From the Champs-Élysées to Place de la Concorde, the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympic Games also "moved" outside the stadium

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 20 (Reporter Ji Ye, Xu Shihao, Xiao Yazhuo) After the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games will be moved from the stadium to the Seine River, the 2024 Paris Olympic Organizing Committee announced on the 20th French local time that the Paris Paralympic Games will open. The opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games will also be held in the open area of ​​the city center.

　　The Paris Paralympics will open on August 28, 2024, with 4,400 Paralympic athletes from 184 delegations competing.

The opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games will begin on the Champs-Élysées and continue on the Place de la Concorde.

Standing on the Place de la Concorde and looking at the broad Champs Elysees, you can see the Arc de Triomphe at the end of the road at a glance. The opening ceremony of this Paralympic Games hopes to show the splendor of the Paralympic Games with a fantastic celebration.

At that time, 65,000 people will watch the opening ceremony live, of which about 30,000 people can watch it for free on both sides of the Champs-Elysees.

　　Paris Organizing Committee President Tony Estangue said: "To showcase the achievements of Paralympic athletes, the values ​​they embody and the inspiration they bring to us, the Paris Paralympic Games hopes to celebrate the first time the Paralympic Games will be held outside the stadium. The opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games provides an unprecedented display window for Paralympic athletes. In addition, the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games held in the city center is also very symbolic. It is hoped that the first summer Paralympic Games will be held in France to make disability inclusive. People become the core of society.”

　　In December last year, the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee announced that the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games will break through the restrictions of the stadium and be held in the 6-kilometer-long Seine River and the area along the river.

About 10,500 athletes will take more than 160 boats to enter the stadium from east to west along the Seine River, including famous landmarks in Paris such as Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre Museum and the Eiffel Tower.

Now, the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics is also held outside the stadium, which is further in line with the slogan of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games - Games Wide Open.

　　Xinhuanet