PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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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.