Paralympics opening ceremony which channel

Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Rob Walker are on commentating duty. Channel 4 will be showing live coverage across 16 live streams throughout the 12 days of the Games.

They were brought together to create a single flame at an event in Tokyo on 20 August. A full competition schedule can be found here. There are 23 sports in total in the Games, with badminton and taekwondo appearing for the first time. Shooting returns to the Paralympic programme at Tokyo alongside two sports that made their debut in Rio: canoe and triathlon.

Wheelchair basketball looks set to see an exciting duel, with Great Britain and Team USA — Rio bronze and gold medallists respectively — drawn against each other. In wheelchair rugby , world number three Japan start a campaign for their first Paralympic title against current Paralympic champions Australia.

Not many might have been expecting its Olympic TV ratings would have climbed higher than that for Day One of the competition. In total, 2. Related Items: Paralympics , Tokyo Olympics.

Click for more. The organisers will also have an overriding message, which will likely include elements of peace, inclusivity and harmony. There will be almost two weeks of thrilling action from Tuesday, 24 August through to Sunday, 5 September. The opening ceremony takes place on Tuesday, 24 August, at the Japan National Stadium, also known at the Olympic Stadium, which has a 68, capacity.

The closing ceremony will also take place there on 5 September. Just like the Tokyo Olympics, fans will not have to be up very early for this one with the ceremony starting at midday BST , with it taking up to four hours to finish.

Channel 4 are the rights holders for the Paralympic Games and will be show the opening ceremony.