Six spots have already been filled in the 16-team (8 teams per gender) Paris 2024 Paralympic Games sitting volleyball tournament. Here’s what you need to know about the Paralympic Qualification process for Paris 2024. Which teams have already qualified? HOSTS As the host country, the men’s and women’s teams of...
World ParaVolley is seeking hosts for the sitting volleyball Final Qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. We would prefer the competitions for men and women to be held in a single country, but they may be held in separate countries. If any World ParaVolley Member is interested in hosting...
The Paris 2024 Organising Committee has revealed the designs of the official pictograms and the visual concept of the Paralympic and Olympic Games on Wednesday, 8 February. The 23 Paralympic disciplines are represented by 15 Paralympic-only pictograms and eight pictograms that are shared with Olympic disciplines. Here they are: @Paris2024...
With less than 600 days to go before France hosts its first Paralympic Summer Games, Paris 2024 has unveiled its exciting and dynamic competition schedule which will see elite athletes enthrall the world over 11 days of breathtaking action between 28 August to 8 September 2024. The event schedule, developed...
Sitting volleyball was among the Paralympic sports that event participants tried out during the Olympic Day celebrations on June 26 at the area around Stade de France in Seine-Saint-Denis in Paris. The area was transformed into an open-air playground, where participants got to explore three Paralympic sports and 30 Olympic...
Photo: OIS/Joe Toth As the curtain came down on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with the Closing Ceremony on Sunday, Paris 2024 chief executive officer Etienne Thobois was already planning how to meet, or exceed the ‘very high bar’ set in Japan over the past fortnight. View this post...
The Paris 2024 Organising Committee has launched the recruitment process for the Volleyball Sport Manager at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The intention is to identify the requisite Sport Manager by the spring of this year, in order for the manager to have the opportunity to attend the...
Sitting Volleyball’s inclusion in the sports program for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games was down to the “worldwide participation and reach of Sitting Volleyball, which is something that the World ParaVolley Membership plans and delivers at the national level,” World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner OAM said. Photo: World ParaVolley President Barry...
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed that the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games sports programme will remain the same as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics with 22 sports included. The IPC Governing Board’s decision was taken at a meeting in London on Friday. The 22 sports that will be included are:...
