The 2024 Paralympic Games officially begin this Wednesday, August 28 with the opening ceremony, discover all the information about the show.
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Two weeks after the Olympians left the athletes' village, there are nearly 9,000 of them, including the staff present after having invested the Paralympic village. Very little development was necessary, the village having been designed to accommodate Paralympic athletes without any worries.
After a four-day journey across France, the Paralympic flame has arrived in Paris and the cauldron at the Hôtel de Ville will be lit in the evening by Cyréna Samba-Mayela and Ryadh Sallem.
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This is the stated objective by the organizers of the Paralympic Games opening ceremony tonight, starting with Thomas Jolly. For the first ceremony in history to be held outside a stadium, the director wants to highlight “a message of inclusion and normality towards people with disabilities”
More than two million tickets have been sold so far for the Paralympic Games, and the organising committee announced on Tuesday that 500,000 tickets, including for “iconic venues”, would be put back on sale. of the Grand Palais, the Invalides and the Château de Versailles.
While the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was marked by rain and bad weather, there is no need to worry about the Paralympic ceremony. Good weather is forecast and even the heat, since 28°C is forecast.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000For the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games tonight, several thousand people will be able to access the Tuileries Gardens for free and without reservation to admire the cauldron and the flame taking off.
The flag bearer for the French team is the master of his classification in the triathlon. On a difficult course, Alexis Hanquinquant is counting on his swimming power to make a first difference.
As has been the case since 2008, French athletes at the Paralympic Games will receive the same bonuses as their Olympian counterparts if they win a medal. €80,000 for a gold medal, €40,000 for silver and €20,000 for bronze. However, this uniformity is not the norm. This is the first time that this will be the case for countries like Spain or Belgium.
For these Paralympic Games at home, the president of the CPSF Marie-Amélie Le Fur has announced her intentions: France wants to enter the top eight in the medal rankings. To do this, it will have to double the number of titles from Tokyo (11 gold medals). In 2021 the French delegation finished 14th.
Although the route is shorter and less difficult to secure than for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the security system set up by the Ministry of the Interior remains large-scale, with 15,000 police forces deployed around the Place de la Concorde, the Tuileries Gardens and the Avenue des Champs-Elysées.
More than 4,400 athletes will parade on the Champs Elysées this Wednesday evening, divided into 182 different delegations. The French delegation, led by flag bearers Alexis Hanquinquant and Nantenin Keita, will include 240 athletes.
Thomas Jolly is once again at the helm for the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, and the latter has chosen to surround himself with Swedish dancer Alexander Ekman for the choreography, who has notably has already collaborated with the Paris Opera, and has staged more than 50 ballets around the world.
As with the Olympic Games, Tony Estanguet is banking heavily on the opening ceremony to boost the momentum of the Paralympic Games. “To shine a light on the exploits of Paralympic athletes, the values they embody and the emotions they make us experience, Paris 2024 wanted to offer them an unprecedented window of exposure by organizing the first Paralympic Games opening ceremony outside a stadium.”
Hello everyone and welcome to the Paralympic Games opening ceremony. Meet at 8pm on the Champs-Elysées for the parade of 6,000 athletes heading towards Place de la Concorde, and all day on the L'Internaute website for the latest information.
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