Behind the Scenes Views of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony

Photo Courtesy: Rio 2016

Tonight the flame was lit and the 2016 Paralympic Games officially began. Swimming starts tomorrow morning. Prelims will be held at 9:30 am and finals will start at 5:30 pm, in local Rio de Janeiro time. Swimming will continue until September 17.

Check out some of the views from tonight’s Ceremony and look at the schedule for the first morning of prelims below!

The #ParalympicFlame is lit! Let the #Rio2016 #Paralympics begin! pic.twitter.com/4Q8LcpXXXy

— U.S. Paralympics Swimming (@USParaSwimming) September 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/Rio2016_en/status/773684961006198784

https://twitter.com/Rio2016_en/status/773678430311309312

https://twitter.com/Rio2016_en/status/773655100577288192

USA, USA, USA! 🇺🇸

Here comes #TeamUSA at the #OpeningCeremony!

Watch LIVE 💻: https://t.co/UOwQB3tfMj pic.twitter.com/cuhAfgvyXZ

— Team USA (@TeamUSA) September 7, 2016

https://twitter.com/Rio2016_en/status/773641578170707968

https://twitter.com/olympicchannel/status/773688251706204160

Tomorrow Morning’s Schedule of Events:

Men’s 100m Backstroke S6
Women’s 100m Backstroke S6
Women’s 400m Freestyle S8
Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB9
Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB9
Men’s 100m Freestyle S4
Women’s 100m Freestyle S3
Men’s 100m Backstroke S14
Women’s 100m Backstroke S14
Men’s 100m Butterfly S13
Women’s 100m Butterfly S13
Men’s 200m Freestyle S5
Women’s 200m Freestyle S5
Men’s 100m Backstroke S7
Women’s 100m Backstroke S7

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VANESSA ANN Merriman

9 years ago

i like thr paraympic games more then oymoic games