[Music] did you know the Paralympics are starting today in Paris here's everything you need to know from August 28th to September 8th Paris will host over 4,400 athletes from 150 countries we'll see 549 medal events across 22 sports including unique ones like gold ball and boia the opening ceremony is breaking tradition by taking place at the iconic PL deakon cord not a stadium athletes are classified to ensure Fair competition so everyone has a shot at gold big names like Sarah story and Alfie huitt from Great Britain and Brazil's Patricio Ferrera will be there and get this countries like erria kirati and Kosovo are making their par Olympic debut want to catch all the action tune in to various channels like alaz and the par Olympic YouTube channel tickets are still available on the Paris 2024 website get ready these games are a celebration of sport and inclusion like no other