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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A swimmer celebrating in the water observed by three other swimmers

Paris 2024: Ugo Didier electrifies Para swimming arena with Paralympic gold

Twenty-two year old takes his first Paralympic title in the first final of the Paris 2024 Para swimming programme at Paris La Denfense Arena beating Italy's Simone Barlaam and Australia's world record holder Brenden Hall in the men's 400m freestyle S9; Great Britain's Poppy Maskill and China's Chen Yi set new world records on day one

A runner and his guide ahead of three other runners with guides in a race

Paris 2024: The stars to watch on day one morning session

The largest sport of the Paralympic programme comes to Stade de France with six medal events opening the programme on Friday morning with the women's discus F55, men's 5000m T11, women's shot put F41, women's long jump T11, men's javelin F38 and women's 100m T35

Hollywood star Jackie Chan, wearing a brown jacket, addresses the crowd at Para taekwondo

Big moments on Day 1

Celebrity fans including Jurgen Klopp and Jackie Chan spotted at venues across Paris 2024

A man with a hand on his face during a press conference

Paris 2024: Day one preview, schedule and ones to watch

Fifteen Paralympic champions to be crowned at Paris La Defense Arena as Para swimming gets underway on Thursday, including France's medal hopefuls Alex Portal and Ugo Didier, who will be facing Italian star Simone Barlaam in the men's 400m freestyle S9

Andrew Parsons, President of the IPC, speaks at the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony

Liberte, égalité, fraternite! 

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons calls for freedom, inclusion and equality in his speech at the Paris 2024 Paralympics Opening Ceremony. Read his speech in full below.