Photos show the biggest moments of the 2024 Paralympics

Talia LakritzSep 13, 2024, 22:10 IST

Beatriz Hatz of Team USA.Michael Steele/Getty Images<ul class="summary-list"><li>The 2024 Paralympic Games were held from August 28 to September 8.</li><li>Getty Images photographers shared their best photos of memorable moments from the competition.</li></ul>From August 28 to September 8, 4,400 athletes from around the world gathered in Paris to compete in the 2024 <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blake-haxton-post-paralympic-depression-office-job-dreams-2024-9">Paralympic Games</a>.As Paralympians swam, ran, jumped, rowed, and cycled their way to victory, <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/paris-olympics-best-photos-biggest-moments-2024-8">Getty Images photographers</a> captured memorable moments along the way. In an email to Business Insider, Getty Images photographers shared the stories behind some of their most iconic images.Here are the biggest moments from the 2024 Paralympic Games in photos.

Adam Pretty used an underwater robotic camera to photograph Debora and Beatriz Borges Carneiro, who are sisters, swimming for Brazil.

Debora and Beatriz Borges Carneiro of Brazil.Adam Pretty/Getty Images

Ezra Shaw photographed Australia's Vanessa Low landing in the sand after her gold-medal-winning long jump.

Vanessa Low of Australia.Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Alex Slitz placed his camera on the ground to photograph Daniel Romanchuk of Team USA in the men's 800-meter track race.

Daniel Romanchuk of Team USA.Alex Slitz/Getty Images

Hiromi Endo of Japan celebrated her bronze medal in boccia, a Paralympic sport, in a photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos.

Hiromi Endo of Japan.Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

David Ramos described the Paralympic fencing team final match as "electric."

Gang Sun of China and Piers Gilliver of Great Britain.David Ramos/Getty Images

Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo of Brazil showed off his personality after winning gold in the men's 100-meter backstroke.

Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo of Brazil.Adam Pretty/Getty Images

Andy Lyons photographed a men's judo bronze-medal match between Ukraine and South Korea.

Davyd Khorava of Ukraine and Minjae Lee of South Korea.Andy Lyons/Getty Images

Shaw photographed Namibian runner Ananias Shikongo in sync with his guide during the men's 100-meter event.

Ananias Shikongo of Namibia and his guide, Even Tjiuiju.Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Dean Mouhtaropoulos framed his photo of German shooter Natascha Hiltrop with the Paris 2024 logo in the background.

Natascha Hiltrop of Germany.Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

Pretty captured "the moment of serenity before the action of the race started" at the men's 200-meter individual medley.

Paralympic swimmers in the men's 200-meter individual medley.Adam Pretty/Getty Images

Naomi Baker said she enjoyed photographing David Smith of Great Britain competing in boccia with a patriotic hairstyle.

David Smith of Great Britain.Naomi Baker/Getty Images

All three medalists in the women's 100-meter sprint celebrated together on the podium in this photo taken by Alex Davidson.

Brittni Mason of Team USA, Kiara Rodriguez of Ecuador, and Anna Grimaldi of New Zealand.Alex Davidson/Getty Images

Ramos took a photo of Luoyao Guo, a wheelchair tennis player from China, that also highlighted her wheelchair's tracks on the court.

Luoyao Guo of China.David Ramos/Getty Images

Shaw captured Wagner Astacio of the Dominican Republic mid-leap in the men's high-jump final.

Wagner Astacio of the Dominican Republic.Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Sawsen Ben Mbarek's intense concentration was evident during the women's shot-put final, photographed by Baker.

Sawsen Ben Mbarek of Tunisia.Naomi Baker/Getty Images

Baker also photographed German and Canadian players competing in a preliminary men's wheelchair basketball match.

Aliaksandr Halouski of Germany.Naomi Baker/Getty Images

Steph Chambers said rain added a "whole new dynamic" to the archery competition as the bows and arrows flicked water with each shot.

Mariana Zuniga of Chile.Steph Chambers/Getty Images

Elsa's photo of sitting volleyball showed members of Team Canada and Team Rwanda fighting for the ball.

Team Canada and Team Rwanda.Elsa/Getty Images

Chambers captured a fencing mishap during the men's sabre competition between Germany and Great Britain.

Maurice Schmidt of Germany.Steph Chambers/Getty Images

Baker said that this image of New Zealand's Anna Grimaldi was one of her favorite images from the Paralympics.

Anna Grimaldi of New Zealand.Naomi Baker/Getty Images

Michael Steele's photo showed an enthusiastic French crowd celebrating Antoine Praud's bronze medal in the men's 1500-meter final.

Antoine Praud of France.Michael Steele/Getty Images

Evan Austin emerged from the water with a splash during the men's 200-meter individual medley photographed by Sean M. Haffey.

Evan Austin of Team USA.Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

Ramos described photographing men's cycling as "a very intense experience."

Bryan Larsen of Team USA.David Ramos/Getty Images

Ramos was "amazed" by how fast and intense wheelchair rugby is and said he was lucky to even get a shot of two players with the ball.

Men's wheelchair rugby players.David Ramos/Getty Images

Haffey photographed Tully Kearney of Great Britain swimming her way to gold in the women's 100-meter freestyle.

Tully Kearney of Great Britain.Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

Jack Shephard of Great Britain dove to the ground in a badminton match against China as Mouhtaropoulos snapped photos.

Jack Shephard of Great Britain.Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

Pretty used a fast shutter speed to capture Yuyan Jiang of China and Ellie Marks of Team USA locked in a race for first.

Yuyan Jiang of China and Ellie Marks of Team USA.Adam Pretty/Getty Images

Photographer Graham Denholm noted Aida Husic Dahlen's "intensity and ferocity" during the women's table tennis doubles semifinal.

Aida Husic Dahlen of Norway.Graham Denholm/Getty Images for IPC

Elsa's photo of Australia's Paralympic cycling team shows their reflections in the glass of the stadium.

Gordon Allan, Alistair Donohoe, and Korey Boddington of Australia.Elsa/Getty Images

Shaw photographed Team USA's Roderick Townsend celebrating his gold medal in the men's high jump final with a memorable hairstyle.

Roderick Townsend of Team USA.Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Ramos said he was "completely captivated" while photographing a blind football match between Argentina and Colombia.

Players from Argentina and Colombia competed in blind football at the Paralympics.David Ramos/Getty Images

Steele photographed Beatriz Hatz of Team USA as she won bronze in the women's long jump.

Beatriz Hatz of Team USA.Michael Steele/Getty Images

Chambers captured Zakia Khudadadi's elation as she became the first Refugee Paralympic Team medalist in the history of the Games.

Zakia Khudadadi of the Refugee Paralympic team.Steph Chambers/Getty Images

Pretty tried a new photography style while documenting the women's 100-meter butterfly race.

Carlotta Gilli of Italy.Adam Pretty/Getty Images

Some Getty Images photos of major Paralympic events were projected onto buildings throughout Paris during the Games.

A photo of Jincheng Guo, a swimmer from China, was projected onto Paris La Defense Arena as part of a Getty Images project called Parisienne Projections.Alex Davidson/Getty Images

Another Parisienne Projections display showed a photo of France's Aurelie Aubert winning a gold medal in women's individual boccia.

A photo of Aurelie Aubert of France was displayed as part of Parisienne Projections.David Ramos/Getty Images

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