rendition of popular National Day tune “Home” as local athletes and officials returned after a landmark showing at the Paris Paralympics.

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