Photos via Costa Rica's National Paralympic Committee.
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Published on Thursday, August 22, 2024
By the
A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Costa Rica Paralympic Team, made up of eight athletes, gets ready to represent the country in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which will take place in Paris, France, from August 28 to September 8, 2024. "Everything is ready," said Andrés Carvajal, Costa Rica's National Paralympic Committee chairman. "We are certain that the team will achieve outstanding results." The first athletes will be Pilar Riveros and Diego Quesada. They will compete in an archery match. The game will be held on Thursday, August 29, with Riveros participating at 5 a.m. and Quesada at 9 a.m. Costa Rica time. José Pablo Gil will be the next Tico to participate in wheelchair tennis on Friday, August 30th at 3 a.m. Costa Rica Time. Also on Friday, Camila Haase will represent the country in swimming competitions. She will contest in the 100-meter swim at 3:32 a.m. Costa Rica time. Andrés Molina will get his chance next. He will compete in taekwondo on Saturday, August 31 at 2 a.m. Costa Rica time.
Also on
Saturday, Paola Arana will take part in
distance shooting at 10 a.m. Costa Rica
time.
Then
it's time for Sherman
Güity, the world champion in the
Olympics race in Japan in 2020. He
will participate on Sunday, September
1 at noon (Costa Rica
time).
Ernesto
Fonseca rounds out the team for a tricycle
racing match on Tuesday, September
3 at
2:45 a.m. Costa Rica Time.
The
opening ceremony for the Paris 2024
Paralympic Games will take place on
Wednesday, August
28 at
noon (Costa Rica time), at the Place de
la Concorde and Champs Elysees Avenue,
with Pilar Riveros and Andrés Molina
carrying the Costa Rican flag.
The
Olympic Committee welcomes all Costa
Ricans to support the team by viewing the
competitions. Repretel Channel 6 and 11
will broadcast the Olympics across the
country.
All
the Paralympic events will be
held in
and around Paris, including the suburbs of
Saint-Denis and Versailles, &
Vaires-sur-Marne outside the city
environs.
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