Must-watch events 

Para swimming
9:36am-9:54am: women’s 400m freestyle, S11 heats 
Blind twins Scarlett and Eliza Humphrey will make their Paralympics debuts in Paris. Representing ParalympicsGB in the S11 category for blind or nearly blind swimmers, they and their competitors will wear blacked-out goggles to ensure fairness. The pair made history in Madeira in June 2022 when they became the first twins to compete for Great Britain at the World Para Swimming Championships.

Para cycling track 
1:57pm-2:22pm: men’s 1,000m time trial, C4-5 final 
ParalympicsGB veteran Jody Cundy is Paris for his eighth Games and will compete in the C4-5 1,000m time trial, alongside British newcomers Blaine Hunt and Archie Atkinson. Cundy will look to add a 13th Paralympics medal to his impressive record medal haul in swimming and cycling events. However, the trio will face fierce competition from Spain’s Alfonso Cabello, who clinched gold and set a new world record at Tokyo 2020.

Para athletics
6:30pm-6:37pm: men’s 100m, T47 final
Brazil’s Petrucio Ferreira, an icon of Para sprinting, will hope to retain his world title at Paris 2024. The Paralympic Games features a range of 100m races, ensuring they are inclusive to athletes in all physical, vision and intellectual impairment classifications. Athletes competing in the T47 classification usually have an impairment or amputation below the wrist or elbow.

Brits to watch 

Maisie Summers-Newton
Since her international debut in 2018, Maisie Summers-Newton, 22, has won titles at all levels including the Paralympics, World, European, and Commonwealth events. At Tokyo 2020, she became a double Paralympics champion, winning in the SB6 100m breaststroke and SM6 200m individual medley finals. A force to be reckoned with, Summers-Newton will hope to build on her successes at her second Paralympic Games. 

Classification to understand

Para swimming 
Swimming classifications are split into three categories. ‘S’ (swimming) includes butterfly, backstroke and crawl; ‘SB’ for swimming breaststroke; and ‘SM’ (swimming multi) includes multi-swimming events. 

The number that follows these letters correspond to the athlete’s physical or visual impairments. S1 to S10, SB1 to SB9, and SM1 to SM10 correspond to physical impairments while S, SB, and SM11 to 13 relate to visual impairments. 

The greater the number, the less severe the athlete’s limitations.