Paralympics 2024: Everything You Need to Know About the Paris Games Opening Ceremony

Paralympics 2024: Paris welcomed the torch; the final preparations for the opening ceremony are underway and it is getting closer to the start of the Paralympic Games in Paris in 2024.

The games will be held in Paris, and only two weeks and somewhat more since the Olympics in Paris in 2024. One might find it a pleasure to know that the Summer Paralympic Games are for the first time to be held in France. Some will occur at many of the Olympic sites; others are modified for the Paralympics only on a temporary basis. For instance, there is the Eiffel Tower Stadium venue that was used in hosting beach volleyball discipline in the Olympics but this has been turned into a stadium type that shall be used in the hosting of blind football in Paralympics.

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games:

When do the 2024 Paris Paralympics start?

The Paris Paralympics should start on Wednesday, August 28, with an opening ceremony in 2024, then come to an end on September 8.

The starting ceremony will be conducted in Paris, on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, and the itinerary will be concluded in Place de la Concord. e. In this category, people will be seen to be parading under Paralympic athletics. It will also be the first time in Paralympics that the opening ceremony will not take place in a stadium.

What to know about the 2024 Paris Paralympics

The games will involve approximately 4,400 athletes from across the globe. They will be in 549 medalized competitions in 22 sports. Most of these will take place in the same facilities in which the athletes from the forthcoming Paris 2024 Olympics were trained. For instance, Paralympic basketball, particularly wheelchair basketball, will be hosted at Bercy Arena, which was a host to the Para Olympics basketball competition in the Paris Olympics.

It also includes a piece of the actual iron used in creating the Eiffel Tower and bears a nice resemblance to the medals that will be awarded in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. They are also designed to be identified by touch and they contain engraving as well as braille work.

These will be the first Summer Paralympic Games that will be held in France and many changes have come with it; for instance, the overground transport in Paris has undergone some modifications to make it easier for the disabled.

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What sports are in the 2024 Paris Paralympics?

Sport
Para Archery
Para Athletics
Para Badminton
Blind Football (soccer)
Boccia
Para Canoe
Para Cycling
Para Equestrian
Goalball
Para Judo
Para Powerlifting
Para Rowing
Shooting Para Sport
Sitting Volleyball
Para Swimming
Para Table Tennis
Para Taekwondo
Para Triathlon
Wheelchair Basketball
Wheelchair Fencing
Wheelchair Rugby
Wheelchair Tennis

How to watch the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games

The coverage of the 2024 Paris Paralympics will air on NBC and there will be many of the events airing on USA Network and CNBC.

The Paralympics can also be watched through Peacock, NBCOlympics. From Paralympic.com, the official Paralympic YouTube channel and the International Paralympic Committee website.

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