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Paralympics 2024: Paris hoping to deliver 'most spectacular Games ever'

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Paris will host the 2024 Paralympics in 2024 .

The opening ceremony will be held at the Place de la Concorde at 19:00 BST on Wednesday .

The closing ceremony will take place at the Stade de France on Sunday , 8 September .

Great Britain are represented by 215 athletes in Paris across 19 sports.

France has never previously hosted a summer Paralympic Games .

Valentina Petrillo is set to become the first openly transgender athlete to compete at the Paralympics .

Petrillo will compete in the women's T12 classification for athletes with visual impairments.

The Italian will be competing in the 200 m and 400 m events.

Three countries will be represented in the Games for the first time.

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