Our photographer spent the past fortnight in Paris documenting everything from blind football to para-triathlon. Here are some of his favourite pics from the Games

When I went to Paris for the Paralympic Games, I was slightly fearful for them. After all, how do you follow such a successful Olympics? Could the city rouse itself for another mega show just a fortnight later? I needn’t have worried – these Games were equally wonderful.

While the undoubted star of the Olympics was the city of Paris itself, this time around the athletes were definitely the top attraction. I photographed some remarkable talents such as the young table tennis star Bly Twomney, who has cerebral palsy, the American sprint sensation Ezra Frech, the extraordinary swimmer Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araújo who has neither arms nor fully-formed legs, and even the world’s second tallest man who was competing in sitting volleyball.