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The Paralympic Games Paris 2024 had barely wrapped up when a handful of U.S. cyclists arrived in Zurich, Switzerland, for the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, which were held Sept. 21-29.

For some of those athletes, that meant some extended sightseeing between competitions.

Three-time Paralympian Jamie Whitmore and family squeezed in a visit to the Normandy region of northern France, including Utah Beach, Omaha Beach and Mont-Saint-Michel.

Talk about world history.

“Utah Beach was our first visit in Normandy,” she wrote on her Instagram account. “It was one of the two beaches the U.S. landed on during D-Day. This is the 80th year since that day. Pictures of soldiers were displayed all throughout the various towns along with the American, British and Canadian flags. The weather was gloomy, which fit in with the heaviness of what went on the day the Allied Forces fought hard to help liberate France.

“Along with the beach and all the many bunkers we visited 2 museums that were pretty awesome. They really told the story of the importance of that day. You could see bullet holes in many of the items on display from tanks to helmets. There are no words for the small stories we read as we walked through. One of the key ones was a torn dollar bill. 3 friends swore to put it back together after the war ended. In 1984 2 of the 3 honored that promise but the 3rd never made it back home. They put a picture in the place of the middle section of the dollar bill.”

Roundup: U.S. Cyclists Took In Some French Sights Before Moving On To Zurich

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