Paralympics Ireland and Aer Lingus sign Paris 2024 partnership
Paralympics Ireland has announced Aer Lingus as its official airline partner, with the carrier to fly Irish athletes to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games as part of the deal.
Paralympics Ireland has announced Aer Lingus as its official airline partner, with the carrier to fly Irish athletes to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games as part of the deal.
Paris 2024 have revealed that the Opening Ceremony for the Paralympic Games is to take place in the Place de La Concorde following a grand parade by athletes along the Champs Elysees.
French Minister of Transport Clément Beaune has admitted that "we are behind on our accessibility objectives in transport" with less than two years until the start of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
Tens of thousands of people, including more than 160 Paralympic athletes, Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet and his International Paralympic Committee counterpart Andrew Parsons, have gathered at the Place de la Bastille in the French capital to celebrate Paralympic Day.
A collection of Paralympic medallists and world record holders are among the estimated 100 Paralympic and Olympic athletes to attend events, set to be held to mark the first Paralympic Day next month.
Para surfing camps of the PlayLA Adaptive Youth Sports programme came to a close with the United States Para surf champions Liv Stone and Sarah Bettencourt featuring in the final event.
The inaugural Paralympic Day is set to be held at the Place de la Bastille on October 8 with anticipation continuing to build towards the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Six New Zealand athletes who made their Paralympic Games debut at Tokyo 2020 have been received by Waipā District Council to receive their official numbered pins.
Representatives from 17 sports met with Paralympics Australia to discuss preparations for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, two years before the event.
The Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) has set a target of between 70 and 90 medals for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which should match their record tally from the 2016 and 2020 Games.
Paralympic Day is set to take place in Paris on October 8 later this year with athletes due to join in the celebrations in the French capital.
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has admitted that he feels "forever in debt" to Japan for staging the Paralympic Games last year despite the pandemic.
More than 30 per cent of Para sports organisations in Japan have received an increase in grants from businesses following the nation's hosting of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, but just as many have seen a funding decrease from these companies.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has designed the months of August and September as "Tokyo Parasports Month", celebrating last year's hosting of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is still hoping for local laws to be made flexible to enable rail stations to be made more accessible to wheelchairs for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.