Colombia will have its largest delegation in history at the 17th Paralympic Games. On this occasion, 78 Colombian athletes will participate in 12 disciplines, with the aim of surpassing the performance achieved in Tokyo 2020.
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From Wednesday, August 28 to Sunday, September 8, Paris will host the seventeenth Paralympic Games. On this occasion, 78 Colombian athletes will participate in 12 disciplines, with the aim of surpassing the performance achieved in Tokyo 2020.
The City of Lights (as Paris, the capital of France, is known) will host the international event for the first time in its history.
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The Colombian delegation will seek a record participation in Paris 2024, with 78 athletes, 47 men and 31 women. Led by athletics and swimming, Colombia will be present in ten disciplines and will debut in blind football, shooting and triathlon.
The team will seek to surpass the record of Tokyo 2020, where they obtained 24 medals: three gold, seven silver and 14 bronze.
Among them are swimmers Carlos Daniel Serrano and Nelson Crispín, the country’s top Paralympic medal winners.
The delegation’s standard-bearers are multiple world and Olympic medallist Carlos Daniel Serrano (swimmer) and cyclist Paola Andrea Ossa.
Below is a calendar with the schedules for Colombians for the next few days, according to the calendar available on the event’s official website.
Although the dates of participation of a large part of the delegation are already known, there are still disciplines that do not have a definitive schedule, so the exact competition schedule cannot be confirmed.
Programming of the Paralympic Games
Thursday, August 29
For swimming:
- Starting at 2:30 am: Mariana Guerrero and María Paula Barrera, in the 50-meter freestyle, and Miguel Rincón and Kevin Moreno, in the 200-meter freestyle event.
For cycling:
- From 5:55 am: Daniela Carolina Munevar in the women’s individual pursuit qualifying event.
Boccia:
- Starting at 5:50 am: Leidy Chica Chica.
- 7:00 am: Jesus Romero.
- 10:00 am: Euclides Grisales and Edilson Chica Chica.
For archery:
- From 6:00 am: Hector Ramirez.
- 10:00 am: Monica Daza.
Friday, August 30th
- For swimming:
- 2:48 am: Daniel Felipe Rendón and Nelson Crispín in the 200-meter medley.
- 4:10 am: Carlos Daniel Serrano in the 100 meter breaststroke.
For athletics:
- 3:00 am: Erica Castaño in discus throw, medal event.
- 3:39 am: Mayerli Buitrago in shot put, medal event.
- 4:14 am: Angie Pabón, Ionis Salcedo in the 400 meters.
- 5:09 am: José Gregorio Lemos and Luis Fernando Lucumí in javelin throw, medal event.
- Starting at 5:30: Andrés Malambo and Luis Fernando Lara in 100 meters.
Boccia:
- 3:30 am: Edilson Chica Chica and Euclides Grisales.
- 10:00 am: Leidy Girl Girl.
- 2:40 pm: Jesus Romero.
- Wheelchair tennis:
- 5:00 am: Maria Angelica Bernal and Zuleinny Rodriguez in women’s doubles.
Saturday, August 31st
For swimming:
- 2:30 am: Daniel Giraldo in 100 meter breaststroke.
- 2:45 am: Juan Esteban García in 200 meters freestyle.
- 3:15 am: Laura Carolina González in 100 meter backstroke.
- 4:15 am: Carlos Daniel Serrano in 200 meter medley.
- 4:26 am: Sara Vargas and Zharith Rodríguez in the 200 meter medley.
- 4:38 am: Brayan Triana in 50 meters freestyle.
Boccia:
- 4:40 am: Euclides Grisales and Edilson Chica Chica.
- 10:00 am: Jesus Romero.
Sunday, September 1st
For swimming:
- 2:30 am: Nelson Crispín and Daniel Rendón in 100 meters breaststroke.
- 2:45 am: María Paula Barrera in the 100-meter freestyle.
- 3:03 am: Laura Carolina González in 200 meter medley.
For sport shooting:
- 2:30 am: Maria Teresa Restrepo.
Football for the blind:
- 4:30 am: Colombia vs. Japan for the first round of Group B.
Monday, September 2nd
For swimming:
- 4:04 am: Miguel Angel Rincon in 100 meters breaststroke.
- 4:15 am: Gabriela Oviedo in 100 meters breaststroke.
Football for the blind:
- 4:30 am: Colombia vs. Argentina.
Tuesday, September 3rd
For swimming:
- 3:08 am: Nelson Crispín in 50 meters butterfly.
- 3:15 am: Mariana Guerrero in 50 meters butterfly.
- 3:21 am: Kevin Moreno in 50 meter backstroke.
- 3:30 am: Gabriela Oviedo in 50 meter backstroke.
- 4:33 am: Maria Paula Barrera in 100 meters butterfly.
- 10:30 am: Brayan Mauricio Triana in the 200 meter medley, (medal race).
Football for the blind:
4:30 am: Colombia vs. Morocco.
Wednesday, September 4th
For swimming:
- 2:30 am: Daniel Giraldo in the 100-meter freestyle.
- 3:57 am: Carlos Daniel Serrano in the 50-meter freestyle.
- 4:04 am: Sara Vargas in the 100-meter freestyle.
Thursday, September 5th
For swimming:
- 2:30 am: Gisell Prada in 100 meter breaststroke.
- 2:45 am: Nelson Crispín and David Rendón in 100 meters freestyle.
- 2:54 am: Maria Paula Barrera in 400 meters freestyle.
- 3:09 am: Leider Lemus and Brayan Triana in the 100 meter breaststroke.
For sport shooting:
2:30 am: Maria Teresa Restrepo in 50 meter rifle.
Friday, September 6:
For swimming:
- 3:16 am: Laura Carolina González in 100 meters butterfly.
- 3:25 am: Carlos Daniel Serrano in 50 meters butterfly.
- 3:31 am: Sara Vargas and Zharith Rodríguez in the 50 meter butterfly.
- 3:47 am: Daniel Giraldo 100 meters butterfly.
- 4:20 am: Gabriela Oviedo in 200 meters medley
Other sports at the Paralympic Games
So far, these are the schedules known for the Colombian competitions, however, these are the dates of the other competitions.
For powerlifting: from September 4th to September 8th.
For archery: the qualifying rounds will take place between 29 and 30 August and the medal events from 5 to 8 September.
Triathlon: events on September 1 and 2.
Cycling: from August 29 to September 7.
