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Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet unveiled the Olympic and Paralympic medals for the Games in February 2024, which on the obverse featured embedded hexagon-shaped tokens of scrap iron that had been taken from the original construction of the Eiffel Tower, with the Games logo engraved into it. [3]
The 2024 Summer Paralympics, the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, and also more generally known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, was a major international multi-sport event for the disabled governed by the International Paralympic Committee, taking place in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September. [1]
The designs of the medals for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled on 8 February 2024; [10] as with the Olympic medals, the front of the Paralympic medals features an embedded original piece of scrap iron from the Eiffel Tower in the shape of a hexagon, engraved with the Paris 2024 emblem.
Paris 2024 Organizing Committee President Tony Estanguet unveiled the Olympic and Paralympic medals for the Games in February 2024, which on the obverse featured embedded hexagon-shaped tokens of scrap iron that had been taken from the original construction of the Eiffel Tower, with the Games' logo engraved into it. [18]
The defending gold medal-winning U.S. men's wheelchair basketball opened the 2024 Paris Paralympics with a win against Spain on Thursday.
United States women's team qualified to compete by virtue of the gold medal results at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Team roster The following is the United States roster in the women's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [14] [15]
Elena Savinskaya qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective class. Meanwhile, Aliskhab Ramazanov qualified for Paris 2024, following the triumph of his gold medal results in men's 80 kg classes, at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. [2]
This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris and other venues around the host city. The opening ceremony was held on 28 August with competition beginning the following day.