On July 29, 1948, the day of the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympic Video games, Dr. Ludwig Guttmann organized the primary competitors for wheelchair athletes, referred to as the Stoke Mandeville Video games. This occasion, which marked a major milestone in Paralympic historical past, featured 16 injured servicemen and girls competing in archery. The Stoke Mandeville Video games ultimately developed into the Paralympic Video games, with the primary official occasion going down in Rome, Italy, in 1960, that includes 400 athletes from 23 international locations. Since then, the Paralympic Video games have been held each 4 years.
For the reason that 1988 Summer season Video games in Seoul and the 1992 Winter Video games in Albertville, the Paralympics have been hosted in the identical cities and venues because the Olympics, displaying unity between the Worldwide Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC).
Paris and France are set to host their first-ever Paralympic Summer season Video games. Paris 2024 is aiming excessive by reimagining the Opening Ceremony, transferring it past the standard stadium setting. On the night of August 28, the enduring Place de la Concorde and the Champs-Elysées will function the stage for this groundbreaking occasion within the coronary heart of Paris. The closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games will conclude 12 days of occasions and celebrations. On September 8, the official handover from Paris to Los Angeles, the host metropolis for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Video games will happen, bringing a brand new chapter within the historical past of the Video games to a detailed.
Judo on the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games
Date: September 5-7, 2024
Venue: Champ de Mars Area
Divisions:
J1 – An athlete’s imaginative and prescient impairment should lead to a visible acuity of lower than
or equal to LogMAR 2.6 in binocular imaginative and prescient.
J2 – The athlete’s visible acuity should be inside a spread between LogMAR 1.3
and a couple of.5 with binocular imaginative and prescient, or with a binocular visible subject of 60 levels or
much less in diameter.
Schedule:
Day 1, September 5: J1 -48kg, J2 -48kg, J1 -57kg, J1 -60kg, J2 -60kg
Day 2, September 6: J2 -57kg, J1 -70kg, J2 -70kg, J1 -73kg, J2 -73kg
Day 3, September 7: J1 +70kg, J2 +70kg, J1 -90kg, J2 -90kg, J1 +90kg, J2 +90kg
Because the countdown to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games enters its remaining levels, we’ll be offering you with the last word information on who to look out for amongst the highest para judo opponents.
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Cowl picture: Agência Brasil Fotografias
Writer: Szandra Szogedi
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