Paris 2024 Paralympics Day 2 FFAO
Coverage continues in Paris as we head into Day 2!
Live events run from approx 8:30am-10:30pm CEST, 7:30am-9:30pm BST, 2:30am-4:30pm EDT, and 11:30pm-1:30pm PDT.
The fun is just getting started. 🔥
Don’t miss an action-packed day 2 of competition at the #ParisParalympics. pic.twitter.com/3cC2i3fMHK
- NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 29, 2024
Live events include: boccia, goalball, para archery, para athletics🏅, para badminton, para cycling track🏅, para rowing, para swimming🏅, para table tennis🏅, para taekwondo🏅, shooting para sport🏅, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis
A schedule of all events can be found here, and each day's page lets you toggle between Paris and local time zones!
For all American viewers, NBC's schedule page has listed all televised events, and every event should be live on Peacock. For all Canadian viewers, CBC's schedule page should have streaming links available once each event begins, along with their daily primetime coverage.
“I’m so, so happy. For me, this medal is a dream. Today, I am in a dream”
On Day 1 of the #Paris2024 #Paralympics, Zakia Khudadadi became the first-ever Refugee Paralympic Team athlete to win a medal 🙌
- Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) August 29, 2024
[World Records, more on Zakia Khudadadi, and the first deaf presenter to work live on the Paralympics]
🚨 WORLD RECORD 🚨 @MaskillPoppy earns @ParalympicsGB's first gold of #Paris2024 and sets a new world record in the women's S14 100m butterfly 🥇 #Paralympics pic.twitter.com/rdmpMr6o3C
- Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) August 29, 2024
WORLD. RECORD.
In her first Paralympic race ever, American Christie Raleigh Crossley breaks the world record in the women's 50m free S9 with a time of 27.28.
📺 USA Network & Peacock | #ParisParalympics pic.twitter.com/9JXBj1WCzH
- NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 29, 2024
✅ Paralympic Gold
✅ World Record
You could say that's a pretty good day at the office for China's Wang Xiaomei 🥇 #Paralympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/zyLFyR0wQq
- Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) August 29, 2024
Banned from sports in Afghanistan by the Taliban, para-taekwondo athlete Zakia Khodadadi fled her homeland, joined the refugee team at the Paris Paralympics, and won a bronze medal. The women of Afghanistan are resilient. pic.twitter.com/IjwTd5cL4Z
- Habib Khan (@HabibKhanT) August 29, 2024
History in the making 🙌 @RoseAylingEllis is the first deaf presenter to work live on a Paralympic Games ❤️ #C4Paralympics | #ParalympicGames | #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/igZbJi4O3r
- C4 Paralympics (@C4Paralympics) August 29, 2024
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i'll try to put a reminder into the roundup/ffaf, but nbc will have a primetime show at 9pm est, so we'll have a combo post for that and day 3 of the games