{"id":3848,"date":"2024-08-29T00:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T00:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/when-do-the-paralympics-start-guide-to-paris-2024-sports-medals-and-how-to-follow-on-the-bbc\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T00:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T00:51:00","slug":"when-do-the-paralympics-start-guide-to-paris-2024-sports-medals-and-how-to-follow-on-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/when-do-the-paralympics-start-guide-to-paris-2024-sports-medals-and-how-to-follow-on-the-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"When do the Paralympics start? Guide to Paris 2024 sports, medals and how to follow on the BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"


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ParalympicsGB will compete in 19 sports in Paris, having failed to qualify in blind football, goalball and sitting volleyball.<\/p>\n

The GB team will feature 215 athletes and you can find the confirmed names of who will be competing here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Among the stars in action will be Britain\u2019s most successful Paralympian, Sarah Storey, who is competing at a ninth Games \u2013 a British record – and will be hoping to add to her 17 gold medals.<\/p>\n

Wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett will be aiming to win a first gold medal having completed a career Grand Slam by winning the Wimbledon singles title in July. Wheelchair racers Hannah Cockroft and Sammi Kinghorn, Para-cyclist Jody Cundy, table tennis player Will Bayley and swimmer Alice Tai will also be among those in action.<\/p>\n

In Tokyo, Britain finished second in the medal table behind China with 124 medals, including 41 golds.<\/p>\n

UK Sport has set a medal range of between 100 and 140 medals for the GB team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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