Sunday, 8 September
Athletics: Women's Marathon T12 - Louzanne Coetzee 7th
Saturday, 7 September
Aquatics: Men's 50m Butterfly S7 final - Christian Sadie 5th (20.94, new African record)
Athletics: Men's 200m T64 final - Mpumelelo Mhlongo BRONZE(22.62, WR in T44 classification)
Athletics: Men's 400m T47 final - Collen Mahlalela 7th
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2024-09-08 21:27:06Fireworks are seen as French singer Santa performs on stage during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, in the outskirts of Paris, on Sunday. (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
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RESULT
South Africa's Louzanne Coetzee finished seventh in the Women's T12 marathon to end Team SA's Paralympic Games campaign.
Coetzee, who took bronze in the 1 500m earlier in the week, ran a season's best of 3:25:53 with guide Claus Kempen.
Moroccan Fatima El Idrissi ran a world record of 2:48.36 to win gold, with fellow countrywoman Meryem En-Nourhi taking silver with a personal best of 2:58.18 and Japanese Misato Michishita bronze (3:04.23).
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RESULT
South Africa's Collen Mahlalela finished seventh in the Men's 400m T47 final at the Paris Paralympics.
Mahlalela, who was tipped to reach the podium after an encouraging heat, crossed the fine line in 49.95.
Moracca's Aymane El Haddaoui smashed the world record in 46.65 to take gold, while fellow compatriot Ayoub Sadni claimed silver (47.16) and Brazilian Thomaz de Moraes bronze (47.97)
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RESULT
South Africa's Mpumelelo Mhlongo won bronze in the men's 200m T64 final at Stade de France on Saturday night, after initially second-placed athlete Felix Streng from Germany was disqualified for a lane infringement.
Mhlongo had narrowly finished fourth behind Dutchman Levi Vloet and also broke the world record in the T44 classification with a time of 22.62.
The South African had a brilliant start out the blocks, but the powerful Sherman Guity Guity from Costa Rica proved too much too soon as he stormed to the finish line in 21.32, with Dutchman Levi Vloet (22.47) claiming the bronze, which was later upgraded to silver.
Mhlongo, who claimed South Africa's first gold medal at the Paris Paralympics in the men's T44 100 final on Monday, adds a sixth piece of silverware to the country's medal haul (two gold and four bronze).
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RESULT
South Africa's Simone Kruger surges to GOLD for Team SA in the women's discus throw F38 final.
In her third attempt, Kruger threw a Paralympic T38 record with a distance of 38.70m. China's Yingli Li took silver with a best attempt of 38.64m and Colombia's Xiomara Saldarriaga Hernandez claimed bronze (38.36m)
In May, Kruger took gold at the Para-World Athletic Championship in Kobe, Japan and now is a Paralympic champion.
Kruger won Team SA's fifth medal and second gold of the Paris Games.
2024-09-06 21:32:35South Africa's Simone Kruger surges to gold position as she throws a Paralympic record of 38.70m in her third attempt.2024-09-06 20:50:06
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South Africa's Simone Kruger threw a Paralympic record first throw of 37.69m in the Women's discus throw F38 final and is in second place.
She has five attempts left.
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RESULT
South African duo Paul Daniels and Daniel du Plessis could not reach the podium of the Men's 400m T62 final.
Daniels finished sixth with a personal best time of 50.63, while Du Plessis finished eighth in 52.91.
American Hunter Woodhall took gold in 46.36 with Germany's Johannes Floors taking silver (46.90) and Dutch Olivier Hendriks rounding up with the podium (46.91).
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RESULT
South Africa's Collen Mahlalela finished second in the men's 400m T47 heats at the Paris Paralympics.
Mahlalela crossed the finish line with a personal best of 48.65 and qualifies for the final later on Saturday evening.
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RESULT
South Africa's Ndyebo Lamani lost by ippon (10-0) to Argentina's Eduardo Gauto in the Men's -73kg J1 elimination round of 16.
2024-09-05 19:40:00
RESULT
South Africa's Danika Vyncke finished eighth in the Women's 100m breaststroke SB13 final.
Vyncke struggled to keep up with the rest of the pool as she touched last in 1:23.82.
Great Britain's Rebecca Redfern took gold in 1:16.02 with USA duo Oliver Chambers (1:17.70) and Colleen Young (1:18.52)
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RESULT
South Africa's Alani Ferreira finished fifth in the Women's 100m breaststroke SB12 final.
Ferreira achieved a African record as she touched in 1:21.36 as Germany's Elena Karazow stormed to a world record gold (1:12.54) with Brazilian Maria Gomes Santiago taking silver (1:15.62) and China's Jietong Zheng bronze (1:20.03).
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RESULT
South Africa's Sheryl James finished eighth in the Women's 100m T37 final with a time of 13.90.
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RESULT
South Africa's Danika Vyncke finished fourth in the Women's 100m breaststroke SB13 heats at the Paris Paralympics.
Vyncke touched the wall in 1:24.91 and qualified for the final as eighth-fastest.
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RESULT
South Africa's Alani Ferreira finished third in the Women's 100m breaststroke SB12 heats at the Paris Paralympics.
Swimming in lane five, Ferreira touched the wall in 1:21.95 - a new African record.
Ferreira will advance through to Thursday's final.
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RESULT
South Africa's Nathan Hendricks finishes seventh in the men's 100m breaststroke SB13 heats at the Paris Paralympics.
Hendricks touched the wall in a time of 1:13.04 and has unfortunately not advanced through to the final.
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RESULT
South Africa's Sheryl James finished third in the women's 100m T37 heats.
James crossed the finish line in 13.69 to qualify as seventh fastest and qualify for Thursday's final.
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RESULT
South Africa's Mpumelelo Mhlongo ends fifth in the T64 long jump final.
Mhlongo, who took his first Paralympic gold in the T44 100m, leaped a T44 world record, achieving 7.12m but as he was competing with T64 athletes, Mhlongo did not medal.
Instead Germany's Markus Rehm took gold (8.13m) with American duo Derek Loccident (7.79m) and Jarryd Wallace (7.49m) rounding up the podium.
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South Africa's Mpumelelo Mhlongo has broken his own record in the T44 category with a leap of 7.12m in the shot put. Mhlongo is currently however in fifth position in the T64 long jump final.
He has one more attempt left.
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RESULT
South Africa's Christian Sadie finished seventh in the Men's 50m freestyle S7 final.
Swimming in lane one, Sadie touched the wall with a African record time of 28.75.
Ukraine's Andrii Trusov smashed the world record with a time of 26.38 to win gold as Carlos Daniel Serreno Zarate of Colombia won silver (27.60) and NPA's Egor Efrosinin took bronze (28.02).
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RESULT
South Africa's Donald Ramphadi and Lucas Sithole have won bronze for Team SA in the Quad Doubles bronze medal match against Brazilians Leandro Pena and Ymanitu Silva.
The South African duo defeated the Brazilians 6-2, 4-6, (10-8) in a match that lasted two hours and three minutes.
Sithole and Ramphadi become the first-ever South Africans to medal in Wheelchair Tennis.
Their bronze takes Team SA's tally at the Paralympics to four medals, and the second medal of the day, following Pieter du Preez's efforts in the cycling.
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RESULTS
Swimmer Christian Sadie finished fourth and qualifies for the men's Men's 50m freestyle S7 final later on Wednesday.
Shot putter Kerwin Noemdo finished fifth in the men's shot put F46 final.
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RESULT
South Africa's Pieter du Preez won BRONZE in the H1 Individual Time Trial at the Paris Paralympics.
Du Preez, who took gold in Tokyo, crossed the finish line in third with a time of 36:07.05 as Fabrizio Cornegliani took gold in 34:50.45 and Maxime Hordies silver in 35:11.13.
It's Team SA's third Paralympic medal.
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RESULT
South Africa's Alani Ferreira finished sixth in the Women's 100m freestyle S12 heats.
Ferreira touched the wall in 1:09.69 and will not advance through to the final.
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RESULT
South Africa's Sheryl James couldn't replicate her Tokyo bronze as she finished fourth and Liezel Gouws ended fifth in the Women's 400m T37 final.
Ukraine's Nataliia Kobzar took gold (1:00.92), China's Fenfen Jiang grabbed silver (1:01.88) and NPA's Viktoriia Slanova rounded up the podium (1:03.61).
Running in lane five, James couldn't keep up with the leading three as she crossed the line fourth in 1:06.88.
Fellow countrywoman Gouws powered through in the final 100m to finish fifth in 1:08.33.
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RESULT
South Africa's Christian Sadie finished fifth in the men's 100m backstroke S7 final on Tuesday at the Paris Paralympics.
Swimming in lane seven, Sadie started off strong but lost his pace to touch the wall in 1:13.03.
Ukrainean duo Yurii Shenhur (1:09.51) and Andrii Trusov (1:10.42) took gold and silver with Italian Federico Bicelli sealing bronze (1:12.23).
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RESULT
South Africa's Nathan Hendricks finished fourth in the men's 200m Individual Medley heats at Paris Paralympics.
Swimming in lane two, Hendricks touched the wall in 2:18.36 and booked his place for the final later on Tuesday.
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RESULT
South Africa's Tezna Abrahams finished 5th in the Women's 200m T64 heats and failed to progress through to the final.
Abrahams finished fifth in her heat with a personal best time of 31.17.
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RESULT
South Africa's Kat Swanepoel finished sixth in the Women's 50m backstroke S5 heats at the Paris Paralympics.
Swanepoel touched the wall with a Africa record time of 49.63 but fails to advance through to the final.
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RESULT
South Africa's Christian Sadie finished third in the men's 100m backstroke S7 heats at the Paris Paralympics.
Sadie touched the wall in 1:14.82 third and advances to the final later on Tuesday.
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Mobote 5th in men's 100m - T63 final
Puseletso Mabote finished 5th in the men's 100m - T63 final at the Paralympics on Monday evening in Paris.
Mabote started slowly, but after getting into his stride, it looked like he might be able to grab a medal place.
It was not to be, however, as Ezra Frech (USA) claimed gold in 12.06.
He was followed home by Daniel Wagner (Demark, 12.08) and Vinicius Rodrigues (Brazil, 12.10), with Mabote clocking 12.16.
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RESULT
South African para-athlete Kirsty Weir finished eighth in the women's PTS4 triathlon on Monday, with a time of 1:21:14.
Great Britain's Megan Richter and Spain's Marta Frances Gomez and Hannah Moore from Team GB rounded up the podium.
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RESULT
South Africa's Louzanne Coetzee won bronze in the Women's 1 500m T11 final at the Paris Paralympics on Monday morning.
Coetzee and guide runner Erasmus Badenhorst crossed the finish line third with a personal best of 4:35.49.
Ethiopia's Yayesh Tesfaw took gold in a world record run of 4:27.68 and China's Shanshan He took silver (4:32.82).
Coetzee won Team South Africa's second medal following Mpumelelo Mhlongo's gold on Sunday in the 100m.
Coetzee's Paralympic run continues when she takes part in the women's marathon on 8 September.
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GOLD FOR MHLONGO! GOLD FOR SA!
South Africa's Mpumelelo Mhlongo has won gold in the men's 100m T44 at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
The world record holder cruised to victory, winning in 11.12.
Cuba's Yamel Vives Suarez was second while Eddy Bernard of Malaysia was third.
The favourite for the race, Mhlongo bagged Team South Africa their first medal of the Paralympics.
He was visibly thrilled at the finish line, grabbing a South African flag from his team an waving it at the cameras in front of an appreciative Paris crowd.
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RESULT
South Africa's Alwande Sikhosana suffered a straight set defeat to Japan's Daisuke Arai in the Men's tennis singles second round.
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South Africa's Yane van der Merwe is competing in the Women's discus throw F64 final.
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RESULT
Louzanne Coetzee finished second in her Women's 1500m T11 heat to advance to the final.
The final is set for Monday at 10:11.
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RESULT
South Africa's Shaun Anderson defeated Turkey's Aydin Yigit Caner by a single point in the archery to advance to the quarter-finals where he set up a clash against Xang Tianxin from China.
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RESULT
South Africa's Puseletso Mabote finished sixth in the men's long jump T63 final with a jump of 6.44m.
Joel de Jong from the Netherlands won gold with 7.68m; Denmark's Daniel Jรธrgensen silver with 7.39m; and Noah Mbuyamba from the Netherland bronze with 7.01m.
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RESULT
South African para-swimmer Christian Sadie finished fifth in the SM7 200m IM final at the Paris Paralympics.
Sadie touched the wall in a African record of 2:35.02 as Argentine Inaki Basiloff won gold (2:29.81)
2024-08-31 20:05:14
JUST IN:
The South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) confirmed on Saturday that Kgothatso Montjane has withdrawn from all competition at the Paris Paralympic Games.
Kgothatso was scheduled to face Luoyao Guo from the People's Republicof China in the first round of the Women's Wheelchair Tennis Singles on Saturday, but was not able to take the court due to personal reasons. Luoyao Guo was awarded the win on a walk over, when the announcement of the withdrawal was made.
The withdrawal from Paris 2024 Games also means that Kgothatso will no longer participatein the Women's Wheelchair Tennis Doubles, after she and her partner, Mariska Venter, won their Friday first round match against the French duo of Emmanuelle Morch and Charlotte Fairbank.
All the necessary steps have been taken to inform the organisers of the Paris 2024 ParalympicGames and the International Tennis Federation of the decision to withdraw.
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RESULT
South Africa's Nathan Hendricks finished sixth in the S13 400m freestyle final with a time of 4:18.05.
Neutral Paralympic Athletes Ihar Boki took gold, while French brothers Alex and Kylian Portal took silver and bronze.
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RESULT
Alani Ferreira qualified for the women's 400m freestyle, finishing fourth in heat two in a time of in an African record time of 4:58.06.
Her compatriot Danika Vyncke finished heat one in fifth place in a time of 5:10.91, which was 37.63 second off the pace and outside of the eighth fastest times.
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RESULT
South African swimmer Nathan Hendricks has qualified for another final, his third at the Paris Paralympics, this time in the men's 400m free style event.
He finished third in heat two in a time of 4:17.07.
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RESULT
South African wheelchair tennis Alwande Sikhosana defeated Gustavo Carneiro Silva 6-4, 7-5 and has progressed to the second round.
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RESULT
South Africa's Sheryl James finished seventh in the T37 Women's 200m final at the Paralympics on Friday evening.
James, who took a Paralympic bronze medal in the 200m in Tokyo, crossed the finish line in 29.08 as China's Xiaoyan Wen run a Paralympic record of 25.86 to clinch gold.
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RESULT
South African swimmer Nathan Hendricks finished seventh in the S13 100m backstroke final with a time of 1:03.43.
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RESULT
SA's Jaco Smit finished second in his T12 100m heat. Smit crossed the line in 11.12 seconds but failed to qualify for semi-finals.
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RESULT
South Africa's Nathan Hendricks finished eighth in the men's S13 100m butterfly final on Thursday. Hendricks swam a time of 59.91, which was 5.78 seconds behind winner Ihar Boki (53.13) who is swimming as a Neutral Paralympic Athlete.
France's Alex Portal claimed the silver medal in a time of 54.38 and Spain's Jose Enrique Alahambra Mollar took bronze in 56.27.
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Paris Paralympics triathlon events rescheduled due to stormy weather
All triathlon events at the Paris Paralympics will take place on September 1 due to concerns that stormy weather could stir up pollution in the River Seine, organisers announced Thursday.
The triathlon events were originally scheduled to happen over two days - September 1 and 2 - but those initially scheduled for the second have been brought forward due to the "high level of uncertainty" of the weather forecast for the coming days.
"All eleven medal events will now take place on 1 September, instead of across two days, on 1 and 2 September. This decision has been taken to provide athletes and coaches with as much certainty as possible," organisers said in a statement.
The decision was made following a meeting between governing body World Triathlon, Paris 2024 organisers and the relevant French authorities involved in monitoring the water quality of the Seine.
The issue caused disruption to the Olympics triathlon and open-water swimming events, with several practice sessions being cancelled due to high levels of pollution caused by heavy rainfall.
Of 11 days of events and training scheduled in the river during the Olympics, only five got the green light.
Despite a $1.5 billion upgrade to improve the Paris sewerage and water treatment system, the Seine has remained dogged by pollution concerns, notably for its levels of enterococci and E.Coli bacteria.
A "successful" training session for the Paralympic competitors took place earlier on Thursday and Paris 2024 and World Triathlon will "continue their daily monitoring of water quality and the flow of the current".
Further familiarisation swims are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, with organisers announcing that the final confirmation of the sessions, as well as that of the race day, will be taken the evening before.
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RESULT
South African archer Shaun Anderson finished ninth in the preliminary round of the men's W1 ranking round. He moves to the elimination round where he plays against Tigit Caner Aydin on 1 September.
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RESULT
South African swimmer Nathan Hendricks finished fourth in the S13 100m butterfly heats on Thursday.
The 19-year-old Hendricks touched the wall in 59.51. He qualifies for the final as the sixth-fastest.
2024-08-29 09:48:55
Paris 2024 begins!
At the glittering opening ceremony, South Africa was one of the first two countries (out of 168 countries) introduced to the energetic crowd at the picturesque Place de la Concorde and the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
Wearing green pants and khaki blazers, athletes Kat Swanepoel and Mpumelelo Mhlongo, flanked by fellow athletes carried the South African flag.
At the ceremony, Brazil, China, Germany and USA had some of the largest teams in walking in the parade, while Ukraine received an unmissable loud applause.
Three National Paralympic Committees - Eritrea, Kiribati and Kosovo - will make their Paralympic debut in the French country.
France welcomed prominent people from around the world for the ceremony and dignitaries such as president of France Emmanuel Macron and Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) were present to witness the colourful event.
*Chrizelda Kekana is in Paris as a guest of Toyota, one of the sponsors of the 2024 Paralympics.
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2024-08-28 22:36:26Speeches underway as President of the Paralympic Committee Andrew Parsons hopes the athletes inspire the world with French President Emmanuel Macron opening the Paris Games!2024-08-28 22:25:58
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The hosts end off the Parade of Nations. What a moment for these athletes as they ready to compete on the grandest stage.
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Team USA come in jeans! Classic!
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Ukraine are looking lovely in their blue, yellow and green.
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India always looking the best dressed as they make their way through.
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South Korea arrive with some smart attire for the opening ceremony.
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Malaysia make their way to the Place de la Concorde with a pop of colour.
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Denmark make their way through, only 32 athletes.
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Only three competitors for Fiji at this year's Paralympics.
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A large Spain contingent have come through as 147 competitors have qualified for this year's Paralympics.
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Team GB are a sea of red as they join the Nations Parade.
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The Brazilians are rocking the yellow bucket hats in a sea of blue.
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Colombia looking snazzy in their colourful sweaters.
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Team Belgium are out and looking good in gold and orange. Only 29 competitors at this year's Games.
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Sun setting in Paris as athletes continue to come through.
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Team SA looking good in the Nations Parade!
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The delegation of 33 athletes are flying the flag high2024-08-28 20:27:53
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Parade of Nations has started. This Paralympics Games only has 169 competing nations.
And Team South Africa are the third nation OUT!
Track star Mpumelelo Mhlongo and swimmer Kat Swanepoel are our flag bearers
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There's some interpreted dancing, which depicts how abled bodied people often overlook those with disabilities. And how we should put them on a pedestal as everyone matters.
Lovely touching moment as the sun sets in Paris.
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2024-08-28 20:06:34The opening ceremony is underway! The French President, Emmanuel Macron is in attendance as a smoking piano (yes) starts the ceremony off.2024-08-28 19:40:15
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We're less than half an hour away from the opening ceremony, outside the confines of a traditional stadium.
Place de la Concorde and the Champs-Elysรฉes will be the stage for this groundbreaking celebration.
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2024-08-28 09:20:12The Olympic euphoria continues as the Paris Paralympics gets under way with Team SA's athletes looking to shine on the biggest stage.Read preview 2024-08-28 09:15:52
Welcome to News24's coverage of the Paris Paralympics, scheduled from 28 August to 8 September.
