Construction workers operate on the Place de la Concorde Paralympic site in Paris, on August 21, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Dimitar Dilkoff, AFP

Construction workers operate on the Place de la Concorde Paralympic site in Paris, on August 21, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. - The Place de la Concorde will be hosting the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games opening ceremony on August 28, 2024. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1724603786862AFP__20240821__36EH2NC__v4__Preview__TopshotFranceOlyParis2024ParalympicsVenue.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Construction workers operate on the Place de la Concorde Paralympic site in Paris, on August 21, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Dimitar Dilkoff, AFP"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Construction workers operate on the Place de la Concorde Paralympic site in Paris, on August 21, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. <em>Dimitar Dilkoff, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>PARIS, France -- Hong Kong-born martial arts actor Jackie Chan was named on Sunday as one of the torchbearers in the lead-up to the opening ceremony of the Paralympics in Paris.</p><p>The 70-year-old, known for his stunts and acrobatic fight scenes, will carry the flame on Wednesday afternoon in the French capital just hours before the opening ceremony, the organizing committee announced.</p><p>French actress Elsa Zylberstein, and dancer/choreographer Benjamin Millepied will also take part in the torch relay.</p><p>As with the Olympic opening ceremony, Wednesday&#x27;s event will take place beyond the confines of the Stade de France, with a parade down the Champs-Elysees to the Place de la Concorde in central Paris.</p><p>The flame, which was lit on Saturday in Stoke Mandeville in the UK, the historic birthplace of the Paralympic Games, arrived in France via the Channel Tunnel on Sunday, carried by wheelchair fencing medalist Emmanuelle Assmann.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/25/gawilan-bantiloc-to-carry-ph-flag-at-paralympics-opening-1852">READ: Gawilan, Bantiloc to carry PH flag at Paralympics opening</a></div><p>&quot;It&#x27;s all about inscribing sport in the hearts of people with disabilities,&quot; said French sports minister Amelie Oudea-Castera who was on hand to welcome the flame, alongside Tony Estanguet, head of the organizing committee.</p><p>The flame was due to continue its journey where it would be &quot;multiplied&quot; into 12 Paralympic flames, which will be carried by 1,000 torchbearers in around 50 towns, in 12 simultaneous relays.</p><p>These 12 relays will converge on Paris, where the flame will arrive on Wednesday for the opening ceremony.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H9cMxD0kbos?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Hong Kong-born martial arts actor Jackie Chan was named on Sunday as one of the torchbearers in the lead-up to the opening ceremony of the Paralympics in Paris.</p>

Hong Kong-born martial arts actor Jackie Chan was named on Sunday as one of the torchbearers in the lead-up to the opening ceremony of the Paralympics in Paris.

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Jackie Chan to carry torch ahead of Paralympic opening ceremony

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