PARIS 2024 NEWS

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

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

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

Paris 2024 unveils Para triathlon course
Para triathlon events at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will start and finish at the Pont Alexandre III

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

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

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

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

Olympic and Paralympic Week starts in France with inclusion as main theme
Olympic and Paralympic Week aims to introduce more people to sports and shift young people's perceptions of disability

Paris 2024 and stakeholders reaffirm commitment to Paralympic integration strategy
The Paris 2024 Board of Directors met on 30 March, at the Organising Committee’s headquarters, to receive updates on the Organising Committee’s Paralympic integration strategy, which aims to make the Games and sport a vehicle for social change