Let the games begin again.
The Paralympic Games opened Wednesday as some 4,400 athletes with disabilities, permanent injuries or impairments prepare to compete for 549 medals across 22 sports over 11 days in Paris.
Check out the photos below.
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Korban Best of the U.S. reacts after finishing second in the 100 m T47 final during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Mady Mertens)
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Archer Sheetal Devi from India prepares to fire during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Scheyer)
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Ricardo Ten Argiles, from Spain, shows his bronze medal after the Men’s C1 3000m individual pursuit final, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Daniel Michel of Australia competes with Karabo Morapedi of South Africa during the Men’s Individual preliminary round Boccia game at the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Paralympic athlete Ugo Didier, of France, celebrates after winning the Men’s 400 Freestyle -S9, during the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Paralympic athlete Zia Zhou, of China, wins the Women’s 100m -T35 final, at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Italy’s Luca Arca returns the ball to Israel’s Adam Berdichevsky during their 2024 Paralympics men’s Wheelchair singles tennis tournament first round match at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris, France, Friday Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Belgium’s Maxime Carabin leads the men’s 400m T52 race at the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Canada Colin Higgins attempts to block France’s Robert Hedges shot during their preliminary round men’s wheelchair basketball match during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Canada won the game 83-68. (AP Photo/Avni Trivedi)
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Jessica Long from the U.S., top, competes in the women’s 100 m backstroke swimming competition during the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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An Ottobock employee works in the Ottobock repair center at the Paralympic Village in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Tom Nouvian)
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Jessica Long from the U.S., right, and Britain’s Alice Tai greet each other after the women’s 100 m backstroke swimming competition during the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Mallory Weggemann from the U.S. celebrates after winning the women’s 200 m. individual medley swimming competition at the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Athletes take part at Men’s 5000m — T13 final at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Paralympic athletes compete at Women’s 5000m — T54 final at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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From left, U.S. wheelchair rugby players Sarah Adam, Brad Hudspeth and Clayton Brackett cheer on their team from the sidelines as they beat Germany, 57-47, during the Paralympic Games in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Mady Mertens)
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Chuck Aoki from the U.S. keeps the ball away from Germany’s Josco Wilke and Marco Herbst during their wheelchair rugby match at the Paralympic Games in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. Team USA won 57-47. (AP Photo/Mady Mertens)
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Aleksandr Iaremchuk, of NPA team, celebrates after winning at Men’s 1500m — T46 final at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Beatriz Hatz, of the U.S., competes at Women’s Long Jump -T64 final at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Beatriz Hatz, of the U.S., reacts at Women’s Long Jump -T64 final at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Marlene van Gansewinkel, of the Netherlands, competes at Women’s Long Jump -T64 final at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Paris, France. She won the silver medal. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Paralympic athlete Araujo dos Santos, of Brazil, greets sticking out his tongue during a warm-up session before heats swimming series at the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Vittoria Bianco, of Italy, leaves the pool after warming up, ahead of a heats swimming series at the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Jayci Simon, 19, left, and Miles Krajewski, 19, from the U.S., compete in their first doubles badminton match in the SH6 classification at Porte La Chapelle Arena during the Paralympic Games, on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Samantha Hurley)
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