The Paris Paralympics is starting today i.e. 28 August. This event will run till 8 September. More than 100 members of the Indian contingent will participate in the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics on Wednesday, including 52 players. This ceremony will be held outside the stadium for the first time in the history of the Games. The opening ceremony will be held at the Champs Elysees and Place de la Concorde. The players who have matches on Thursday will not participate in the parade of nations. This includes a 10-member shooting team. Javelin thrower Sumit and shotput player Bhagyashree will be the flag bearers. Indian Paralympic Committee President Devendra Jhajhadia said, “The players who have matches on 29 August will not participate in the opening ceremony. The shooting team will not participate in the parade of nations.” 106 members of India will participate in the parade of nations, including 52 players and 54 officials. Javelin thrower Sumit Antil (F-64) and shot putter Bhagyashree Jadhav (F-34) will be the flag bearers for India. 84 athletes from India will participate
The Paris Paralympics will be an 11-day event. Indian athletes are also participating in this event. 84 athletes from India will participate in 12 sports. 95 officials have also gone with them. The Indian team consists of a total of 179 members. India’s participation in this event will begin with para badminton. On August 29, there will be para badminton mixed doubles group stage, men’s singles group stage and women’s singles group stage. All three competitions will start tomorrow at 12 noon. The Indian team will be expected to bring record medals
India won a record 19 medals with 5 gold at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021 and was ranked 24th in the rankings. After 3 years, India’s goal will be to take the number of gold medals to double digits and win more than 25 medals in total. India is participating in 12 sports this time, while in Tokyo, a 54-member team participated in 9 sports. Google prepared a doodle for the Paralympics
Today, if you click on Google Doodle, you will get all the details about the Paralympic Games Paris 2024. Here options like medals, schedule results and live watch have been showcased regarding Paris Paralympics 2024. The schedule of badminton has been released tomorrow i.e. on 29 August at 12 noon. The description of today’s Google Doodle is “Paris Games Begin – August”. In this Google Doodle, the company has shown birds flying in the sky in Paris with medals. Where can you watch Paris Paralympics?
You can watch Paris Paralympics 2024 on Jio Cinema for free on your mobile, laptop or desktop. Apart from this, the Paralympic Games will be shown live on TV on Sports 18 Network. You can also follow the Dainik Bhaskar app for stories of this games.
