After making history at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Friday, July 26, by offering the first-ever off-stadium ceremony accessible to the general public, the Paris 2024 teams intend to make their mark a second time, at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics on August 28.
Orchestrated by Thomas Jolly, artistic director of all Summer Games ceremonies, the Paralympic Opening Ceremony will see 184 delegations and 4,400 athletes from all over the world, who have come especially for this major sporting event. This is the first time that a Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony has been "taken" out of a stadium, where they traditionally take place, giving the general public the chance to witness part of this great event.
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: what will the opening ceremony at the Concorde look like?
After an extraordinary Olympic opening ceremony, the Paralympic Games are planning to do the same, with an event on the Place de la Concorde, in the heart of the capital. [Read more]
Contrary to tradition, with the Greek delegation and athletes marching first - in homage to the ancient Olympic Games, which originated in that country - for this unprecedented opening ceremony, it is a delegation unique in the world that will open the grand parade of disabled athletes on the Champs-Elysées. In fact, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) wanted to make its mark by featuring theParalympic Refugee Team, a multicultural delegation with athletes from all over the world, but above all, representing on the Paralympic stage the hundreds of thousands of populations displaced every year as a result of geopolitical conflicts, wars...
Comprising eight disabled athletes competing under the Paralympic banner, the Paralympic refugee delegation will lead the parade down the Champs-Elysées avenue, highlighting this unique delegation in the history of the Games.
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: what will the opening ceremony at the Concorde look like?
