Who is televising paralympics 2017

Over her 20 year career in swimming, Liz is a medallist across three Paralympic Games, including gold at Beijing Giles is a well known Paralympic swimmer and medallist for Great Britain across three Paralympic Games, before going on to become a sports commentator.

When does the Paralympics start? Tokyo dates, schedule, sports and how to watch on TV in the UK. Steve is a wheelchair rugby player and coach who captained Great Britain at the London Paralympics.

He is also known for his achievement as European Championship gold-medal winner. Amongst other gigs, he has reported on baseball, cycling and boxing. Jo is a retired British cyclist who has won gold medals in the London and Rio Paralympics. Ronald is an award-winning sports broadcaster with vast experience in live network television and radio.

Rob has extensive experience presenting sports including tennis, snooker, darts, boxing, football, sailing and athletics for the BBC, Channel 4, ITV and Setanta Sports. Dan is a wheelchair basketball commentator who has commentated at a number of international events.

Presenting at the London and Rio Paralympic Games, this will be his third time commentating at the games. Louise is a British wheelchair tennis player who competed in the London and Rio Paralympic Games. Peter is a British wheelchair tennis player, who has gone on to win gold medals at Athens and Beijing He has also won multiple grand slam titles.

Marc competed in five Paralympic swimming events, winning 12 medals, including gold in Sydney in Viewers will be right alongside Billy as he experiences the movement, freedom and liberation that are so central to Toyota and the world of Paralympic Sport.

Sophie Morgan sets out on a road-trip to road-test different ways of living life. And so, like many of us have, she has been thinking long and hard about what changes she wants to make to her life moving forward. Escape with Sophie as she seeks out inspiration and tests out alternative lifestyles, spending time with extraordinary people, in extraordinary places, on an epic road-trip across Britain, all the way from Cornwall to Scotland, on her specially modified three-wheeled motorbike.

In the lead up to the Tokyo Paralympic Games, five Paralympians and presenters, past and present, take it in turns to throw a dinner party. Jonnie Peacock, Kadeena Cox, Ellie Simmonds and Will Bayley will all sit down with Michael in studios on opposite sides of the Atlantic to discuss their lives, careers and attitudes. Michael Johnson won four Olympic Gold medals including an unforgettable double at his home Games in Atlanta in In September , he experienced a stroke that affected his left side and forced him to learn to walk again.

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We know that the outstanding performances of our athletes have a powerful impact on the British public and can shift perceptions of disability in society, helping to inspire a better world for disabled people. Kate Clayton, Paralympics Executive: kclayton channel4. Registered users only. Please note terms and conditions apply, and are accessible via the link at the bottom of the page.

By taking these embed codes you are agreeing to the terms and conditions. This clip is for promotional use only. Please credit Channel 4 and include transmission details. Press Search More. Images Listings Search the press site. The Tokyo Olympics may be over but the Paralympics are due to start on Tuesday, with sportspeople competing in events between 24 August and 5 September. Channel 4 will again be the home of Paralympic sport, a title it has held since London The channel will host more than 1, hours of coverage from Tokyo, Leeds and London.

More 4 will be a dedicated team-sports channel for the first time, showing wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby matches. The channels will also have more accessible content than ever before — per cent of C4 and M4 coverage will have subtitles plus over hours of streamed content. A full competition schedule can be found here. There are 23 sports total in the Games, with badminton and taekwondo appearing for the first time. Shooting returns to the Paralympic programme at Tokyo alongside two sports that made their debut in Rio: canoe and triathlon.

Wheelchair basketball looks set to see an exciting duel with Great Britain and Team USA — Rio bronze and gold medallists respectively — drawn against each other, while in wheelchair rugby , world number-three Japan starts its campaign for their first Paralympic title against current Paralympic champions Australia. How to watch Paralympics opening ceremony today: Start time, Channel 4 TV coverage and live stream of launch.

Two new sports have been added to the programme for Tokyo Para badminton and Para taekwondo , which will get underway on 1 and 2 September. New disciplines have been included too. Plus, Para rowing will use the same distance as their Olympic counterparts — 2,m. A former professional wheelchair basketball player, Adepitan has built up a career in TV, and is best known for his extensive experience presenting documentaries and the Children in Need charity fundraiser.

Balding has presented coverage of the Olympics since and hosted every Paralympics since Her broadcasting experience also includes documentaries and royal events. Former paralympic cyclist and ex-Royal Marine Williams won popularity after presenting a clip on wheelchair racing at the Paralympic Games, and was honoured by Bafta as a Breakthrough Brit.

He has also been commended for a series of documentaries. A TV broadcaster and disability advocate, Morgan presented at the Paralympics for Tokyo and in Rio , but is also known for presenting documentaries focused on current affairs and travel.