Ticket sales have been so poor that the organizers have effectively given up on persuading Brazilians to buy more than a fraction of them, so Paralympians have taken matters into their own hands with a crowd-funding campaign. RelatedU.S. wheelchair athlete Tatyana McFadden has already pledged $1,000 out of her own pocket to the campaign to help get it off the ground. Other athletes are expected to follow to help it gain momentum. We would be all for it.”To date, 320,000 tickets for the Paralympics have been sold, around 15 per cent of the total that are on sale. IPC sources said yesterday they were now “confident” that funds would be made available for all 10 countries to take part.

Source: National Post August 23, 2016 17:15 UTC