Relive the dazzling Paralympic Games opening ceremony in pictures!
Updated on 29/08/2024
The ever-present Phryges!
The two Paris Games mascots (one with two legs, the other with one leg and a prosthesis) took center stage at the start of the ceremony.
The ever-present Phryges!
The two Paris Games mascots (one with two legs, the other with one leg and a prosthesis) took center stage at the start of the ceremony.
A great popular festival
The Paralympic athletes parade down the Champs-Élysées was free of charge, and the public turned out in numbers.
A great popular festival
The Paralympic athletes parade down the Champs-Élysées was free of charge, and the public turned out in numbers.
Iconic
The Concorde obelisk was is good company throughout the opening ceremony.
Iconic
The Concorde obelisk was is good company throughout the opening ceremony.
3 monuments, 3 colors, 1 flag
Blue for the Concorde obelisk, white for the Eiffel Tower and red for the Grand Palais.
3 monuments, 3 colors, 1 flag
Blue for the Concorde obelisk, white for the Eiffel Tower and red for the Grand Palais.
Head in the clouds
The Patrouille de France lit up the Parisian skies just before sunset.
Head in the clouds
The Patrouille de France lit up the Parisian skies just before sunset.
Wednesday night fever
Throughout the evening, dancers performed sublime choreographies imagined by Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman.
Wednesday night fever
Throughout the evening, dancers performed sublime choreographies imagined by Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman.
No need for jackets this time
Not a single drop of rain fell during this opening ceremony!
No need for jackets this time
Not a single drop of rain fell during this opening ceremony!
Lucky Love
French singer Lucky Love delivered a masterful performance of "My Ability".
Lucky Love
French singer Lucky Love delivered a masterful performance of "My Ability".
Live the Games to the full
Christine and the Queens reinterpreted Edith Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien" in their own way.
Live the Games to the full
Christine and the Queens reinterpreted Edith Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien" in their own way.
A Parisian lighthouse
Having seen the best of the Seine during the Olympic Games opening ceremony, the eyes of the world were on the Place de la Concorde.
A Parisian lighthouse
Having seen the best of the Seine during the Olympic Games opening ceremony, the eyes of the world were on the Place de la Concorde.
Lighting up the night
The Paralympic flame left the Place de la Concorde under a shower of fireworks
Lighting up the night
The Paralympic flame left the Place de la Concorde under a shower of fireworks
The magic hasn't left
Five torchbearers then set the Paralympic cauldron alight, which will once again light up the Paris skyline until September 8.
The magic hasn't left
Five torchbearers then set the Paralympic cauldron alight, which will once again light up the Paris skyline until September 8.