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Summer sports fever is far from over, with the 2024 Paris Paralympics kicking off on Wednesday
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Unlike last month's Olympic opening ceremony, there was no flotilla down the river saying
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Instead, the ceremony was staged down the Champsolise and at Place de la Concorde
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with Great Britain flag bearers Terry Bywater and Lucy Schuquer leading out our team
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The Paralympics promises 11 days of sporting drama from the pool to the track to the tennis court
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So how many medals are British athletes likely to win? According to UK Sport, Paralympics GB are predicted to win between 100 and 140 medals across the whole games
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UK Sport had also predicted Team GB to win between 50 and 70 medals at the 2024 Olympics, pretty on the mark when you look at the 65 medals they ended up with
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The UK's high-performance sport agency also expects the Paralympics GB team to finish in the top five of the medal table
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They've never been outside the top five positions of the medal table since the inaugural games in Rome in 1960
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And Paralympics GB has been a top three nation since the National Lottery funding was introduced ahead of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games
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At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, GB won medals across 18 sports and finished second behind China in the medal table with 12 medals overall, including 41 golds
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GB also won Paralympic gold medals in 12 different sports, which is more than any other nation
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Over the course of the Paris cycle, UK sports says it invested Ā£315 million of government and national
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National Lottery funds across 53 Olympic and Paralympic sports. A further Ā£70 million was channeled directly to 1,100 athletes in the form of athlete performance awards
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Hopefully that investment will pay off as our athletes go head to head over the next fortnight
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For a full rundown of the events to watch, head to cityam.com and let us know which sport you're most excited to see by leaving a comment
