RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ipinahayag ng Rio Paralympics organizers na naging mabilis ang pagbenta ng ticket sa torneo isang araw bago ang pagbubukas ng quadrennial Games sa Huwebes.

Mula sa 200,000, umakyat sa 1.6 milyon ang naibentang tiket sa takilya.

“It’s helped by the fact that the Brazilian team did so well in the final weekend of the Olympics,” pahayag ni Craig Spence, tagapagsalita ng International Paralympic Committee.

“It gave the Cariocas a flavor of what they can expect here in Rio with the Brazilian team chasing a top five finish in the medals table.”

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Siniguro ng Rio 2016 committee organizers na magiging matagumpay ang gaganaping Paralympics hindi man kasing tingkad sa katatapos na Summer Games.

“It’s impossible in the modern era to have a glitch-free games — you haven’t seen any in history,” ayon kay Spence.

“As far as Rio 2016 is concerned, we hope to learn from the IPC as much as we learn from the IOC. We hope we can react to our glitches and, eventually, our mistakes as fast as we did during the Olympic Games.”