2024 Summer Paralympics
summer paralympics french jeux paralympiques dété de also known paris paralympic game french jeux paralympiques dété de paris branded paris th summer paralympic game international multisport parasports event governed international paralympic committee game held paris france august september featured medal event across sport game marked first time paris hosted summer paralympics second time france hosted paralympic game following winter paralympics tignes albertville france also hosted summer olympics china topped medal table sixth consecutive paralympics winning gold total medal great britain finished second tenth time gold total medal united state finished third gold total medal additionally mauritius nepal refugee paralympic team firstever paralympic medal host nation france finished eighth gold total medal part formal agreement international paralympic committee international olympic committee first established winner bid summer olympics must also host summer paralympics due concern number city withdrawing bid process winter olympics summer olympics process award game simultaneously final two city running host summer olympics – los angeles paris – approved extraordinary ioc session july lausanne paris understood preferred host game july ioc announced los angeles sole candidate game opening paris confirmed host game decision ratified st ioc session september paralympic event held around paris including suburb saintdenis versailles vairessurmarne outside city environs grand paris zone paris centre zone versailles zone outlying venue noncompetitive venue design medal summer olympics paralympics unveiled february olympic medal front paralympic medal feature embedded original piece scrap iron eiffel tower shape hexagon engraved paris emblem obverse contains design eiffel tower viewed inscription braille writing system whose development credited french educator inventor louis braille line pattern used identify medal touch march application volunteer olympic paralympic game released may application received applicant made aware status application late expected assigned volunteering position accessibility transportation network people disability concern leadup game accessibility paris métro system limited one line fully wheelchairaccessible—a shortcoming faced criticism disability advocate ipc president andrew parson ahead olympics paralympics paris invested € billion towards improving accessibility local business form transport including € million upgrade bus fleet accommodate passenger wheelchair subsidizing purchase wheelchairaccessible taxicab day closing ceremony million million ticket available game sold suprassing london ticket ever sold paralympic game several sport reported record attendance torch relay began lighting paralympic heritage flame stoke mandeville united kingdom august next day torch arrived france via channel tunnel thus beginning torch relay torch split part visited different city across france relay ended lighting paralympic cauldron august opening ceremony held august place de la concorde first paralympic opening ceremony take place outside stadium directed thomas jolly choreography alexander ekman ceremony themed around human body history paradox parade nation took place champsélysées starting arc de triomphe paralympic agitos erected ending place de la concorde final leg culminated multiple torchbearer coming together lit paralympic cauldron ring computerised led highpressure water aerosol spray dispenser topped metretall helium sphere resembling hot air balloon rising air reminiscent montgolfier brother experiment leading first hot air balloon flight performer included french singer christine queen dignitary attended ceremony included british prime minister keir starmer ioc president thomas bach ipc president andrew parson french president emmanuel macron opened game closing ceremony took place stade de france september french composer jeanmichel jarre opened festivity total twentythree dj performed including étienne de crécy cassius dj falcon alan braxe anderson paak performed summer paralympics handover ceremony situated venice los angeles dignitary included paris mayor anne hidalgo french president emmanuel macron international paralympic committee president andrew parson los angeles mayor karen bass programme summer paralympics announced january change sport summer paralympics first draft event schedule released july event sport record medal event womens event increase eight factoring event mixedgender event number female participant paralympics projected least double sydney ipc considered bid golf karate para dance sport powerchair football added paralympic programme new sport bid also made cp football football aside sailing—the two sport dropped —to reinstated cp football selected consideration ipc rejected due lack reach womens participation january international wheelchair basketball federation iwbf declared noncompetent ipc violation athlete classification code sport dropped paris programme september ipc conditionally reinstated wheelchair basketball following reform made iwbf subject compliance measure source international paralympic committee approved final schedule date summer paralympic game released february time date use central european summer time utc host nation france existing national paralympic committee npc classified least one athlete summer paralympic game historic participation recordthree npc eritrea kiribati kosovo made paralympic debut game nine npc returned paralympics time absence bangladesh solomon island vanuatu east timor macau myanmar tonga trinidad tobago turkmenistan paralympic committee sent delegation tokyo faroe island present number athlete national paralympic committee august emblem summer olympics paralympics stylized rendition marianne unveiled october grand rex first time paralympic game share emblem corresponding olympics difference variation paris president tony estanguet stated decision intended reflect two event sharing single ambition explaining term legacy believe country need strengthen place sport daily life people whatever age whatever disability place role play success paris official poster olympics paralympics ugo gattoni feature stylized paris landscape themed depiction landmark venue also designed single piece split half representing event mascot paris phryges unveiled november pair anthrophomorphic phrygian cap regarded historical symbol liberty freedom france phryge representing paralympics wear running blade one leg marking first time since paralympic mascot depicted visible disability first time olympic broadcasting service ob provide live telecast paralympic sports—an increase tokyo country broadcast right sold game streamed youtube via partnership ipc including event coverage highlight youtube short content well multiview support exception great britain ireland game also broadcast youtube region broadcast channel sport youtube channel opposed ipc channel conjunction olympic game french national public television broadcaster france télévisions acquired right summer paralympics airing mainly france france august channel renewed right paralympics united kingdom coverage broadcast channel television streaming channel sport channel youtube channel notably hired actress rose aylingellis presenter broadcaster stating would first deaf person serve correspondent live sport broadcast cbc sport renewed canadian right paralympics partnership canadian paralympic committee notably final onair role longtime cbc sport anchor scott russell retirement broadcasting russell covered olympic game hosted six year career network united state nbc sport planned major expansion coverage including extending digital feature olympics peacock gold zone whiparound broadcast multiview paralympics summer olympics paralympics celebrated france winter paralympics winter paralympics paris official homepage