Key Factors
- The Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games will begin on 29 August and can run till 9 September.
- Greater than 4,400 athletes from all over the world will compete in 549 medal occasions.
- 160 Australian athletes will compete throughout 17 occasions.
A document 168 delegations comprising round 4,4000 athletes will compete on the Video games, whereas there will be a document 1983 feminine athletes, greater than double the 988 who competed on the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Video games.
When is the opening ceremony?
It is going to begin at 4am AEST for viewers in Victoria, NSW, Queensland, Tasmania, and the ACT, 3.30am ACST for these within the Northern Territory and South Australia, and 2am AWST for Western Australians.
What sports activities are performed on the Paralympics?
Amongst them are Para-powerlifting, Boccia, and Goalball.
The Paralympics will included a complete of 549 medal occasions, together with 164 in Para-athletics and 141 in Para-swimming, that are the 2 largest sports activities.
Australians to observe at this Olympics
Making her Paralympic debut in para-athletics, 16-year-old Warlpiri girl Telaya Blacksmith is about to turn out to be Australia’s sixteenth identified Indigenous Paralympian. She at present holds a number of age information for the 100m, 200m and lengthy leap. Blacksmith is one in every of 4 Indigenous athletes competing on the Paralympics for Australia.
Competing in her second Paralympic Video games, Graham was the primary girl to signify Australia in wheelchair rugby. The 37-year-old librarian will lead the Australian Steelers in Paris. The Steelers are among the finest wheelchair rugby groups on the earth and secured consecutive gold medals in London and Rio earlier than a semi-final defeat in opposition to the US in Tokyo. She is hoping to guide her workforce to redemption in Paris.
The international locations competing in Paris
Eritrea, Kiribati and Kosovo are anticipated to make their Paralympic debuts at these video games.
How can I discover out what’s on, and when?
When is the Paralympics closing ceremony?
It is going to begin at 4.30am AEST for viewers in Victoria, NSW, Queensland, Tasmania, and the ACT, 4am ACST for these within the Northern Territory and South Australia, and a pair of.30am AWST for Western Australians.
The way to watch the Paralympics
Every day, over 13 hours of stay protection might be obtainable on free-to-air tv throughout Channel 9 and 9Gem.
