Event will leave 'big legacy' for host nation

Athens would like to share its experience of staging the Paralympics with Beijing, the president of the Greece Paralympic Committee, Spyros Stavrianopouloss, said on Sunday.

"The Paralympics brings society closer to the disabled, and improves social recognition of the them," he told China Daily. "Every big sporting event is also a big social event."

The international nature of the Paralympics "is a big school" for both Greece and China, he said.