A total of 549 Paralympic events will be held across 22 sports, with medals awarded on each day between Aug. 28 and Sept. 8.
The Opening Ceremony is set for Wednesday, Aug. 28, with competition getting underway officially Thursday, Aug. 29.A total of 549 events will be held across 22 sports, with medals awarded on each day of the Paralympic Games.
Athletes will put their training to the test in sports including swimming, track & field, cycling, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, soccer , equestrian, judo, triathlon, rowing and many more. Paralympian Ezra Frech gives us his "Paralympics 101" and details four things to keep in mind as you watch the Paris Games.Competition kicks off the day after the opening ceremony, with 11 Paralympic sports on display including wheelchair rugby where Team USA eyes revenge over Great Britain after losing gold in Tokyo.The first Paris 2024 Paralympic champions will be named on the track at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome on Aug. 29, where the events will begin at 11 a.m.
The day one fun will continue under the spectacular dome of the Grand Palais, with the first para taekwondo finals, while the first para swimming finals will take place at Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre.Blind football competition will begin on Friday, Aug. 30, in the most quintessentially Parisian of locations, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.As we get set for the Olympic closing ceremony we can look forward to the Paralympic opening ceremony.
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