For two glorious weeks in August, France basked in the Olympic Games – and the good news is that we get to do it all over again at the end of the month when Paris hosts the 2024 Paralympic Games (August 28th to September 8th).
There are several ways sports fans can catch the action.
Fan Zones
Big screens and fan parks that were open during the Olympic Games will show events from the Paralympics, including the Parvis de l’Hôtel de Ville, which can accommodate up to 2,500 people, and has two giant screens to follow the competitions.
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Club France, meanwhile, at the Grande Halle de la Villette, allows fans to celebrate with medallists and enjoy action on a big screen.
And, in neighbouring Seine-Saint-Denis, Parc Georges Valbon, in La Courneuve, has a giant 80m2 screen showing live events throughout the Paralympic Games,
Several of France’s big cities will also have fan zones – including Marseille which will host a fan zone at their ‘Club 2024 de Provence’ at the Hôtel du Département.
You can find other fan zones and activities using this interactive map.
Likewise sports bars and cafés around France are likely to show action from the Games on TV.
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On TV
But if you prefer to remain at home, lots of TV coverage is planned. You can see the full schedule for the Games here.
The opening ceremony on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées and Place de la Concorde will be screened on free-to-air channel France 2, from 8pm on Wednesday, August 28th.
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The closing ceremony that will signal the end of the Paris 2024 extravaganza, will also be on France 2 from 8.30pm on Sunday, September 8th.
Director Thomas Jolly – the brains behind the Olympic Games ceremonies – is in charge of both shows again.
In fact, broadcaster France Televisions, which runs the France 2, France 3 and France 4 channels, and the france.tv online platform will show wall-to-wall Paralympic Games coverage.
France 2 and France 3 will broadcast the Paralympic competitions live every day and alternately, between 9.30am and 11.25pm.
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All the events will also be broadcast on the dedicated digital channel France TV Paris 2024, allowing viewers to follow their favourite sports and athletes. A live chat Fan Zone will be available to comment in real time and ask questions to the presenters.
For late-shift workers and night-owls highlights of the competition will be rebroadcast during the night, before the live broadcast returns in the early morning.
Meanwhile, pay-TV broadcaster Eurosport – available through the Max app, or to Canal Plus sport pack subscribers – will also broadcast Paralympic events all day every day, often covering events not necessarily showing on the main France Televisions channels.
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Keep in mind that these options will mostly show coverage in French.
If you want to watch with English commentary, you can try to watch some of the foreign broadcasters (subject to rights and accessibility) such as the UK’s Channel 4, Ireland’s RTE or the USA’s NBC.
You can find the list of TV channels across the world who will show Paralympics coverage HERE, and you can check out the official Paralympics Youtube channel HERE.
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