17/10/2016 Newsround

Good afternoon and welcome to Newsround.

In ten minutes' time, there'll be a parade in this city. The Olympians

will be celebrating with this Olympic parade. They'll be

travelling to this stage and will be led by a massive model of a lion in

red, blue and white. Earlier today, some of the stars had been talking

about how whited they are about this parade. -- how excited they are.

Watch this. Very excited after Beijing, London and Rio now. To come

to Manchester and then to London tomorrow to thank the people that

supported us through the summer of the Olympics and Paralympics is

going to be exciting. When I got off the plane and saw the people with

placards, it's been amazing ever since. I want to thank everybody for

the support. Sacrificed a lot of time and training to win the medals

while we were away. The come back and see you guys cheering and

smiling away, it's an honour for us. Really looking forward to it. So

great to be back with everyone and to celebrate what we have achieved.

And there are a lot of achievements to celebrate. Both Olympians and

paralympians did better than 2012, smashed the medal totals and made it

to second in the leaderboard. Let's remind ourselves of some of the best

bits. It was a massive summer for our Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

Years of training paid off and they smashed it. It started in the

swimming where Adam Peaty got the first gold for Team GB. Medal mania

had begun. Max Whitlock brought home two golds, six golds were won in the

velodrome with Laura Trott leading the way, Mo Farah got to

double-double and Nicola Adams defended her title. The hockey team

went into the record books. Team GB aced into second place in the medal

table. It didn't stop there. From day one, the medals continued to

roll in. Kadeena Cox got two golds in two sports. 15-year-old Ellie

Robinson stormed to victory in the S Dr 650 metre butterfly. Johnny

peacock held on to his title and Hannah Cockroft added to the tally.

Dame Sarah storey became the most successful British female

paralympian ever after winning three golds. Paralympics GB doubled the

golds won four years ago and also finished second in the medal table.

It's just started to rain here in Manchester city centre but everyone

is still super excited. Crowds have started to arrive here and I've got

some of the viewers with me. Who are you looking forward to seeing and

why? Joseph? I'm look forward to seeing Claudia, the gymnast. What

about you? The weightlifter that can lift really big weights. Has this

summer inspired you? It's inspired me because the Olympian who is 're

disadvantaged push themselveses to the limits. They start from no Boro

and they never give up. It's amazing to see what they can achieve. It

certainly is, how about you two, who are you looking forward to seeing?

Jason Kenny. He's given up all his time to go to Rio and win medals.

How about you? Mo Farah because he's the best at long distance running.

And how has this summer inspired you? You were talking about horse

riding? Well, there's a lot of determination in all the people who

participate and they keep getting up and going, even if they hadn't done

well in the previous Olympics. How about you Ruby, how have you been

inspired? It inspires you to do the sport they've done or any other

sports in the Olympics and Paralympics.

Nice one. Of course this is all happening in your hometown. What's

that like? It's amazing, incredible, a dream come true. We have a city

that's actually been picked to be hosted here, I'm sure we are very

lucky to have it here in Manchester where we live, and I'm sure many

people will give up many things to come here. Thank you so much, that's

brilliant guys, we'll hear more from these guys tomorrow morning. From

the parade, goodbye!