Who are the Paralympians from NI?

After nan Olympic Games successful Paris earlier this summer, now it's nan move of nan Paralympics which return centre shape successful nan French superior from 28 August done to 8 September.

There will beryllium 8 athletes from Northern Ireland taking portion successful nan Games crossed a scope of sports.

BBC Sport NI looks astatine nan competitors.

Age: 29 Hometown: Larne,

Disability: Dystonia Sport Class: BC2

Having first competed successful Rio astatine 21-years-old, boccia subordinate Claire Taggart becomes a three-time Paralympian successful Paris. In 2022, Taggert secured 2 golden medals astatine nan Boccia World Cup successful Portugal and later nan aforesaid year, golden successful nan Boccia World Championships successful Rio.

Schedule: 29 August, 17:10 BST – vs Joselyn Leon (Ecuador); 30 August, 19:30 BST - vs Cristina Goncalves (Portugal); 31 August, 18:35 BST - quarter-final; 1 September, 10:55 BST - semi-final; 1 September, 18:35 BST - final

Age: 17

Hometown: Feeny Club: Limavady Swim Club

Disability: Hypochondroplasia (Short Stature) Sport Class: S6, SB6, SM6

Making her Paralympic debut will beryllium Dearbhaile Brady. Her fist awesome quality for Ireland came astatine nan Para Swimming World Championships successful Manchester past year, while she won a bronze badge successful nan 50m freestyle astatine nan Para Swimming European Championships successful Madeira this year.

Schedule: 29 August, 09:43 BST – 50m freestyle heats; 29 August, 18:19 BST – 50m freestyle final; 3 September 3, 09:15 – 50m butterfly heats; 3 September, 17;05 - 50m butterfly final

Age: 22

Hometown: Newtownards Club: Ards Swimming Club

Disability: Right supra knee amputation Sport Class: S9, SB8, SM9

Barry McClements will beryllium competing astatine his 2nd Paralympics. In Tokyo his champion decorativeness was seventh spot successful nan 100 metre backstroke S9. He won a bronze badge astatine nan 2022 Commonwealth Games successful Birmingham successful nan S9 100 m backstroke, becoming nan first Northern Irish medallist successful swimming astatine nan Commonwealth Games, and secured his first European badge astatine nan 2024 Para Swimming European Championships successful Madeira.

Schedule: 3 September, 08:38 BST – 100m backstroke heats; 3 September, 16:37 BST; 3 September, 16:37 BST – 100m backstroke final; 6 September, 09:18 – 100m butterfly heats; 6 September, 17:35BST – 100m butterfly final

Age: 20

Hometown: Dungannon Club: Lisburn City Swimming Club

Disability: Intellectual impairment Sport Class: S14, SB14, SM14

A newcomer to nan team, 20-year-old Deaten Registe His first awesome world capacity was astatine nan 2024 Para Swimming European Championships successful Madeira wherever he placed 4th successful nan 100m Breaststroke final.

Schedule: 2 September, 09:33 BST – 100m breaststroke heats; 2 September 17:13 BST 100m breaststroke final

Age: 29

Hometown: Claudy Club: North West Triathlon Club

Disability: Vision impairment Sport Class: PTVI 3

Having qualified for nan Games 9th successful nan world rankings, Judith MacCombe will beryllium making her Paralympic debut successful Paris pinch her guideline Eimear Nicholls. She took up triathlon conscionable complete 5 years agone and competed successful nan successful nan Commonwealth Games successful Birmingham successful 2022.

Schedule: 2 September, 09:10 BST

Age: 29

Hometown: Claudy Club: North West Triathlon Club

Disability: Vision impairment Sport Class: PTVI 3

Like copy sister Judith, Chloe MacCombe will beryllium making her Paralympic debut successful Paris pinch her guideline Catherine Sands. A metallic medallist astatine nan Commonwealth Games successful Birmingham successful 2022, she qualified for these Games classed 3rd successful nan world.

Schedule: 2 September, 09:10 BST

Age: 29

Hometown: Lisburn

Disability: Spinal injury

David Ross was first progressive successful Team GB tests anterior to nan Games successful Rio but had to hold until nan Canada Cup successful 2022 to make his debut. Paris will beryllium nan first Paralympics for nan Lisburn man who sustained a spinal wounded playing a schools' rugby crippled 11 years ago.

Schedule: 29 August, 10:30 BST – vs Australia; 30 August, 10:30 BST - vs Denmark; 31 August, 18:30 BST - vs France, 1 September - semi-final; 2 September, 18:30 BST - final

Age: 24

Hometown: Antrim

Disability: Multiple sclerosis

The youngest personnel of ParalympicsGB's wheelchair hoops squad astatine Rio successful 2016 erstwhile she was conscionable 16, Katie Morrow was primitively a swimmer but came to hoops aft being diagnosed pinch a shape of aggregate sclerosis.

Schedule: 29 August, 11:45 BST - vs Spain; 31 August, 09:30am - vs Canada; 1 September, 15:00 BST - vs China; 4 September - quarter-final; 6 September - semi-final; 8 September - final.