Hundreds of otherwise abled athletes from 168 international locations all around the world are set to take heart stage within the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
The festive opening ceremony happened on the Champs-Élysées and the Place de la Concorde within the French capital on Wednesday, August 28 (Thursday, August 29, Manila time), marking the Paralympics’ first outside curtain-raiser.
The Philippines’ six-athlete delegation — the nation’s largest Paralympic contingent since 2012 — wore ensembles made from “banaca,” a positive mix of banana and abaca fibers, that was designed by Ditta Sandico. Veteran paraswimmer Ernie Gawilan and paraarcher Agustina Bantiloc served because the nation’s flag bearers.
Other than the Crew Philippines, different delegates additionally wore custom-made ensembles throughout the curtain-raiser. Listed below are the opposite hanging outfits worn by the athletes throughout the Paralympics opening ceremony:
Afghanistan
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Brazil
Cameroon
France
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Papua New Guinea
Poland
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
South Korea
Spain
Ukraine
Vietnam
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