The Paris hosts had to use hand held microphones to cut back on the background noise of heavy rain.
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PARIS 2024 PARALYMPIC GAMES
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Get ready for an enjoyable ride when Scooter Patterson leads the way on a big Day 4 of Para Swimming at the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games, available live and free on the 9Network and 9Now.
A lovable larrikin, Patterson will be joined in the pool by Paris 2024 medal winners Tom Gallagher and Rowan Crothers, plus Ahmed Kelly and Poppy Wilson before the Mixed 4x100 S14 Relay final.
After making her debut at Sydney 2000, Angie Ballard will chase her breakthrough gold medal to add to her collection of eight Paralympic medals, when the Australian team co-captain takes on the Women’s 800m T53 Final.
The Para Triathlon kicks off the coverage from 4.00pm AEST, on a day that features The Rollers vs Team USA in the Men’s Wheelchair Basketball from 6.30pm (available to stream on 9Now). Plus the Finals of the Para Cycling Track, Wheelchair Rugby and Boccia.
All the Live action is available on a curated Paralympics channel across Channel 9HD and 9GemHD, with every moment streamed on 9Now, where you can also stay up to date with Daily Highlights, Daily Top 10 Moments, and curated highlights for Team Australia, Para Swimming and Para Athletics.
DAY 4 SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS ACROSS CHANNEL 9HD, 9GEMHD AND 9NOW
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Good timing for the Gold medal last night.
DAY 5 SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
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Ahmed Kelly, Madison de Rozario and the Gold medal game for Wheelchair Rugby will make for a triple treat of action on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games, available live and free on the 9Network and 9Now.
Para Triathlon will begin coverage from 4.00pm AEST on 9GemHD, before Aussie smiling assassin Ahmed Kelly dives in for the Men’s backstroke S3 on a busy day of Para Swimming.
An orphan from Iraq, Kelly was born with underdeveloped limbs after being exposed to chemical weapons, his incredible life journey sees him now competing in his fourth Paralympics, where he is out to win his maiden gold medal, after securing silver at Tokyo 2020.
In the Para Athletics, Madison de Rozario begins her tilt at the Women’s 1500m T54 and Michael Burian will compete in the final of the Men’s Javelin Throw F64.
Wheelchair Rugby reaches its crescendo when the gold and bronze medal games take place on a day that includes Aussie representation in Para Archery, Shooting and Boccia.
All the Live action is available on a curated Paralympics channel across Channel 9HD and 9GemHD, with every moment streamed on 9Now, where you can also stay up to date with Daily Highlights, Daily Top 10 Moments, and curated highlights for Team Australia, Para Swimming and Para Athletics.
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DAY 6 SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
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There’s Aussie action aplenty on Day 6 when The Rollers begin their finals campaign in the Men’s Wheelchair basketball amongst a frenzy of Para Swimming and Athletics finals at the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games.
Para Swimming features gold medal threats when Opening Ceremony flag bearer Brenden Hall and Tim Hodge tackle the 100m backstroke S9, and Rachael Watson in the 100m S3 Freestyle.
Jarryd Clifford has the opportunity to overcome a heartbreaking disqualification from a bronze medal on Day 3, when the vision impaired runner lines up for the Men’s 1500m T13 Final when Para Athletics is live and free from 6.00pm AEST on 9GemHD.
Boccia duo Jamieson Leeson and Daniel Michel, who have already made history in Paris by becoming the most successful individual Boccia representatives for Australia’s Paralympic team, will team up in the mixed pairs in search for more medals.
It’s Quarter finals time for The Rollers in the Men’s Wheelchair Basketball, plus Natalie Smith gets her shot at glory in the 50m SH1 Final of the Para Sports Shooting, and Para Archery features Amanda Jennings in the Women’s Individual Recurve Open.
Watch the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Live on a curated channel across Channel 9HD and 9GemHD, with every moment streamed on 9Now, where you can also stay up to date with Daily Highlights, Daily Top 10 Moments, and curated highlights for Team Australia, Para Swimming and Para Athletics.
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Ellie Cole has been brilliant as a host. Blake Cochrane you can tell it is his first attempt at TV - can be a bit over the place from time to time.
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I’ve recently been tuning into the coverage and wondering why isn’t Nine using a studio in Paris? Has the IPC not provided studio facilities to broadcasters in Paris?
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There are studios available (Channel 4 for example is using a few), I guess Nine didn’t want to pay for a space. Personally, I think the overnight set-up in the Mob Hotel, albeit a bit cheap looking, is actually pretty decent and gives a better vibe of being on the ground than in a small studio in Paris.
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The X 4x100M Medley just crashed and restarted the recording 
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DAY 7 SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
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It’s time to hit the road on Day 7 of the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games, when the Para Cycling Individual Road Time Trial heads up a packed day of action on the 9Network and 9Now.
Having already secured gold medals in Para Triathlon and Track Cycling respectively, Lauren Parker and Emily Petricola will head up the Aussie attack on the Individual Road Race. Seven Aussies will compete, including the flying mullet of Alistair Donohue, plus Darren Hicks, who is out to defend his Tokyo 2020 C2 gold medal.
Bringing plenty of flair with his brightly coloured hair is Taymon Kenton-Smith when the Men’s Individual Recurve kicks off in the Para Archery.
It’s personality plus in the pool, with the two Patterson’s, Scooter and Lucky, mixed with the infectious energy of Alexa Leary.
Scooter is chasing his maiden Paralympic gold medal in the 50m breaststroke SB2, while Alexa Leary and Lakeisha “Lucky” Patterson feature in the Women’s 100m Freestyle S9, rounding out a night where Aussies feature in eight separate Para Swimming events.
In the Para Athletics schedule, Sarah Clifton-Bligh and Rosemary Little will take on the final of the Women’s Shot Put F32.
Watch the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Live on a curated channel across Channel 9HD and 9GemHD, with every moment streamed on 9Now, where you can also stay up to date with Daily Highlights, Daily Top 10 Moments, and curated highlights for Team Australia, Para Swimming and Para Athletics.
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DAY 8 SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
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Australia’s race up the medal table is giving gold vibes on Day 8 of the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games, live and free on the 9Network and 9Now.
Lauren Parker is back for her third Paralympic event, this time the Road Race H1-4, Para Swimming 200m Individual Medley world record holder Tim Hodge charges into his pet event, and leaping her way into the Para Athletics action is defending T63 Long Jump gold medallist Vanessa Low.
The gold medal matches of the Quad Singles Wheelchair Tennis and the Wheelchair Basketball semi-finals make for an interesting day of action.
Watch the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Live on a curated channel across Channel 9HD and 9GemHD, with every moment streamed on 9Now, where you can also stay up to date with Daily Highlights, Daily Top 10 Moments, and curated highlights for Team Australia, Para Swimming and Para Athletics.
Day 8 Athletes in Focus:
Vanessa Low, Women’s Long Jump T36
When Vanessa was 15, she accidentally stumbled from an overcrowded platform and into the path of an oncoming train. She lost her left leg above the knee and right leg through the knee, and sustained head and back injuries and multiple broken bones. Vanessa spent the next six months in hospital, and by the time she was discharged, her muscles had wasted away and she weighed just 45kgs.
Four years on from her accident she made her international debut in 2009, becoming a two-time Paralympian for Germany before she started representing Australia in 2019. She is a two time Paralympic gold medallist and the reigning world record holder in the women’s long jump T61. She is based in Canberra.
Jessy Chen, Men’s Singles Class 3, Para Table Tennis Finals
Jessy (Junjian) Chen has not only found solace through sport but has quickly risen through the ranks to become one of the best Para Table Tennis players in the Oceania region.
Originally from southern China, Jessy moved to the Solomon Islands with his family in 2006 as a teen. Shortly after their arrival racial tensions escalated and many Chinese-owned businesses were attacked, Jessy’s family being one of them.
He was struck with a machete, suffered massive blood loss and a heart attack. Jessy was airlifted to Australia and diagnosed a quadriplegic. Jessy was in hospital for over a year, followed by a three-month stint at the Royal Rehabilitation Centre where he had to learn to move again while learning to speak English.
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DAY 9 SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
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Australia’s Paris 2024 team co-captain, Curtis McGrath, will make his way onto the water to get his double gold medal defence underway on Day 9 of the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games, live and free on the 9Network and 9Now.
McGrath gets his campaign underway in the heats of the Para Canoe and joining him in the water is a stacked schedule of Para Swimming featuring 12 Australians. Rachael Watson is going for three 50m freestyle gold medals in a row, while Tom Gallagher is on the hunt for his second victory at Paris 2024.
On the track, freshly crowned 400m T36 gold medallist James Turner will turn his focus to the 100m in the Para Athletics.
And after raking in four medals in the Road time trials, our Para Cycling team will take on the Road Race straight off the top of the coverage at 5.30pm AEST on 9GemHD. Meg Lemon, Alana Forster and “The Flying Mullet” Alistair Donohue are all eager to go one better than their silver medals from the Time Trial.
Watch the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Live on a curated channel across Channel 9HD and 9GemHD, with every moment streamed on 9Now, where you can also stay up to date with Daily Highlights, Daily Top 10 Moments, and curated highlights for Team Australia, Para Swimming and Para Athletics
Day 9 Athlete in Focus: Telaya Balcksmith , Women’s Long Jump T20 Final
Telaya Blacksmith has bold ambitions to achieve big things in sport. She is a Walpiri woman originally from Lajamanu in the Northern Territory and currently lives in Sydney, where she is honing her skills as a runner and is also a promising footballer with the Sydney Swans AFL Academy.
Telaya secured selection to the Australian Paralympic Team for Paris 2024. She holds Australian age records in the 100m, 200m and long jump, but is a 400m runner at the international level and fittingly, her idol growing up was the great Cathy Freeman.
Blacksmith’s intellectual disability meets Paralympic criteria for significant limitations in adaptive behaviour.
When asked to describe herself in one sentence, Telaya said: “A fast, friendly girl from the NT ready to show the world what I’ve got. I represent my family every time I race and know that I am an inspiration for other young Aboriginal kids.”
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DAY 10 SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
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The Aussie 1-2 punch of Curtis McGrath and James Turner will headline Day 10 of the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games, live and free on the 9Network and 9Now.
More medals are in grasp when McGrath chases gold in the finals of the Para Canoe KL2 class, and after conquering the 400m in world record time, James Turner is all set to jet in the 100m final.
Alexa Leary will bring her golden vibes in the pool for the mixed 4x100m relay, and the always entertaining Scooter Patterson is joined by our best men’s and women’s individual medley swimmers, when they take on their respective 200m events.
Aussies will also compete in the Para Cycling Road Race, Para Equestrian, Table Tennis and Para Judo alongside the Men’s finals of the Wheelchair Basketball and Blind Football, on the penultimate day of competition in Paris.
And after raking in four medals in the Road time trials, our Para Cycling team will take on the Road Race straight off the top of the coverage at 5.30pm AEST on 9GemHD. Meg Lemon, Alana Forster and “The Flying Mullet” Alistair Donohue are all eager to go one better than their silver medals from the Time Trial.
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Day 9 Athlete in Focus: Lin Ma , Para Table Tennis
Lin Ma has only his left arm after his right arm was amputated when he was five following a terrible accident at a zoo involving a bear. He started playing table tennis competitively about 10 years later and within three years of that, had become the gold medallist in singles and teams at the World Para Championships. Success continued at the 2008 Games in Beijing and far beyond.
Lin moved to Melbourne after the Rio Games, and registered with Table Tennis Australia. He won two silver medals in Tokyo and wants to add to his collection of 4 gold medals in Paris, with his first representing Australia. He calls Melbourne home.
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