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Northern Ireland will have nine athletes and two guides on show in Paris across the Paralympic Games in pursuit of medal glory.

Following a silverware return from the summer Olympic Games of seven medals by six athletes, the country’s focus now turns to the Paralympics starting with today’s opening ceremony and events running to September 8.

Daniel Wiffen, Jack McMillan, Hannah Scott, Rhys McClenaghan, Rebecca Shorten and Philip Doyle left France with Olympic Games medals.

Now Northern Ireland will look to Claire Taggart, Barry McClements, Dearbhaile Brady, Deaten Registe, Chloe MacCombe, Judith MacCombe, Catherine Sands, Eimear Nicholls, Katie Morrow, Jessica McKenna and David Ross.

Northern Ireland competitors will be representing the Team GB and Team Ireland squads across six disciplines in Paris - boccia, para-swimming, para-triathlon, wheelchair basketball, para-equestrian and wheelchair rugby.

Below is a potential schedule breakdown for the Northern Ireland athletes selected for Paralympic Games duty.

Times listed are based on classification schedules and all potential draw options:

CLAIRE TAGGART

(Larne, individual boccia BC2 class & mixed team BC1/BC2 class, Team GB)

August 29: 17:10; August 30: 10:40, 19:30; August 31: 18:35; September 01: 10:55, 16:00, 18:35; September 03: 10:40, 16:00; September 04: 10:40, 16:00; September 05: 9:30, 16:00.

BARRY McCLEMENTS

(Newtownards, 100m backstroke S9 class & 100m butterfly S9 class, Team Ireland)

September 03: 8:30, 16:37; September 06: 9:33, 5:34.

DEARBHAILE BRADY

(Feeny, 50m freestyle S6 class & 50m butterfly S6 class, Team Ireland)

August 29: 10:03, 18:17; September 03: 9:12, 17:07.

DEATEN REGISTE

(Dungannon, 100m breaststroke SB14 class, Team Ireland)

September 2: 9:24, 17:14.

CHLOE MacCOMBE

(Catherine Sands, guide)

(Claudy, para-triathlon PTVI 3 class, Team Ireland)

September 2: 7:15.

JUDITH MacCOMBE

(Eimear Nicholls, guide)

(Claudy, para-triathlon PTVI 3 class, Team Ireland)

September 2: 7:15.

KATIE MORROW

(Ballyclare, wheelchair basketball 4.5 class, Team GB)

August 29: 11:45; August 30: 9:30; September 01: 15:00; September 04: 9:30, 11:45, 15:00, 17:15, 20:30; September 05: 9:30, 11:45, 17:15; September 06: 12:45, 15:00, 18:15, 20:30; September 07: 12:45, 18:15; September 08: 9:30, 12:45.

JESSICA McKENNA

(Belfast, para-equestrian individual grade 3 & para-equestrian team grade 3, Team Ireland)

September 03: 8:00; September 06: 8:30; September 07: 14:28.

DAVID ROSS

(Lisburn, wheelchair rugby class 2, Team GB)

August 29: 10:30; August 30: 10:30; August 31: 18:30; September 01: 10:30, 12:30, 16:30, 18:30; September 02: 10:30, 12:30, 16:30, 18:30.

Full guide and times to follow Northern Ireland's Paralympic Games athletes for Team GB and Team Ireland