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Paris 2024 reveals the design of the Paralympic and Olympic Torch
Almost a year to go before the Paris 2024 Games, Paris 2024 presented the Torch which will carry the Paralympic and Olympic Flames
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Paralympics a 'catalyst for progress': French Minister for Persons with Disabilities
Speaking at the 2023 IPC Media and Marketing Summit, Geneviève Darrieussecq said Paris 2024 volunteers, media and athletes will be ambassadors for change
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IPC President meets French President Macron in Paris
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to discuss the preparations and the transformational impact of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which will take place between 28 August and 8 September 2024
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RMC becomes official radio partner of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
The broadcaster commits to creating digital content that educates the general French public on Para sport
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Paris 2024 torch relays called 'the Forerunners’ Relays' to celebrate historic Games
The Paralympic Torch Relay will take place in August 2024 featuring about 1,000 runners
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Paris 2024 unveils Para triathlon course
Para triathlon events at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will start and finish at the Pont Alexandre III
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IPC President Andrew Parsons: "We want Paris 2024 to change the world”
With 500 days to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the IPC President reflects on the potential of the Games to bring lasting change for people with disabilities in France and the important gains made so far
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Road to Paris 2024: how qualification works in 22 Paralympic summer sports
Up to 4,400 athletes will take part in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in 500 days, but first they need to qualify. Here’s how the qualification system works in each of the 22 sports to be staged at the Games
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Paris 2024: 500 days to go in numbers, milestones, and French icons
From 4,400 to 1: We are counting down the most important numbers behind the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games as we celebrate the 500 days to go until the most transformational event on earth
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More than one million students participate in France’s Olympic and Paralympic Week
The Olympic and Paralympic Week in France took place around the theme of inclusion