Handisport Open Paris 2019 - WORLD PARA ATHLETICS PARIS GRAND PRIX Official communication #2 - Team Thomas

Handisport Open Paris 2019
WORLD PARA ATHLETICS PARIS GRAND PRIX
Official communication #2

#Event Information

Competition venue
Paris Stade Charléty
New MONDO Track certified IAAF + Warm-up Track
Future track for the Athletics European Championship 2020

Competition
IPC/WPA sanctionned

Qualification
Qualification events (28 August) only concerns French athletes.

Key Dates
Arrival: 26 - 28 August
Classification: 26 - 28 August
Competition: 29 - 30 August
Departure: 30 August - 01 September

Disciplines
All events that feature on the Dubaï 2019 World Para Athletics Championships program will be
available for entry at the Paris 2019 WPA Grand Prix.

On the track: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m & Universal Relay
On the field: High jump, Long jump, Shot put, Discus, Javelin, Club throw
Classes: 10-20-30-40-50-60-Deaf (Male & Female)

Competition schedule
The final competition schedule will be confirmed, after the sports’ registration closing.
The preliminary competition schedule is below.

Registration
All athletes wishing to participate in the Grand Prix must also be entered via the IPC Online Entry
System by their NPC/NF. All athletes must therefore ensure they are registered here at the LOC
and in the IPC Online Entry System (EBS) from their National Paralympic Committee (NPC) in order
to be eligible to compete (in their preferred disciplines).

Registration deadline: 30 July
Entry fee: 100€

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Payment: only possible by bank transfer
Bank transfer reference NPC/NF + HOP 2019

Account details

 Name                       Fédération Française Handisport
 Address                    SG Paris Gambetta (03430) - 5 Place Gambetta - 75960 Paris
 IBAN                       FR76 3000 3034 3000 0505 6777 040
 BIC                        SOGEFRPP

REGISTRATION IS COMPLETE ONLY AFTER PAYMENT IN FULL HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY
FEDERATION FRANCAISE HANDISPORT.

Accreditation
The accreditation will take place at the main entrance of the Official Event Hotel (Hotel Ibis Paris
Porte d’Italie).
Address: 13 rue du Val de Marne, 94250 Gentilly

For obvious security purposes, every Stadium’s accesses will be controlled. It will be required from
athletes, guide-runners and staff members to carry on their accreditation at all time, on all official
sites.

Start numbers for the Grand Prix
26 - 27 August (9 am - 6 pm)
28 August (only the morning)

Classifications
Classification for Athletes with a Visual or Physical Impairment (VI and PI) will take place on Monday
26, Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 August 2019.
All Athletes entering Para Athletics with a New (N) or Review (R) Sport Class Status will be required
from WPA to undergo Classification upon arrival in Paris. If you require Classification, please ensure
you arrive in Paris prior to the start of Classification.

For Physical Impairment (PI) the classification will take place in the competition venue at Charléty
stadium.
For Visual Impairment (VI), the classification will take place at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital.
Address: 47-83 boulevard de l’hôpital, 75013 Paris
Access: metro 5 (Saint-Marcel)
If you want, a shuttle between your hotel and the hospital is available. Let us know if you need this
service (hop@handisport.org).

Contact
World Para Athletics
worldparaathletics@paralympic.org

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Training
Athletes could train before the competition on the Charléty training track on Monday 26th August
and Tuesday 27th August. The Wednesday 28th August it will be possible to train on the
competition track and field.
Opening and closing hours will follow. Depending on kind of impairment the access to training will
be different.

For information, the training track is located at the same place that the competition venue.

Medical Services
Karine KUZNICKI: Federal Doctor and Competition doctor
E-mail: k.kuznicki@handisport.org

Dr Frédéric RUSAKIEWICZ: Medical staff responsible

In addition to emergency services in case of incidents, a medical and paramedical space will be
available on the warm-up field during the competition.

Your team will have the opportunity to benefit from sport specific advices along with medical and
physiotherapy treatments adapted to disabled athletes. If these athletes have well-known
problems, it is possible to come with medical files.

If you plan to come with a doctor and/or a team physiotherapist, we strongly suggest you that
these latter contact Karine KUZNICKI. You will be able to share the common space with our team
and exchange together.

A physiotherapy and first aid services will be present on the competition stadium.

Technical Meeting
The technical meeting is scheduled at the eve of the competition at the Charléty Stadium:
Wednesday, August 28th (time to be confirmed).
The NPC/NF representative’s attendance is mandatory.

Start list will be communicated during this technical meeting.

Others informations
If you want to see more information about registered delegations and athletes, you can use the
following link: Info System.

The Local Organization Committee - Handisport Open Paris 2019
Organizer: Fédération Française Handisport
Coordination: Claire Hazard et Florian Brossard
E-mail: hop@handisport.org
Website: http://handisport-open-paris.org

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#Provisional Competition Schedule

Thursday, 29 August
from 10 am to 20 pm

Morning: from 10 am to 1 pm
Races: 100m semi-finals (except wheelchairs athletes)
Jump: Men’s High Jump final
Seating Throw: Women’s Shot Put & Men’s Discus finals

Afternoon: from 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm
Animation & Racing chairs’ warm-up on the track

Evening: from 4 pm to 8 pm
Races: 100m, 400m & 1500m finals
Standing Throw: Women’s & Men’s Javelin finals
Seating Throw: Men’s Shot Put & Women’s Discus finals

Friday, 30 August
from 10 am to 20 pm

Morning: from 10 am to 1 pm
Jump: Men’s Long Jump finals
Seating Throw: Women’s Javelin finals
Standing Throw: Women’s Shot Put & Men Discus finals

Afternoon: from 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm
Animation & Racing chairs’ warm-up on the track

Evening: from 4 pm to 8 pm
Track: 200m, 800m and 4x100m universal relay finals
Jump: Women’s Long Jump finals
Seating Throw: Men’s Javelin finals; Women’s and Men Club finals
Standing Throw: Men’s Shot Put & Women’s Discus finals

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# Your stay in Paris

YOOLA
Our official travel agency specializes in tailor-made stays for people with disabilities.
Please complete our Form with the following link to organize your stay: Accommodation Form
For any quotation request: info@yoola.fr

The LOC offers a shuttle option for an extra fee, from Paris’ airports to hotels: 40€ per person.

Shuttle
Contact
Florian BROSSARD
f.brossard@handisport.org

The shuttle is only from airports or train station to hotel. This includes the removal of sport material
at the competition venue.

If you choose to use the shuttle option proposed by the LOC, here some advices to simplify the
procedure.
You must contact us and give us some information about your:
 - Trip: days, hours, airport, train station, accommodation place
 - Team: number of athletes and staff, kind of impairment
 - Material: races chairs, suitcase…

The most we have details easier it will be for us to offer you the appropriate shuttle.

Deadline: To organize your shuttle trip, we need all your information before Friday 21th August

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