Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, 2024
On assignment for the Washington Post, Cyril Zannettacci covered the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Between the end of August and the beginning of September the French capital welcomed, a month after the Olympics, the 169 international delegations of Paralympic athletes who would compete for 12 days at the same competition venues.
As with the Olympic Games, the 4,400 para-athletes and para-sporters present competed in athletics and swimming, but also in wheelchair basketball, seated volleyball and in disciplines only present in handisport, such as cecifoot and goalball.