The International Paralympic Committee announced this Friday Provisional calendar for the 2024 Paris Gameswhere there will be 549 medal events over the eleven days of competition, more than ever, and at least 1,859 places for female athletesa record figure.
Paris 2024 presented a provisional competition schedule for the Paralympic Games (August 28 to September 8, 2024), where there will be 549 medal events in the twenty -two sports that are part of the competitive program.
The making of the program is the result of the long collaboration of the organizers of Paris 2024, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the International Federations and the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS).
The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will feature a record number of medal events and venues for athletes for women, as well as more competition opportunities for athletes with high support needs.
There will be 235 medal events for women in the competition program, eight more than in Tokyo 2020, and there will also be at least 1,859 places for female athletes, almost double the 990 who participated in Sydney 2000. The total number of female participants may increase further, as there are 339 gender -neutral areas for the Games to be allocated later.
No competition is planned for August 28 for all athletes to take advantage of the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games.
The eleven days of competition will begin on Thursday, August 29 and end on Sunday, September 8, the day of the Closing Ceremony.
There will be 269 competitive events in which 3.4 million tickets will be sold, the most in the history of a Paralympic Games.
The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will begin at a competitive level on August 29 where eleven of the twenty -two sports in the program and on the same day the first Paralympic champion in swimming, taekwondo and track cycling will be crowned.
Athletics competitions will take place at the Stade de France from August 30 to September 7 and the marathon, which will take place on September 8, will start in La Courneuve and end at Les Invalides.
The swim will be held at the Paris La Défense stadium from August 29 to September 7, covering almost every day of the competition.
Rowing and canoeing are in Vaires-sur-Marne, in the Ile-de-France region, in the Seine department, while team sports (soccer for the blind, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby wheels and goal) is matched. in number with eight countries in each discipline.
The detailed competition schedule for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will be announced at the end of 2022, when more details are also expected about where the Opening and Closing Ceremonies will take place.
Source: La Verdad
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