Cover image: Alexis Hanquinquant wins the PTS4 individual Paralympic triathlon in Paris on September 2, 2024. MATHIAS BENGUIGUI/PASCO AND CO FOR “EL MUNDO”
Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
What is the program for the day? due to a “deterioration of the water quality of the Seine”All triathlon events, scheduled for Sunday, will take place on Monday, September 2. The first of the eleven, the men’s PTWC event, starts at 8:15 a.m.
But the morning show will not be limited to triathlon. At 10:30 a.m., Aurélie Aubert will face Singaporean Yee Ting Jeralyn Tan in the boccia final (BC1). At the same time, the French will take turns in the group stages to try to secure a place in the final later in the day. Expected on the starting grid are Hector Denayer and Ugo Didier (50m freestyle S9), Assya Maurin-Espiau (100m breaststroke SB14), Solène Sache (100m breaststroke SB4) and the blues of the mixed 4 × 100m relay 4. swimming (34 points).
In table tennis, archery and goalball, the Tricolors will be looking to make further progress in their respective competitions. The Blues in wheelchair basketball will face Great Britain at 7.15pm, the sitting volleyball team will face Bosnia-Herzegovina at 8pm and the blind football team will face Brazil at 8.30pm. Lucas Mazur will be aiming for the gold medal in badminton.
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
With the Paralympic Games, the accessibility of the Paris metro is in question
How Paralympic athletes train their minds
Denis Hauw, professor of sports psychology: “We forget that failure is an integral part of high-level sport and that facing it is an essential objective”
