PARIS 2024 NEWS
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Paris 2024 announces Paralympic Games event calendar
World’s best athletes to compete in 22 Para sports and 549 events across 11 days of competition at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
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Paris 2024 launches charitable ticketing scheme with support of Secours populaire
A charitable ticketing scheme will give everyone who buys tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games the opportunity to donate 2 euros to help people living in low-income households experience the Games in 2024
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New Zealand’s dual athlete Leslie seeks Paralympic spotlight after missing Tokyo 2020
Leslie, a Paralympic swimming champion and wheelchair rugby player, withdrew from New Zealand’s Paralympic team at Tokyo 2020 so he could be with his wife who was expecting their second child amid the COVID-19 pandemic
![A look at a competition pool in Tokyo, with six swimmers in the lanes, through two cameras that are filming the race.](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Tokyo%202020%20camera%20broadcast.jpg)
Reddentes Sports secures broadcast rights in 13 Asian countries for Paris 2024 Games
Five additional countries in the Asian region - Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Mongolia, Pakistan - will enjoy live sports broadcasts from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
![A mock-up image of the Athletes' Parade as multiple delegations, including France, reach the Place de la Concorde.](/sites/default/files/2022-10/Paris%202024%20Opening%20Ceremony%20%20Athletes%20Parade.jpg)
Paris 2024 Board of Directors approves balanced budget with less than two years to go
The Paris 2024 Board of Directors adopted the Organising Committee’s revised multi-year budget of €4.38 billion this week, which represents an increase of approximately 10% or 5% net of inflation, following the third budgetary review
![The Olympic Phryge waves while the Paralympic Phryge holds a French flag, with the words "The Phryges: The Paris 2024 Mascots" written in the background.](/sites/default/files/2022-11/KIT-COM-1-MASCOTTE-DEF-EN-1920x1080.jpg)
Paris 2024 reveals official Games mascots, the Paralympic and Olympic Phryge
Introducing the Paralympic Phryge and the Olympic Phryge, two mascots that will be the primary ambassadors of the Paris 2024 Games
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India’s Paralympic champion Antil shares secret to his success in javelin throwing
Antil extended the world record three times in the men’s javelin F64 final at Tokyo 2020 en route to winning his maiden gold medal
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Paris 2024 to recruit 45,000 volunteers for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
The application platform will be open starting in March 2023 with the applicants to be informed of the decision in September 2023
![A mock-up image of a pyro show in which people standing in the formation of an Agitos sign hold up lights in the Place de la Concorde.](/sites/default/files/2022-10/Paris%202024%20Opening%20Ceremony%20%20pyro%20show.jpg)
Paris 2024 to host first Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony outside a stadium
Up to 65,000 spectators will be able to attend the fully accessible Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which will take the athletes through the Champs-Elysees to the Place de la Concorde for a powerful message of inspiration and inclusion
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Thousands gather for Paralympic Day in centre of Paris
Sport demonstrations, star attendees, mass crowds and a dramatic long jump showcase had the French capital abuzz two years ahead of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games