Cover image: China’s Xu Haijiao during the men’s 400m freestyle (S8) final at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, on September 4, 2024. ING CHIN AN / REUTERS
Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
What is the program for the day? On the heels of a day with eleven medals, French cycling is aiming for new titles on Thursday in the road races. The start will be at 09:30 with Florian Jouanny (H1-2), before Anaïs Vincent (H1-4), Loïc Vergnaud (H5), Joseph Fritsch (H4) and Johan Quaile and Mathieu Bosredon (H3).
In sport shooting, Cédric Fèvre and Jean-Louis Michaud will attempt, starting at 9:30 a.m., to qualify for the mixed prone rifle final (SH1), which will take place in the late morning, starting at 11:45 a.m.
The swimming heats will begin at 9:46 a.m., with Laurent Chardard in the 100m freestyle (S6) and Elodie Lorandi in the 400m freestyle (S10). Hector Denayer and Ugo Didier will compete in the 200m medley (SM9) heat at 10:29 a.m.
In wheelchair fencing, the team foil event will start at 10am for the French, who will face Brazil in the round of 16. The French will play Japan in the quarter-finals, starting at 12.40pm.
In archery, in the mixed recurve team event, France will face Poland in the round of 16 at 10 a.m.
In blind football, the Blues will try to secure their place in the final against Colombia at 5:30 p.m. In wheelchair basketball, the players of the French national team will finally face the Netherlands at 6:15 p.m. in a qualifying match.
Qualification for the Paralympic Games? To understand everything about the different categories of sports for the disabled, click here
What is it about? The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which will run until Sunday, September 8, are scheduled to take place. The last edition took place in the summer of 2021 in Tokyo.
What time? From Wednesday, August 28, The world opens a live broadcast every morning to follow the latest news from the Games, up to the closing ceremony.
To go deeper
The Paralympic Games calendar
Paralympic Games Results
The medal table of the Paralympic Games
A necessary classification to aspire to equity among athletes
Paralympic Games 2024: Competitive sports and their adaptation to different types of disabilities
2024 Paralympic Games: why there are no athletes with Down syndrome
The seven differences between the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games
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How Paralympic athletes train their minds
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