When Prince Harry was offered orange shoes by the Dutch team, he had the shoes immediately. When a 7 year old child who lost a leg came to see him, he held him tightly in his arms. When the British paracyclist team member Jaco van Gass, winner of the cycling road race was held near him, he mimed biting into his gold medal. Surely, the younger son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana now an Army Officier lived the 2nd edition of its Invictus Games with all the informality, kindness and generosity that characterizes it.

We saw, applauded, encourage, congratulate, laughing, joking ... In the stands as the edge of courts, rinks or the pool, the grand-son of Queen Elizabeth II has not lost a beat competition which saw compete in ten disciplines 500 competitors from 14 different countries (not 15 as initially planned, the Iraqi team in the end that did not participate). Men and women, all were former soldiers now veterans, injured or disabled.

"The competition was fierce with the highest performance in a number of trials," said Harry at the closing ceremony this Thursday, May 12 Captain Wales continued: "But what inspired me was the courage to go to the start line, to go on the field or diving into the pool, motivated by the objective to give the best of yourself mêmes- medal or no medal. "

The Invictus Games was launched in London in September 2014 by Prince Harry, who has been particularly marked by his Army brothers and sisters in arms wounded when military himself, he was conducting missions in Afghanistan. This second edition took place from May 8th to 12th, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The third is already announced. It will be held in September 2017 in Toronto, Canada.
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