The time has come. The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games They will start this Wednesday with a grand opening ceremony. As happened a few weeks ago at the Olympic Games, the streets of the French capital will be the protagonists of a different, ambitious presentation that aims to leave a mark at the start of one of the biggest sporting events on the planet.
The opening ceremony (8:00 pm, La1 on TVE and RTVE Play) left the Olympic Stadium again to move to the epicenter of Paris. In this case, it will be done with a show included in between Champs Elysées and the Concorde Square. The route is fully armored and closed to the public for hours beforehand, with the aim of ensuring maximum safety for approx. 4400 athletes of 184 delegations that will be part of the emblematic event.
Among them, the Spanish. The judoka Martha Arce and the rower Alvaro Valera They will be the standard bearers of the national team, ready to experience the starting point of the Games where they will arrive with ambitious goals. These were two of the great leaders of a delegation called to be the protagonists of the next ten days.
First it is time to enjoy the moment and for this the presence of approximately 75,000 spectators at the ceremony. The Place de la Concorde is occupied by a huge stand with a capacity for 30,000 people, the same number of attendees expected on the last part of the route, in the area of the Louvre gardens. Another 15,000 spectators will watch it along the Champs-Élysées, ready to experience another historic moment for France at the sporting level.
Little came out of the ceremony, but the organization pledged its highest ambitions. The artistic director Thomas Jolly is dedicated to a show about valuing bodies and equality under the title of ‘Paradox’, with a performance that will feature a large group of artists. A good part of them are people with disabilities.
To create the ceremony, Jolly had the participation of the Swede as the main choreographer Alexander Ekman. It is a great innovator on an artistic level in majestic settings, as in some major operas on the planet. Together they want to offer a performance that also invites reflection on social equality. It is divided into several blocks with the global name of ‘Sportography’.
Of course, the best kept secret is the lighting the pot. It was just announced that it will be located near the gardens of the Louvre to put the climax in a ceremony where music will be the main star. In this way, the cauldron will once again be placed in one of the nerve centers of France, outside a pure sports venue such as the usual Olympic Stadium.
Its lighting, one of the most anticipated moments, will leave one of the most beautiful images of these Paralympic Games. Then there will be nine days of competition that will focus on the French lands. Paris is once again ready to launch one of the biggest events in world sport with the opening ceremony of its Games.
Source: La Verdad
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