The 2024 Paralympic Games opened in Paris in glorious conditions as about 4,400 athletes made their way along the Champs-Elysees to Place de la Concorde.
As with the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games opening ceremony was taking place outside of a stadium for the first time in the French capital.
Athletes from 184 delegations are set to take part in the 22 Paralympic sports, competing for a total of 549 gold medals in Paris.
Armenia is represented at the event by three athletes: Greta Vardanyan (powerlifting), Smbat Karapetyan (wheelchair racing), and Sargis Stepanyan (shot put).
