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Int'l Paralympic Committee Predicts Paralympics Sell-Out As Ticket Sales Surge

The Int'l Paralympic Committee predicted that the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro "will be a sell-out," less than three weeks after it was revealed just 12% of tickets had been sold, according to OMNISPORT. Concerns were raised that events "would be played out at empty venues." However, the IPC now says that 1.5 million tickets "have been sold, and the governing body is optimistic about shifting the remaining million." An IPC statement read, "Several finals are now fully sold out. The Paralympic athletes can be prepared to display their amazing will and skills in fully booked venues" (OMNISPORT, 9/5).

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