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The programme for the 2024 Summer Paralympics was announced in January 2019, with no changes to the 22 sports from the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [29] [30] [31] The first draft of the event schedule was released on 8 July 2022, with 549 events in 22 sports.
In some sports athletes from multiple categories compete, but only within their category (e.g. athletics), while in others athletes from different categories compete against one another (e.g. swimming). Events in the Paralympics are commonly labelled with the relevant disability category, such as Men's Swimming Freestyle S1, indicating athletes ...
T/F 42–47: Athletes who are amputees. In field events, some athletes would compete in seated events. T/F 51–58: Athletes who have a spinal cord injury or disability. In field events, most athletes would compete in seated events. T/F 61–64: Athletes who have a prosthesis affected by limb deficiency and leg length difference.
Around 4,400 athletes will compete in 23 disciplines across 20 venues during the Paralympics. At the Olympics, around 10,500 athletes competed in 48 sports disciplines. The closing ceremony for ...
The games will feature around 4,400 athletes from around the world. They will compete in 549 medal events across 22 different sports. ... the site of the men's and women's basketball competition ...
The Paralympic Games are set to open Wednesday as some 4,400 athletes with disabilities, permanent injuries or impairments prepare to compete for 549 medals across 22 sports over 11 days in Paris.
Athletes with disabilities did compete at the Olympic Games prior to the advent of the Paralympics. The first athlete to do so was German-American gymnast George Eyser in 1904, who had one artificial leg. Olivér Halassy, a Hungarian amputee water polo player, competed in three successive Olympic Games, beginning in 1928. [6]
Competition at the Paralympic Games begins Thursday. ... The U.S. men’s basketball team will also begin its quest for a third consecutive gold medal with its opening game against Spain at 10 a.m ...