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Here's a preview of the 2028 Paralympic Games schedule
Matt Stutzman of Team USA competes in the para archery men's quarterfinal in Paris.
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It's 1,000 days out until the Paralympic Games come to Los Angeles, and organizers have released a preview of the competition schedule.
The opening ceremony for the Games will take place at SoFi Stadium on Aug. 15, and the closing ceremony will be at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on Aug. 27. That's according to a first look published by private Olympic organizing committee LA28 on its website, which lays out the days for which each sporting event is tentatively scheduled.
It's the third time L.A. is hosting the Olympics, but the city's first Paralympic Games. Athletes will compete in 23 sports across a span of about two weeks. The Paralympics will follow the Olympic Games, which will take place in July.
The Paralympic schedule provides a sketch of the excitement ahead for the summer of 2028.
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First aspiring spectators must register online, then later in 2026 there will be a series of drawings.
The day after the Opening Ceremony, the first medals will be awarded for para athletics, wheelchair fencing, shooting para sport, para equestrian and para cycling track. Wheelchair rugby and boccia competition will start before the Games officially begin, starting a couple days ahead of the opening ceremony.
Blind football, wheelchair football, sitting volleyball and more sports will close out the summer of Olympic competition in Los Angeles, ahead of the closing ceremony.
The Los Angeles Paralympics also will welcome a new sport to the games: para climbing.
You can find the first look at the Paralympic schedule here. A more detailed schedule will come out next year.
Here’s a look at the Olympic schedule.
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