Paris Paralympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live

The Paris Games will represent a turning point for the Paralympic movement, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons said on the eve of the opening ceremony.

More than 2 million tickets had been sold ahead of the August. 28 start of the Paralympics, which will run until September. 8.

"The paralympic movement has become more relevant than ever," Parsons said on Tuesday.

"But it's also because of the ambition of the Paris 2024 organising committee. In many areas, they are innovative and we're part of that. I think there will be a before Paris and after Paris for the paralympic movement."

More than a month after the opening ceremony of the Olympics on the Seine, the Paralympic Games' opening event will also take place outside a stadium, this time on the Champs-Elysees and Place de la Concorde.

"To us, it's like the city of Paris is giving this gigantic hug to our athletes, embracing the Paralympic movement," said Parsons, who was elected IPC president in 2017.

"This is very special because it's like: 'Look, we talk about 4,400 athletes with disability, but you're part of what we are as a city, because we are a diverse city.'

"After the Olympics and seeing what has happened here, we can't wait for the opening ceremony. It was incredible. People just happy and proud, and this is what we want to see during the Paralympics.

"From the feedback we are getting, (we think) it will happen (again)."