Paralympics chief: China serious about Games

Clear skies, golden sunshine and the cool autumn weather. The Paralympic Games could not have got a better welcome.

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven agrees. "Isn't the weather fantastic?" he said yesterday.

"We had incredible weather in Torino and brilliant weather in Athens, where the temperature was around 25-26 C. We are just moving into (excellent) weather in Beijing," the 58-year-old Briton said.