Athletes and Fans Prepare for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

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🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The Paralympic Games open in Paris next week, showcasing the talent of elite athletes in 22 adaptive sports. Some, like Boccia and Goalball, are unique to the Paralympics while others, like sitting volleyball and wheelchair fencing, parallel Olympic events – with a twist. We’ll check in with members of Team USA, learn more about the athletes and events to watch, and hear about efforts to expand adaptive sports in California as Los Angeles prepares to host the 2028 games. And we hear from you: Are you a para-athlete? Tell us what you love about your sport. Guests: David Wharton, sports reporter, Los Angeles Times - Covering 2024 Olympics and Paralympics in Paris for The Los Angeles Times Kelly Crowley, former Paralympic athlete and medalist, She won gold medals in the women's swimming freestyle and medley relays in Greece in 2004, and bronze medals in cycling in 2012. She has coached swimming for nearly two decades and has also worked for tech companies on digital accessibility projects. Michael Garafola, coordinator, UCLA Adaptive and Instructional Programs; Garafola is a competitive Wheelchair Athlete, and has competed with the LA Clippers wheelchair basketball, LA Rams wheelchair football and wheelchair tennis teams. Justin Phongsavanh, Paralympic javelin thrower competing in the Paris 2024 Games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.4	Coming up on Forum, the 2024 Paralympic Games open in Paris next week, showcasing the talent of elite
1:12.7	athletes from across the globe in 22 adaptive sports. Some, like Baccia and Goal, are unique to
1:19.3	the Paralympics, while others have Olympic counterparts with a twist like blind soccer and wheelchair
1:24.4	fencing. We'll check in with members of Team USA, learn more about the athletes
1:29.1	and events to watch, and hear about efforts to expand adaptive sports in California as Los Angeles
1:35.9	prepares to host the 2028 games. Join us on Forum. Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Fans of the Olympics won't have to wait long to see more
1:56.0	international competition among elite athletes. The 24 Paralympic Games kick off next Wednesday, when 4,400
2:03.6	athletes from around the world will pursue gold medal glory. It's the first Paralympics held in Paris,
2:10.5	and this hour will meet Paralympians from this year and years past. Joining me first,
2:15.3	though, is the L.A. Times David Wharton, who was in Paris covering
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