Annual disabled sports festival at Olympic Park

Plans for an annual festival of disability sport on the Olympic Park were announced Thursday as London 2012 legacy chiefs tried to capitalise on the popularity of the Paralympic Games. The festival will be linked to a programme of sports training across sporting clubs in the surrounding boroughs, the London Legacy Development Corporation said.

As part of a 2 million ($3.2 million, 2.5 million euro) Paralympic legacy package, sports such as wheelchair rugby, boccia, wheelchair basketball and goalball will be introduced in the Copper Box venue. The 6,500-seater 41 million copper-clad arena will be converted into a multi-purpose indoor sports centre for community use after the Paralympics. AFP