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topicnews · August 30, 2024

Paralympics 2024: This is what the first day of competition in Paris brings

Paralympics 2024: This is what the first day of competition in Paris brings

Paralympics – Daily Preview:This brings the first day of competition

At the start of the Paralympics on Thursday, the wheelchair basketball team will play against Great Britain. Also in the spotlight: table tennis, track cycling, wheelchair rugby and swimming.

At the start in Paris: Para-swimmer Verena Schott.

Source: Imago

Wheelchair basketball players against top favorite

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The German wheelchair basketball players want to step out of the shadow of the successful women. To do this, they have prepared for Paris with a new coach and new momentum.

by Susanne Rohlfing

Wheelchair basketball: Michael Engel (Coach Germany)

First Paralympics medals in track cycling

The first medals will be awarded on the track in the National Velodrome. Although no German participants will be taking part in the first decision at 3:45 p.m. in the 500 m time trial in the women’s starting class C4-5, there will be participants in the following competitions. Maike Hausberger in particular could be the first German to make it onto the podium in the individual pursuit in the classes C1-3 (4:41 p.m.).
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The tandem of the visually impaired Thomas Ulbricht and his pilot Robert Förstemann is also good for a medal in the individual pursuit (17:13).

Swimming with Schott and Scholz

Daily overview

It is only a matter of time before the multiple world champions win one or more medals. But first Schott has to compete in the S6 class 50 m freestyle competition (heat 10:43 a.m./final 7:19 p.m.). Scholz must have run the 400 m freestyle in the S5 class (heat 11:38 a.m./final 8:46 p.m.).

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Source: ZDF

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