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This is what you need to know about when the 2024 Paralympic Games start and end, along with key games and events on the schedule. ... for the 2024 Paralympics took place on Aug. 28 at 8 p.m ...
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, have been held shortly after the corresponding Olympic Games.
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The 2024 Summer Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (French: Jeux paralympiques d'été de Paris 2024), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee.
The 2024 Paris Paralympics are set to begin Wednesday and will mark the first time that a Summer Paralympic Games is being held in France.
The last day of competition and the closing ceremony was held on 8 September. [ 1 ] The games included 549 events in 22 different sports, with no changes to the sports programme from the 2020 Summer Paralympics , however there were expansions for sports such as Badminton and Taekwondo .
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Norway has been the top-ranking (medals) nation for four Paralympic Winter Games: 1980, 1988, 1994, and 1998. Germany has been the top-ranking (medals) for three Paralympic Winter Games: 1976, 2002, and 2010. Russia (2006 and 2014) and United States (1992 and 2018) have been the top-ranking nation two time each.