American par Olympian Ezra fretch excited to represent country he loves so much at Paro Olympic Games earlier this month movie star Tom Cruz made an ethnic entrance at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony and the Olympic flag arrived in Los Angeles while those events marked the conclusion of the summer games French Capital was the site of another opening ceremony on Wednesday night the highly anticipated 2024 Paro Olympic Games gets into full swing in Paris this week after the festivities at Wednesday's opening ceremony competitions officially get underway on Aug 29th thousands of athletes with physical intellectual and visual impairments have descended on France for their chance to win a coveted Olympic medal California Native Ezra fretch is one of those athletes who made the trip across the Atlantic Ocean fretch who has competed in high jump long jump and sprinting events is also returning to familiar territory he won a gold medal in the world championships in the largest city in France last year he spoke to Fox News digital about how proud he is to have the opportunity to go back overseas and represent the country he deeply loves