with beautiful weather the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 par Olympic Games got underway as 4,400 participants made their way from the Sham to the plasta Concord for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games the opening ceremony of the par Olympic Games will take place in the French Capital outside of a stadium perfect summer evening in the city center the main event is taking place at PL de la Concord after a March from the ark de Triumph along the Sham the procession will be open to the public free of charge before to the ticketed outdoor event at plast La Concord with an estimated 65,000 Spectators before the athletes arrived the Petr def France Ariel show team discharged the tree color's blue white and red smoke into the clear sky for the first time France is hosting a summer paralympic games and the first of 11 days of competition begins on Thursday there will be 22 paralympic sports in which athletes from 184 delegations will compete for a total of 549 gold medals in Paris Thomas Jolly the artistic director promised performances that have never been seen before and a spectacle that will showcase the par Olympic athletes and the values that they embody at the opening ceremony at the paralympic ypics GB wheelchair tennis player Lucy schuker and wheelchair basketball player Terry Bywater will fly the British flag the French flag bearers at the opening ceremony are paratriathlete Alexis hanquin Quant and Sprinter nenin K the most spectacular par Olympic Games ever will take place in Paris according to International par Olympic Committee President Andrew Parsons but