on Wednesday the 28th of August Paris will host its first ever paralympic games beginning with a spectacular opening ceremony in the heart of Fran's Capital at 8:00 p.m. local time plasa Kord and the shameli Zed will welcome 4,400 Paro Olympic athletes from 184 delegations celebrating the commencement of 11 days of competition starting the 29th of August lead by Tom Jolly the spectacle will showcase the paralympic athletes and the values that they embody said the artistic director for the ceremonies across the Olympic and Par Olympic games of Paris 2024 describing the concept as first and foremost a magnificent source of inspiration Jolly promises performances that have never been seen before in a spectacle that will unite Spectators and television audiences worldwide around the unique Spirit of the paralympic games the ceremony will take place outside the confines of a stadium with athletes parading down the famous Avenue culminating in a celebration and official opening of the paralympic games at the iconic Square in front of thousands of Spectators what an incredible moment for our athletes who will be part of a historic opening ceremony on the world's most famous Avenue surrounded by all the charm of Paris enthused jits Visser paralympic wheelchair basketball medalist IPC athletes commission president and competitor at Paris 2024 this ceremony at the heart of the city is a strong symbol illustrating our ambition to capitalize on our country hosting its first ever par Olympic Games to position the issue of inclusion for people with disabilities at the heart of our society said Tony estang Paris 2024 president quick facts about the Paris 2024 paralympic games opening ceremony 4,400 AET 184 delegations 655,000 Spectators and more than 300 million viewers a parade down Chanel to plesa Concord with four stages and unique artistic performances the 29th of August marks the first day of competition starting with metal events in par cycling track parah swimming par table tennis and Par taond star names include par Olympics gb's most decorated athletes Sarah story who will start a ninth consecutive games looking to add to her 17 gold medals from day one story secured three titles at Tokyo 2020 and the defense of the first starts today in the par cycling track time trial C5 from 11:00 a.m. local time fan favorite wheelchair rugby kicks off with the preliminary rounds of the mixed gender event starting at 10:30 featuring a mouthwatering clash between Australia and Great Britain Riley bat returns to the aiming to return to the top of the podium with his Aussie team after a fourth place finish at Tokyo 2020 following top spots at London 2012 and Rio 2016 meanwhile USA takes on Canada in a North America showdown at 1230 with Chuck ioki eyeing a longed for top spot after two Silvers and a bronze hosts France face Denmark with the crowd no doubt ready to Rattle the champ dears Arena to its foundations once again 30 August preview and athletes to watch day two and para Athletics and shooting parasport join the first day's metal events of par cycling track perah swimming par table tennis and per Taekwondo in distributing shiny Hardware to athletes Tangi de laforest looks set to continue his Supreme form from 2023 in which the Frenchmen blew away the opposition at the Lima 2023 World Shooting Paras sport championships winning four gold medals and a bronze including a world record in the R4 mixed 10 m air rifle standing sh2 which just so happens to be one of the events today starting at 12:30 law student avani Lara from India will also begin the defense of her 10m air rifle sh1 with qualifications at 9:00 with the final at 11:45 Paris 2024 Paralympics they will give us chills avani Lara how to watch the Paro Olympic Games Paris 2024 you can follow the action via the paralympic YouTube channel and the international paralympic Committee website make the background music inspiring