Cover image: Heidi Gaugain (left) and Marie Patouillet celebrate their qualification for the pursuit final at the Paris Paralympic Games, at the Vélodrome in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, on September 1, 2024. Gonzalo Fuentes/REUTERS
Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
What is the program for the day? Originally scheduled for this Sunday. “regarding the weather forecast”The triathlon events have been postponed by one day due to the deterioration in the quality of the water in the Seine, the organisers announced this morning. Meanwhile, the French riders will try to continue their harvest of prizes at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome, with team sprints. Also to be kept in mind is the Stade de France, where Timothée Adolphe will compete in his 400-metre final at 21:05. In Châteauroux, Tanguy de La Forest and Pierre Guillaume-Sage will aim for a victory. Another podium for the French shooting team.
In team sports, the Blues will face Japan in goalball at 7:00 p.m., while the sitting volleyball team will face the United States at 8:00 p.m. In blind football, the Blues will face the Chinese at 8:30 p.m.
Medals are expected in boccia, athletics, rowing, badminton, track cycling, swimming, table tennis, archery and shooting.
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”
