Live Streaming Announced for Wheelchair Fencing at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

30/08/2016

Wheelchair Fencing to be live streamed at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games alongside 12 other sports on IPC website.

IWAS is delighted to learn that around 680 hours of coverage from 13 sports will be live streamed on 15 High Definition (HD) channels on the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) website (Paralympic.org) during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Alongside the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, wheelchair fencing will be live streamed along with athletics, track cycling, football 5-a-side, football 7-a-side, judo, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis. All other sports will feature in the daily highlights which will be streamed at 16:00 and 23:00 BRT each day, as well as two news shows, shown at 03:00 and 10:00 each day.The IPC will also upload athlete interviews and other original content to the Dailymotion channel.

The live stream, which will have English commentary, will be available in around 240 territories on Paralympic.org and in around 190 territories on Dailymotion.com/Paralympics.