Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: Opening Ceremony Results
2024 Paralympic Games in Paris They were inaugurated in the city centre, on Place de la Concorde, which became the stage for a great artistic performance dedicated to the complex relationship between society and disability.
Now, over the next 11 days, it’s time for the competition. 4400 athletes 167 national committees plus a group of refugees.
Reflections on the diversity of bodies
The city of Paris welcomed them this Wednesday with a show called Paradox conceived Thomas Jollythe same director for all the ceremonies of Paris 2024.
As was the case a month ago at the Olympic Games, the first new feature was a site chosen outside the stadium. On this occasion, a large square in the center of Paris, Place de la Concorde; in Spanish Concord; the concept by which the game was sought in this cultural case.
For a great scene around Luxor Obelisk Around 500 artists of varying numbers, some with various disabilities, walked over the square, symbolising the creative potential of different people in the face of the judgments and prejudices of a part of society.
Thus, for example, each other’s bodies moved from discord to agreement in rhythm Christina and the Queens and his version No, I don’t regret it..
Symbols on parade
Unlike the July ceremony on the Seine, this time there was no rain, and the athletes had much greater fame during the parade, which took up most of the evening.
Accompanied by dozens of energetic volunteers, the delegation arrived in Concord on Champs Elyseesan impressive avenue topped by the Arc de Triomphe, where this summer hangs the Agitos, the symbol of the Paralympic Games.
There were also more opportunities to enjoy the festive uniforms of the world’s athletes, unisex in the case of Spain, whose flag bearers were judoka Marta Arce and table tennis player Alvaro Valera.
One of the delegations that received the most applause was once again the delegation Palestinewhose flag bearer, Fadi Dib, says his disability was the result of being shot by an Israeli sniper in 2001.
At the end of the ceremony Paralympic legendsFirst the international ones, then the French ones, passed the flame coming from Stoke Mandeville (England), the birthplace of the Paralympic Games.
Five were responsible for restarting the ignition. cauldron ball In the Tuileries Garden: triathlete Alexis Anquinkan, athletes Nanten Keita and Charles Antoine Kouakou, swimmer Elodie Lorandi and table tennis player Fabien Lamirault.