Countdown to the London 2012 Paralympic Games 

Just ten days to go...

With only ten days to go, until  the start of the Paralympic Sailing events, our ParalympicsGB sailors are gearing up to compete for gold on the waters of Portland Harbour.  

Racing will take place from Saturday 01 September-Thursday 06 September Click here for racing schedule  

Visit the RYA’s ‘Home of the 2012 British Sailing Team’ website to find out more about the ParalympicsGB sailors, boats and news as well as daily videos keeping you up to date with all the action out on the water throughout the regatta.  

Spectating

The Paralympic sailing is a non-ticketed event with no official spectating area but there are a few great vantage points around Portland Harbour.

Find out more about spectating and travelling to and around Weymouth and Portland here

Channel 4 will broadcast coverage the London 2012 Paralympics on TV and online channels. Click here for more information.    

Paralympic Torch Relay

The London 2012 Paralympic Torch Relay will begin in London on Friday 24 August with the lighting of England’s flame. The United Kingdom’s other three capital cities – Greater Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh – will then light a flame on each of the following days, at special Flame Lighting events.  

Each flame will then be taken to Stoke Mandeville, home of the Paralympic Movement where the four flames will be combined at a Paralympic Flame Lighting Ceremony on 28 August to create the London 2012 Paralympic Flame. Later that evening, there will be a 24-hour Torch Relay from Stoke Mandeville.

Torchbearers working in teams of five will carry the Paralympic Flame to the Olympic Stadium to light the Cauldron at the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

For more information about the London 2012 Paralympic Torch Relay visit www.london2012.com/paralympics/torch-relay/about/