Paris Paralympic Games

Why in the news?

• Paris Paralympic Games will be held from 28 August to 8 September 2024.

Paris Paralympic Games

• These are the 17th Summer Paralympic Games
• 22 sports will be held in it.
• Mascot-Paralympic Freeze
• The first Summer Paralympic Games were held in Rome (Italy) in the year 1960.

Indian players

• Sumit Antil and Bhagyashree Jadhav will be the Indian flag bearers in the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympic Games
• 84 players from India will participate in the Paris Paralympics
• Indian players will participate in 12 sports events
• Muralikant Petkar is the first Indian player to win a medal in the Paralympics
  • He won the gold medal in the men's 50m freestyle 3 event in swimming at the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics.