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International Paralympic Committee confirms 8 new sports and 3 sport disciplines have expressed an interest in applying for inclusion in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
The 2024 Summer Paralympics also known as the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, are an upcoming major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee ( IOC), to be held in Paris, France from 4th to 15th September 2024. The 2024 Paralympics will mark the first time Paris has hosted the Paralympics in the games history. The final venue decision was made by the IOC on 13th September 2017, at their annual conference in Lima, Peru.
The International Paralympic Committee has confirmed that eight new sports and three sport disciplines have expressed an interest in applying for inclusion in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games sport program.
As part of a 14-month exercise by the IPC to determine the final sports program for Paris 2024, recognized international federations of summer sports not yet on the Paralympic program had until 21 November to notify the IPC whether they wanted to be considered for inclusion.
Eight international federations- CP Football, Powerchair Football, Golf, Surfing, Armwrestling, Karate, Para Dance and sailing- all expressed an interest to be included.
By 21 November, existing international federations with sports and disciplines on the program were also free to suggest additional sports and disciplines for inclusion in the 2024 Games.
Wheelchair Basketball has put forward the 3 x 3 discipline of the sport. Taekwondo has expressed an interest and Para Shooting Sport has proposed the inclusion of Para trap shooting. Andrew Parsons, IPC President, said:
"We truly believe that the application process to be included in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games sport program will be the most competitive yet and this is reflected with the number of sports and disciplines expressing an interest for inclusion."
"No sport is guaranteed a place at Paris 2024 and the IPC will now analyze these applications to determine which sports and disciplines go forward to the next phase. In the second phase of this exercise the level of competition will increase dramatically as sports already on the Paralympic program will enter the race."
On 27 January 2018, the IPC Governing Board will meet in Bonn,Germany, to decide which sports and disciplines from those who have ex[pressed an interest are eligible to enter Phase 2 of the application process.
From February 2018, the 22 established Paralympic sports, plus those additional sports and disciplines approved by the Governing Board, will be invited to complete a comprehensive application pack by July 2018. The pack features a series of questions that aims to give the IPC detailed information regarding each sport's governance, rules and regulations, associated costs, anti-doping program compliance and activ
Following a thorough review of all applications, including full agreement from the IOC and Paris 2024, the iPC Governing board will announce its final decision on the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games sport program in early 2019.
The first Paralympic Games took place in Rome, Italy in 1960 and featured 400 athletes from 23 countries who competed in eight sports- archery, athletics,dartchery, snooker, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair fencing and wheelchair basketball.
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