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Olympics fever is not over yet, as the Paris 2024 Paralympics are just around the corner. The Paralympic Games will showcase more than 4,400 Paralympic athletes competing in 22 sports for 549 medal events. Events include para archery, para athletics, para badminton, blind football, boccia, para canoe, para cycling, para equestrian, goalball, para judo, para powerlifting, para rowing, shooting para sport, sitting volleyball, para swimming, para table tennis, para taekwondo, para triathlon, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis.

How to watch the Paris 2024 Paralympics in the U.S., including Opening Ceremony, channel and timings

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The Paralympics kick off in Paris on Wednesday and run through Sept. 8. Thousands of athletes from a record number of countries will compete across 22 sports. Here's what to know and how to watch.

Paralympics 2024: When, who and how to watch the Paris games

The action also begins in sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, badminton, archery, goalball -- a form of football for the visually impaired -- and boccia, a version of bowls. French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Games open on Wednesday during a ceremony in a balmy Place de la Concorde...

First medals up for grabs as action begins at Paris Paralympics

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games run from August 28 to September 8, and for the second Games in a row following Tokyo, sailing will not be featured. Explore below for a history on Paralympic sailing, why it was removed, and what we can do to help get it reinstated for Brisbane 2032.

Why Sailing will not be included in the Paralympics

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With the Paris Olympics wrapped up, the 2024 Paralympic Games have kicked off, with a schedule full of sporting events. Here's everything you need to know about when the Summer Paralympics will start and end.The Paralympic Games began in Paris on Wednesday, Aug. 28, and will continue through Sunday, Sept. 8. The opening ceremony was on Aug. 28. Around 4,400 athletes will compete across 20 venues during the Paralympics. They'll participate in 23 disciplines. At the Olympics, around 10,500 athletes competed in 48 sports disciplines. The closing ceremony for the Paralympics will take place on Sept. 8.An overview of the...

When do the Paralympics start and end? See the 2024 Paris Games schedule

It’s been a big year for Milly Pickles. Between running the London Marathon and becoming the first amputee to complete the Red Bull 400 (dubbed as the world’s toughest 400 metre race), the 27-year-old para-athlete and content creator has accomplished a lot. But over the next 12 days, Milly Pickles has a new challenge: showcasing ParalympicsGB as a presenter at the Paralympics Games Paris 2024.

Amputee Milly Pickles on her journey from electrocution to Paralympics presenter

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From "Murderball" to Boccia, here's your guide to the most unique sports as the Games kick off on Aug. 28 in France.

These Are the Most Exciting Paralympic Sports to Watch

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A PARALYMPICS 2024 athlete vanished in Paris days before the opening ceremony. An inquest has now been opened into the “worrying disappearance” of the Rwandan athlete, who is a sitting volleyball team player. According to Huffington Post, she arrived with the Rwandan team earlier this month before making base at the Courbevoie camp in Hauts-de-Seine. […]

Paralympics 2024 athlete vanishes in Paris days before opening ceremony as inquest opened into ‘worrying disappearance’

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Join us as thousands of athletes take part in a parade through the French capital’s iconic landmarks

Paris 2024 Paralympics opening ceremony: Games get under way – as it happened

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

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New COVID-19 vaccines have been approved by the FDA as the virus has resurged in communities across the country. While these vaccines continue to be free for people with insurance, uninsured adults may soon be feeling the pinch as a federal program offering free vaccines winds down. The CDC’s Bridge...

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PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris Games will represent a turning point for the Paralympic movement, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons told Reuters on the eve of the opening ceremony.

Paralympics-Paris 2024 will be turning point for Paralympics, says IPC president

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A U.S. swimmer has reclaimed her love for the water and is going for gold in Paris when the Paralympics kick off this week — just over a year after she lost her leg in a shark attack."I love comeback stories," 24-year-old Ali Truwit said. "I've definitely relied on other people's comeback stories to help me hold on to what feels like a bold and unrealistic hope — of fighting off a shark and surviving and losing a limb and making the Paralympics all in a year."The Connecticut native and a friend were snorkeling off Turks and Caicos on May 24, 2023...

Swimmer goes for gold at Paralympics after losing leg in shark attack

Two official fan zones have opened in London, allowing people to watch the Paralympic games, for free, on large screens. The main fan zone at Battersea Power Station, south west London, will also provide visitors with the opportunity to try some Paralympics sports such as wheelchair racing, wheelchair fencing and boccia.

First ever Paralympics fan zones come to London

Athletes from across the West Midlands say they are feeling confident ahead of the start of the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. The opening ceremony will be focused on the Place de la Concorde, a major public square, at 19:00 BST on Wednesday, with events starting the following day. The athletes...

West Midlands athletes confident ahead of Paralympics

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Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968, lived a troubled life, and died on January 7, 2023, at only 54 years old. This is his story. He lived in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles with his parents and younger brother. The Rich family resided for a time in Florida where Adam studied acting at the local gym.

A Look Back at the Tragic Life and Death of Former Child Star Adam Rich (TV's 'Eight is Enough')

Students are returning to school this month and next, and for millions of them, their classrooms will be hot. More than 10,000 schools nationwide lack air conditioning, according to the Center for Climate Integrity. With soaring temps across the Midwest and East Coast, some schools are releasing students early or...

Schools across the U.S. are dealing with record heat — and no air conditioning

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The increased media coverage of the Paralympic Games makes Paralympic sport seem “inclusive.” But, the continued reliance on segregated sport and narrowly defined classification categories suggests ableism remains. For example, some intellectually and cognitively disabled athletes are excluded. This implies that elite competition and inclusive sport may be incompatible.

Why sport must be (re)imagined in ways that make it more accessible for all disabled athletes

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When I learned the brown tarantula is also native to Missouri, I gasped, and when I say I'm not too fond of spiders of any genus is an understatement. It's psychological. They have too many legs.

It's mating season for the Texas brown tarantula also known as the Missouri tarantula

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Wheelchair rugby’s Chuck Aoki makes us smart about the Paralympics

And how to talk about disabled athletes' accomplishments without being condescending. In case you haven’t heard, the Summer Olympics aren’t over! This year’s Paralympics kick off...

Wheelchair rugby’s Chuck Aoki makes us smart about the Paralympics

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