ParalympicsGB has confirmed a squad of 215 athletes for the Paris 2024 Video games, with a report 46 per cent of the workforce feminine.
ParalympicsGB will likely be represented in 19 of the 22 sports activities that make up the Video games, with para-cycling, para-canoe and para-rowing having the most important squads ever.
13-year-old para-swimmer Iona Winnifrith is the youngest member of the GB workforce and one in every of 14 youngsters chosen general for the occasion, which runs from August 28 to September 8.
The oldest athlete is 54-year-old para-canoeist Jeanette Chippington, who will participate in her eighth Paralympics after making her debut in para-swimming on the 1988 occasion in Seoul.
Dame Sarah Storey will compete at her ninth consecutive Video games – the 46-year-old gained three occasions at Tokyo 2020 to take her medal tally to twenty-eight throughout biking and former occasion swimming, 17 of that are gold.
Penny Briscoe, Chef de Mission for ParalympicsGB at Paris 2024 stated: “Within the three years for the reason that delayed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Video games I’ve been privileged to witness excellent performances by so a lot of our athletes at world and European stage as they labored so exhausting to safe qualification for Paris 2024.
“Now that point has come, and we’re days away from the beginning of what I consider will likely be a spectacular celebration of Para sport on the best Paralympic Video games ever, which will likely be loved by followers each in France and around the globe.
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Chris Skelley is aiming to retain his judo title for ParalympicsGB in Paris, saying the game has saved him.
“Paris 2024 promises to be a landmark Paralympic Games with our highest representation of female athletes ever and a host of talented athletes seeking to achieve personal-best performances in one of the world’s great cities.
“Greater than a 3rd of the athletes within the ParalympicsGB workforce will make their Video games debuts in Paris, and I’m pleased with the assist these athletes – in addition to our skilled Paralympians – will obtain from the community of workers each within the UK and in France who’ve been working tirelessly to make sure ParalympicsGB is finest ready each on and off the sphere of play.
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“With Paris just a short journey across the Channel, I know many fans, friends and family will travel to France to support the team and enjoy the action in the many iconic venues that the city has to offer. I can’t wait to see the Games get under way.”
