The Olympic Games drew to a close, but the party in Paris continues.

A day after the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 invites the whole world to the Paralympic Games. On 28 August, the Opening Ceremony on the Place de la Concorde will kick off 11 days of competition featuring around 4,400 athletes.

There will be plenty to look forward to at the Paralympic Games. Athletes from around the world will compete in 549 medal events across 22 Paralympic sports. The City of Light will provide a perfect backdrop for athletes.

Opening roughly three weeks after the Olympic Games, the Paralympics will be another opportunity for the public to enjoy worldclass sport and cheer for athletes. The same iconic venues will stage intense competition. The pair of mascots that captured the hearts of Olympic fans will return for the Paralympic Games. There will also be celebration sites where people can experience the Paralympics together.

The Paris 2024 Paralympics, which take place from 28 August to 8 September, will make history as the first summer Paralympics held in France.

Join the party, experience the magic

Tickets for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games are available on the Paris 2024 ticketing website.

Ticket sales for the Paralympic Games have increased in recent days. Nearly 1.4 million tickets have been sold, including 400,000 tickets since the start of the Olympics.

But there are still plenty of opportunities to participate in these historical Games.

As of 12 August (Monday), 75,000 tickets are on sale at EUR 15 and almost 300,000 at EUR 25, including tickets for the finals.

Tickets are available for some of the most popular Paralympic sports, including Para athletics at the Stade de France, wheelchair tennis at Roland-Garros, Para swimming at Paris La Defense Arena, and wheelchair basketball at Bercy Arena.

Tickets for the Closing Ceremony, the grand finale of the Paris 2024 Games, are available starting at EUR 120.

The Paralympic Games will be the last chance to experience the magic of Paris 2024. These Games will be the last chance to cheer on athletes, watch exceptional sporting performances, and celebrate the medallists in the French capital.

Tickets have sold out in several sports: Wheelchair fencing (Grand Palais), Para taekwondo (Grand Palais), Para cycling (Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines Velodrome), Para equestrian (Château de Versailles), Para triathlon (Pont Alexandre III), Shooting Para sport (Châteauroux National Shooting Centre).

This is also the case for Paris Centre Discovery Pass and several finals, including the wheelchair rugby final at the Champ de Mars Arena, the wheelchair basketball finals at the Bercy Arena, and the blind football semi-finals and final at the Eiffel Tower Stadium.

With less than three weeks until the Paralympics, Paris 2024 is inviting fans to continue checking the official ticketing site - new tickets may be made available every day, up until the start time of each session.

The party continues

Speaking at a press conference following the closing of the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet invited sports fans from around the world to join the biggest celebration of Para sport.

Tony Estanguet said: "After a fortnight of absolutely crazy sporting emotions and moments of pure happiness that will go down in the history of the Games, the last thing we want to do today is say goodbye.

"And we're in luck because in a fortnight's time, the Games will be back, with 4,500 athletes in the starting blocks, ready to compete with the same crazy energy and in the same unique and sublime competition venues!

"The Olympic Games were the opening leg, and we're about to experience the return leg. See you on 28 August at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games for the biggest kick of our lives!"

Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee said: "After an extremely successful Olympic Games, I am more convinced than ever that Paris 2024 will host the most spectacular Paralympic Games in history.

"The party is continuing and people should get ready for the most surprising and impressive sporting event they will ever witness. Twelve days of top-class sport that will change France forever, changing the way people see themselves and each other. It's an unmissable occasion. To Parisians returning home from their summer holidays, envious that they missed the Olympic Games, my message is this: come and watch the Paralympic Games. I promise you a life-changing experience, an event you'll probably never see again in your city in your lifetime."

Marie-Amélie Le Fur, President of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee and four-time Paralympian, said: "The Olympic Games Paris 2024 are a total success and will certainly go down in history.

"But the Games are not over yet, and all the ingredients are there to prolong the magic. The same competition venues, the same Club France, the same support to ensure our 237 French athletes perform at the highest level... Everything has been thought of to ensure that the party goes on, so that our Paralympic athletes can shine, dream and inspire.

"I know the immense power of the Paralympic Games, and I know that our country will fall in love with them, become immersed in them, and be forever marked by them. See you on 28 August!"

Original article published 12.08.2024 on the Paralympic.org website.

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