2024 Paralympics set to get under way in Paris [Video]

The starting gun is about to be fired for the 2024 Paralympics.

On July 28, after seven years of planning, the Games begin in Paris. It’s the first time the Paralympics have been held in France.

Around 4,400 athletes from around the world will take part in 22 sports, at the venues that were used earlier in the summer for the Olympic Games.

Over the following 12 days, there will be 549 sporting events ranging from equestrianism to athletics, swimming to table tennis.

Expanding social inclusion and increasing awareness of disabilities are two of the aims for the organizers.

There will also be a record number of medal events for women.

Nantenin Keita, co-captain of France’s 2024 Paralympic Squad, told CGTN: “It’s (a feeling of) pride, truly. But also a feeling of recognition because since the start of Paris’s candidacy, we – the athletes – have been really involved in …