In 2024, Paris will host the Summer Olympics for the first time. France will host the Paralympics for the second time, following the Winter Games in Tignes and Albertville in 1992.
22 sports will include about 4,400 competitors from around the globe, who will once again be supported by spectators following the cancelled Tokyo Games in 2021.
The Paralympics are when?
On Wednesday, August 28, there will be an opening ceremony for the Paralympics.
On Thursday, August 29, the first day of competition, 22 gold medals will be awarded.
Wheelchair medal events will take place on Sunday, September 8, the last day of competition.
wheelchair marathons and the Stade de France, which will host the closing ceremony.
What is known about the Paralympic opening ceremony?
For the first time, the Paralympic opening ceremony will take place outside of a stadium, just like the Olympic opening ceremony.
