al ym pic ▁Committee ▁( IP C ) ▁has ▁of ▁bringing ▁athlet es ▁from ▁all ▁corners ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁together ▁and ▁en abling ▁them ▁to ▁comp ete ". ▁The ▁shape ▁also ▁symbol ises ▁the ▁Par al ym pic ▁vision ▁" To ▁En able ▁Par al ym pic ▁Athlet es ▁to ▁Ach ieve ▁Sport ing ▁Ex cell ence ▁and ▁to ▁In sp ire ▁and ▁Ex cite ▁the ▁World ". ▁ ▁This ▁Par al ym pic ▁symbol ▁was ▁first ▁use ▁of ▁limited ▁time ▁before ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁Par al ym pic ▁Summer ▁Games ▁in ▁Ath ens , ▁the ▁new ▁symbol ▁was ▁not ▁used ▁by ▁particip ating ▁deleg ations ▁during ▁the ▁Games . ▁At ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁Cl osing ▁Cer em ony ▁however , ▁the ▁flag ▁that ▁was ▁handed ▁over ▁to ▁Be ij ing ▁had ▁the ▁new ▁symbol . ▁The ▁symbol ▁was ▁first ▁used ▁in ▁a ▁Par al ym pic ▁em blem ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Par al ym pic ▁Winter ▁Games ▁in ▁Tor ino . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 0 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁the ▁IP C ▁un ve iled ▁a ▁new ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Ag itos , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁celebr ations ▁of ▁its ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁of ▁existence , ▁it ▁has ▁notice ably ▁th icker ▁lines ▁for ▁the ▁stir r ings ▁and ▁br ighter ▁colors . The ▁change ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁presentation ▁of ▁the ▁entity ' s ▁new ▁visual ▁identity . ▁This ▁was ▁un ve iled ▁a ▁day