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Meet Guillaume Junior Atangana, the visually challenged Paralympic runner who will carry the flag at the Paris2024 Paralympic Opening Ceremony! Leading the largest-ever Refugee paralympics Team, the sprinter will be accompanied by his guide runners, Donard Ndim Nyamjua and Israel-Malachi Harrison. The Refugee Paralympic Team will be the first to enter the Place de la Concorde on 28 August, ready to make history. 🎥 @paralympics Join us and #CheerForRefugees! COMPETITION SCHEDULE FOR THE 2024 PARIS PARALYMPIC GAMES Numeris Média is officially accredited media to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games

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Avani Lekhara of Team India competes on her way to winning the gold medal in the R2 – Women’s 10m AR Standing SH1 Qualification on day 6 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Asaka Shooting Range on August 30, 2021 in Asaka, Japan (📸 Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) The stage is set for incredible comebacks at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games! 🌟 Here are returning athletes to watch as they aim for glory at Paris 2024. From seasoned champions to those seeking redemption, these Paralympians are ready to make their mark! BEIJING – SEPTEMBER 11: Sherif Othman Othman of Egypt…

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Passion, respect, emotion… Only two days before the Paralympic Games kick off on August 28, 2024! 🎟️ Tickets are still available for some sessions. Do not miss out. Secure yours now at tickets.paris2024.org/ Fayode Alabi – Nigeria’s hopeful for table tennis The 2024 Paralympics begin on Wednesday, August 28 and run till September 8. In the table tennis category, a Nigerian team of six men and two women will compete in doubles, mixed doubles, and singles events. The country has a proud history in Paralympic table tennis, having won two gold and three bronze medals since their first win in…

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The Paralympic logo 📸 Guillaume Bontemps/Ville de Paris The 2024 Paralympic Games will kick off on August 28th with the opening ceremony on the Place de la Concorde. Held for the first time in France, the Paralympic Games will bring 4,400 athletes and thousands of sports fans together until September 8th. Exceptional venues. The 549 events of the Paralympics will take place on some exceptional and iconic sites, such as the Invalides for para-archery, the Eiffel Tower for blind soccer, the Champ-de-Mars for para-judo and wheelchair rugby, and the Château de Versailles park for para-equestrian events. Para-badminton and para-weightlifting will…

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The 2024 Paris Olympics are finally coming to a close this weekend. On August 11, the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games will bring to a conclusion 17 historic days of sporting feats and festivities in France. The event will include traditional elements, such as: The parade of athletes The thanking of the 45,000 volunteers The medal ceremony for the women’s marathon The extinguishing of the Olympic flame, which will be brought from Tuileries, where the cauldron has been on display and visited by tens of thousands of fans The proclamation of the end of the Olympic Games, made by the President…

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Some of the most amazing Olympic closing ceremonies 🎥Olympics.com After more than two weeks of action-packed sport, Paris is preparing for the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony, which takes place on Sunday, 11 August and is being held at the Stade de France, starting at 20:00 BST and finishing at 22:30. Thomas Jolly, the artistic director who brought us Céline Dion singing Edith Piaf’s classic, L’Hymne à l’Amour halfway up the Eiffel Tower at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, is also heading the Closing Ceremony. To get an insight into how past Olympic Games closing ceremonies have panned out, here’s…

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Course des cafés 📸Joséphine Brueder/ Ville deParis Waiters and waitresses take on the challenge of walking two kilometres through the streets of Paris and finishing first without dropping anything from their tray. After a decade-long absence, the iconic “Course des Café” (“Café Race”), formerly known as the “Waiters’ Race”, returned to the heart of Paris on March 24. While the name has been updated for inclusivity, the essence of the event remains unchanged. This revival, however, has a dual purpose: to combat plastic waste and to celebrate the art of service in the midst of a bustling café scene. Course…

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Grand Slam tennis champion Coco Gauff (USA), men’s basketball stars LeBron James (USA) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greece), and sprinter Tobi Amusan (Nigeria) were among the flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday 26 July. This Olympic Games saw the best part of 10,500 athletes paraded along the river Seine in the French capital, with the six-kilometre route ending in front of the Trocadéro. See the full list of flag bearers for some of the 205 teams that took part in the opening ceremony: NationMale flagbearerFemale flagbearerAlgeriaYasser Triki (Athletics)Amina Belhadi (Judo)AustraliaEddie Ockenden (Hockey)Jessica Fox (Canoe Slalom)AustriaFelix Oschmautz (Canoe Slalom)Michaela Polleres (Judo)BahamasSteven Gardiner (Athletics)Devynne Charlton (Athletics)BelgiumJérôme Guéry (Equestrian)Emma Meesseman (Basketball)BrazilIsaquias Queiroz…

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