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The Paralympic Games start Wednesday. Here’s how to watch

Are you experiencing Olympics withdrawal? You’re not alone.
The good news is there are more exciting sporting events to come in Paris: The Paralympic Games start there this week.
Here’s what you need to know about the Paralympics, including how to watch Wednesday’s opening ceremony.
The Paralympic Games begin Wednesday and last until Sunday, Sept. 8.
The opening ceremony will air on USA Network and stream on Peacock at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday.
Medals will be handed out in high-profile track and swimming events nearly every day, according to the event schedule.
There are 22 sports in the Summer Paralympic Games, many of which will be familiar if you paid attention to the Olympics over the past three weeks.
But at the Paralympics, some of the settings and rules for the events will be different than they were at the Olympics to account for the different physical abilities of the competitors.
For example, in wheelchair tennis, the ball can bounce twice on your side of the net before you hit it instead of just once.
Here are the 22 sports:
There are 549 total events that take place within these 22 sports, according to USA Today.
The Paralympic Games will stream on Peacock and air on networks that are part of the NBC family.
This summer’s Paralympics will mark the first time that NBC has multiple hosts on the ground for event coverage, according to a May press release.
“As support for the Paralympics continues to soar, we are growing our coverage to match the American viewer’s interest and passion,” Molly Solomon, executive producer and president of NBC Olympics Production, said in the release. “We’ll have more commentators on the ground, more cameras at the venues, and more hours to watch than ever before, including everything on Peacock.”
Four athletes who will compete in the 2024 Paralympic Games list a city in Utah as their hometown, according to TeamUSA.com.
Woodhall, who is a sprinter, went viral during the Olympics due to his passionate support for his wife, Tara Davis-Woodhall, who won gold in the long jump.
Photos and videos captured him crying with joy over her performance and then embracing her.
Cyclist Dennis Connors is also connected to Utah because he attended college at the University of Utah, according to Team USA.

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