PARIS PARALYMPICS 2024: all you need to know

Following the conclusion of the Olympic Games in Paris, attention turns to the 16th edition of the Paralympic Games, with more than 4 000 athletes expected to represent more than 150 nations across 22 sports.

It is the first time France has hosted a summer Paralympics, having staged the 1992 Winter Games in Tignes and Albertville.

You can catch all the Olympic action on SuperSport.

WHEN: Wednesday 28 August to Sunday 8 September

VENUES: Paris, France

Notables:

o Roland Garros for wheelchair tennis
o Chateau de Versailles for Para-equestrian events
o The Stade de France for Para-athletics
o The Grand Palais for wheelchair, fencing and Para-taekwondo
o Eiffel Tower for blind football
o Paris for Para-triathletes
o River Seine for swimming

HOW TO WATCH

SuperSport on DStv will offer five Paralympic channels, spread across both linear and OTT platforms. This is up from the three available for the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Channel 217 (237 in Rest of Africa) will be a dedicated Paralympic channel with 24hr content available.

From a highlights perspective on Catch Up, there will be five-minute - as well as full repeats - for all medal events. On top of this, there will be 26-minute packages of all morning and evening athletics and swimming sessions.

African and international-focused packages will also be available.

SOUTH AFRICANS TO WATCH

South Africa will have 26 athletes representing in seven different sporting codes, and the squad is made up of a mixture of experienced and first-time Paralympians, including three medallists from the Tokyo Paralympics.

Those medallists are Pieter du Preez (cycling, 1 gold), Louzanne Coetzee (athletics, 1 silver, 1 bronze) and Sheryl James (athletics, 1 bronze).

Du Preez, who won gold in the men's road time trial H1 will be chasing his second gold.

Another South African, Coetzee will be hoping to add gold to her medal haul in athletics.

GLOBAL STARS IN PARIS

Cuba’s Omara Durand introduced herself to the world of Para athletics in 2007 as a teenage sprinter with a precocious talent and left Rio 2007 Parapan Games with gold medals in the women’s 100m, 200m and 400m T13, and a fan club.

Nigeria will pin their hopes on powerlifter Folashade Alice Oluwafemiayo who is seeking to add to her 2020 Tokyo Paralympics gold medal.

KEY SCHEDULES

Boccia – 29 August 26

Para athletics - 30 August -8 September

Para swimming - 29 August ‑7 September

Triathletes – 1-2 September

Para judo - 7-8 September

Paralympic road races - 4 - 7 September