Paris 2024 Paralympic Games—one month to go!
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games were opened yesterday with a spectacular opening ceremony, which for the first time in history was an amazing celebration of diversity and inclusion.
Paralympians were also part of the opening ceremony. French Paralympians Alexis Hanquinquant, Marie-Amelie Le Fur, and Nantenin Keita were running with the torch at the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony.
And now we have only one month until the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which will be held on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. The Paralympic Countdown begins! The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will take place between August 28 and September 8, 2024, featuring 549 medal events in 22 paralympic sports with about 4400 athletes competing.
In accordance with the information provided by Olympic organisers, nearly 350,000 visitors with disabilities will travel to Paris in 2024 to watch the Olympic and Paralympic Games, making it a priority for Paris 2024 to ensure these fans have proper accessibility to have a truly inclusive experience at the Games.
In accordance with the Press Area of the Olympic Games, “At Paris 2024, the concept of accessibility translates into providing the best conditions for people with disabilities to move around freely at the Paris 2024 Games, from the moment they purchase their ticket to when they take their place in the stands. A total of 280,000 reserved tickets have been put on sale for people with disabilities (PWD) and people in wheelchairs (PIW) for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In addition, Paris 2024 has put in place several innovative tools and solutions adapted to various forms of disability to provide the best possible spectator journey and Games experience to all people with disabilities. ” 280,000 reserved tickets on sale for people with disabilities: innovative solutions to ensure accessibility at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games On the day of the competition, people with disabilities or special needs will be welcomed on site by Paris 2024 volunteers trained for this purpose.
This includes dedicated information desks, priority access to the site, a wheelchair accompaniment service provided by a volunteer, magnetic induction loops at information points and ticket desks, and a dog-friendly area. All the practical information on accessibility for planning the visit to Paris 2024 for the holder of a ticket for a person with a disability or a wheelchair user, or persons attending the Games with a disabled relative, can be found under this link.
The Olympic and Paralympic Games are a great opportunity to make Paris a more inclusive city for the benefit of its residents. Paris 2024 Olympic Games are also promoting inclusion for the future. For example, “All Disabilities, All Sports!” is a groundbreaking initiative from Paris 2024, the French Paralympic and Sports Committee, and the Paris City Council. It has been expanded as part of the legacy programme of the Games, with support from the French State, to enable every person with a disability to take up a sport of their choice close to where they live. To achieve this, a network of clubs that are well structured and developed enough to accommodate people with disabilities needs to be built.
Through the “Olympic Transformations” legacy programme Transformations olympiques: des Jeux au service des Villes de Paris, Paris wishes to reaffirm its commitment to making this event a shared project that serves local residents and whose benefits will last well beyond 2024. Paris 2024: inclusive and accessible Games – Ville de Paris “The Olympic and Paralympic Games must be a catalyst for improving the daily lives of people with disabilities,” Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said.
The Paralympic legend and 20-time Paralympic swimming champion, Beatrice Hess, said, “The legacy of the Games is just as important as the Games.” “For me, there should be, thanks to the Games, better access to sports for all,” she said, adding that she hopes more people in France will enjoy taking part in or watching Parasport after Paris 2024. Beatrice Hess hopes the Paris 2024 Paralympics will be a ‘celebration of sport’ PSF welcomes the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and is counting down to the Paralympic Games.